."The Weight Of The Press"
. this song was inspired by this crazy form of torture used way back in the day.
They had such colorful ways of killing witches in the past. The ol' "The Dunk And Drown If You're Innocent" method is one that particularly sticks in my mind. But for the purposes of this song, I was thinking about the press.
."peine forte et dure "
peine forte et dure, (Law French for "forceful and hard punishment"), was a method of torture formerly used in the common law legal system, in which a defendant who refused to plead ("stood mute") would be subjected to having heavier and heavier stones placed upon his or her chest until a plea was entered, or as the weight of the stones on the chest became too great for the condemned to breathe, fatal suffocation would occur.
The only death by peine forte et dure in American history was Giles Corey, who was pressed to death on September 19, 1692, during the Salem witch trials, after he refused to enter a plea in the judicial proceeding. According to legend, his last words as he was being crushed were "More weight", and he was thought to be dead as the weight was applied.
.Thanks for listening, fam.
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