_Walpole_ (Sir Robert), his Excise Scheme, preferable, upon the whole
to the schemes that took place in the times of the Roman
Emperors, 124.
_Whipcord_, the great expence made about it by Government, 344.
At what time it began to be used, _ibid._
_Wife_, Roman Wives not much better than modern ones, 64.
Instance of conjugal love of one whose husband offered himself to be
disciplined in her stead, 232.
Inflict castigations upon their husbands, 339, 340.
_Witasky_, the Buffoon to Peter I. is a good hand at flagellating and
cudgelling, 266.
_Wurtzbourg_, a Sovereign Bishoprick in Germany; a flagellation is an
indispensable step to procure the installation to that See, 256.