PREFACE.
PUBLISHER’S PREFACE.
Chap. I. — The use of Flagellations known among the ancient heathens.
Flagellation Customs.—The Romans.
Roman Gallants Punished by Flagellation.
Anecdotes of Ancient Schoolmasters.
Chap. II. — Flagellations of a religious and voluntary kind were
practised among the ancient heathens.
Voluntary Flagellations among the Egyptians, Syrians, and Romans.
Chap. III. — The practice of scourging one’s self unknown to the early
Christians.
Flagellation Bestowed by the Devil.
Chap. IV. — Corrections of a flagellatory kind, inflicted by force;
the common method of correcting offences of a religious nature; and
the power of inflicting them possessed alike by Bishops and the
heads of Monasteries.
Chap. V. — Discretionary power of employing disciplines, established
in the convents of Nuns, and lodged in the hands of the Abbesses
and Prioresses.
The Methods of Self Mortification as appears to have been Practised
in Early Times.
Flagellation of Sovereigns and Great Men.
Lady Flagellants.
Chap. VI. — Confessors assume to themselves a kind of flagellatory
power over their Penitents.
Cadiere Case.
Zachary Crofton.
Chap. VII. — The Church at large claims the power of publicly
inflicting the discipline of Flagellation. Instances of Kings and
Princes who have submitted to it.
Chap. VIII. — A remarkable instance of flagellation performed in
honour of the Virgin Mary.
Another Story of a Female Saint appeased by a Flagellation.
Chap. IX. — Formation of the Public Processions of Flagellants.
Different success they met with in different countries.
ANECDOTES.
Fulk, the Traitor.
Anabaptists.
The Boston Magistrates and the Captain.
Lady Liancourt.
The Biter Bit.
The Chinese.
The Arabian Tales.
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