A lady of rank who had a perfect passion for flagellating both her
slaves and her children, used to flog some one every day of her life,
always with her own hand. She had a kind of block erected where she had
them stretched, and nothing pleased her more than to see them writhing
under the lash. One day she had carried her passion to such a degree as
to have the whole household flogged. This was the culmination of her
flogging glories, for her severity raised a revolt, and the slaves
combining, seized upon the mistress and tying her to the block, each one
of them administered five blows upon her person with any of the scourges
they pleased.