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Talk:Edward Colman (martyr)

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As the accompanying sketch shows ...

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... Colman was drawn before his hanging. The judge would have said "... that you be DRAWN to a place of execution and there HANGED; still being alive, you shall be cut down ... and QUARTERED". Paintings are hung, so already dead animals but people are hanged. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smlark (talkcontribs) 17:22, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]