Vita Edwards II inter Camdeni Scriptores, cited in Berkeley manuscripts. Abstrac...
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Vita Edwards II inter Camdeni Scriptores, cited in Berkeley manuscripts. Abstracts and Extracts of Smyth's Lives of the Berkeleys (compiled by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, published by John Nichols and Son, 1821), pp. 19-20 (footnote), Internet Archive: "in lecto cubantem subitò præoccupatum cum pulvina- ribus magnis atque gravitate amplius quindecim robustorum ipsum oppressum et suffo- catum cum ferroplumbarii intensè ignito trans tubam ductilem ad egestionis partes secretas applicatum..." ("while lying in bed, he was suddenly overwhelmed with large pillows and the weight of more than fifteen strong men, and he was crushed and suffocated with a plumber's iron, intensely heated, applied across a ductile pipe to the secret parts of the excretory system.")