patibulum

Updated: June 30, 2026

This preliminary ceremony having been concluded, the two aged prisoners were forthwith hanged on a tree, without-the least pretence of trial or even sentence. Such was the end of the famous councillor who had been wont to shout "ad patibulum" in his sleep.

John Lothrop Motley - The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 29: 1578, part III