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Tyndale received the mercy of strangulation before being burned. Others in England were not so “lucky,” if you could call it that. Hiding a Bible or any evangelical book was cause for execution. First, dragged behind a horse, then hanged and strangled within inches of life, then hoisted upright with genitals cut off. As he was bleeding out, his belly cut open with intestines and organs ripped out.
Yet, through all of this, the skilled executioner could keep the “heretic” alive.
Finally, his heart was cut out, he was quartered – including decapitation. His body parts were then displayed throughout the town – call it a visual warning.
