... to get out, but the doors were locked. The fire progressed. The blaze rose high like inflamed dragons. Shouts, shrieks, and moans arose from the lips of all the poor enclosed there. But why should a fire be moved by the entreaties of men? They fell upon each other. They embraced each other. They sought help, but there was no human ear left to listen ... 's impalement victims were, however, pierced from the posterior up. Judging from several prints, men, women, and children were also impaled through the heart, the navel, the stomach, and the chest. Nor was impalement the only form of puni...

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