In 1536, for example, they punished Jan Koekebakken in a twinkling for the dastardly offence of marrying a married woman.

This was his sentence:-- We command that the said Jan Koekebakken, prisoner, be conducted by the executioner from the Chancery to Brol-bridge, and that he be put into the pillory there.

He shall remain standing there for two hours with a spindle under each arm, and with the letter in which he pledged faith to the said Aucke Sijbrant hanging from his neck.

He shall remain for ever within the town of Leeuwarden, under penalty of death if he should leave it.
Done and pronounced at Leeuwarden April 29th, 1536.
But the best part of the guide-book is its rapid notes on the villages around Leeuwarden, to so many of which are curious legends attached.

At Marssum, close at hand, was born the English painter of Roman life, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.