The grand admiral committed this act of shameless treachery, and did not shrink from sending his own son to persuade Conrad to come to the town.

The poor wretch was given over to the king, and tortured alive on a wheel made with sharp knives.

The sight of these barbarities, far from calming the king's rage, seemed to inflame it the more.

Every day there were new accusations and new sentences.

The prisons were crowded: Louis's punishments were redoubled in severity.