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[sophiawestern]

And my mind would not be pulled back from the visions of his death at the hands of druids, who would, according to their rule, drown him, strangle him, and break his skull, all three; or at the hands of monks who, it was said, would tormet their captive with severe pain by means of cutting and burning until he converted and then was blessed and allowed to die; or by the hands of a chieftain, who would do the task forthrightly with sword or club. How horrible to wish for the chieftain's crude and honest method, whereas the other two pretend that their cruelty is for a noble and righteous purpose.

- Kate Horsley, Confessions of a Pagan Nun