4327. Moreover the punishment was of a certain new one effected by a kind of whirling around of many, a kind of confusion, so to speak, of many at the same time, which they declared to be severe. It was intended for sirens, which they found it impossible to escape. 1749, 19 July. 1
Footnotes:
1. Astrological symbol of Mercury, meaning Wednesday.
4327. There was moreover a certain new species of punishment by a kind of circumrotation of a number, in which there was a confusion, as it were, of several together, and which they declared to be very severe. This was a punishment designed especially for sirens, and which they found it impossible to escape. - 1749, July 19.
4327. Praeterea poena fuit nova quaedam per speciem circumrotationis plurium, ita quasi confusionis plurium simul, quam gravem esse dicebant, erat pro sirenibus, nec potuerunt se inde eripere. 1749, 19 Julius.