...for a vagabond ... is then immediately judged to be grievously whipped and burned through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of an inch about. But this did not solve the problem, so in 1598 Elizabeth appointed overseers in every parish...

...commonly given, should, for the first offense be grievously whipped, and burned through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of an inch about."7 Among the later enactments were the statutes of Elizabeth for the years 1598 and 1601, under...

...licenses of two justices at least, are subject to be grieviously whipped and burned through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of an inch about." The first historical emergence of a stage censorship in England appears to have been in 1552,...

...or sturdy beggars, shall for the first offence be grievously whipped, and burnt through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of an inch about ; for the second, be deemed felons ; and for the third, suffer death as felons without benefit...

...above the age of sixteen were, on conviction, to be " grievously' whipped and burnt through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of an inch about," or else sentenced to a year's slavery or enforced labour ; and in case of relapse the vagabond...

...the statutes of Henry VIII. and Edward VI., were of savage severity — burning through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of an inch, was the punishment of a first offence, and life itself was forfeit for any that " after do fall again...