Unparalleld varieties: or, The matchless actions and passions of mankind.: Displayed in near four hundred notable instances and examples. Discovering the transcendent effects; I. Of love, friendship, and gratitude. II. Of magnanimity, courage, and fidelity. III. Of chastity, temperance, and humility. And on the contrary the tremendous consequences, IV. Of hatred, revenge, and ingratitude. V. Of cowardice, barbarity, treachery. VI. Of unchastity, intemperance, and ambition. : Imbellished with proper figures. / By R.B. ...

XLVIII. Such has been the invincible patience of some men, that the incredible strength of their minds hath not only prevailed over the weakness of their flesh, but reduced it to a temper capable of induring as much as if it had been of Brass, or something, that if possi∣ble is yet more insensible. Of such a temper Janus Au∣ceps, a wicked Person seem'd to be, who dwelt in a lone house by the highway side without the East-gate of the City of Copenhagen in Denmark; this man in the night

had murdered divers Persons, and knocked them on the head with an Ax, at last he was discovered, taken, and condemned to a terrible death; he was drawn upon a sledge through the City, he had pieces of flesh pluck∣ed off from his Body with burning Pincers; his Legs and Arms were broken, his Tongue was pulled out of his Mouth, thongs of his skin were cut out of his back, his breast was opened by the speedy hand of the Exe∣cutioner, his heart was pulled out, and thrown at his face; all this the stout-hearted man bore with an invincible courage; and when his heart lay panting by his side; in the midst of such torments as he yet underwent, he mo∣ved his head, and looked upon the By-standers with a frowning aspect, and seemed with curiosity to contem∣plate his own heart, till such time as his Head was cut off. Bartholin. Anat.