Note 1794 — Chapter VIII · FINAL SHAPE OF THE TORTURE SYSTEM.
Reading edition
Grillandi de Quæstione et Tortura, Art. iii. §§ 12-16. One of the conjurations is an allusion to the Crucifixion,
“Imparibus meritis tria pendent corpora ramis. Dismas et Gestas, in medio est divina potestas. Dismas damnatur, Gestas ad astra levatur.”
Another “Quemadmodum lac beatæ gloriosæ Mariæ virginis fuit dulce et suave domino nostro Jesu Christo, ita hæc tortura sit dulcis et suavis brachiis et membris meis.”