Les manières admirables povr decovvrir tovtes sortes de crimes et sortilèges
Description:
This technical manual is open to chapter 18, on the use of torture to extract confessions. Bouvet drew on his own experiences in the courtroom and torture chamber, noting that when the prisoner shrieked with pain, the judge should harden his heart. He should "have the accused shaved and bound, and then, unemotionally and composedly, have him tortured until he believes the prisoner can stand no more."
Attribution:
Bouvet, Prévôt Général des Armées du Roi en Italie