[1] But at this tyme, the king had ſente forth a Nauie to brenne all thoſe veſſelles, wherein [page 277] robbers hadde paſſed ouer and had left at anket, by reaſon wherof when they were encloſed in on euery ſide by the king, and taken priſoners, they after ſuffered death on the wheele,Death on the wheele. according to the maner of the ciuill lawe.