| Pressing to death, the peine forte et dure, was a well-known form of medieval interrogation still largely in use during Elizabeth's reign. |
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| Pressing, also known as peine forte et dure, was both a death sentence and a means of drawing out confessions. |
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| There was still the terrible penalty of peine forte et dure, by which a man could be pressed to death if he refused to plead to an indictment. |
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| Refusing to give any other answer to the court, he was committed to another court to suffer peine forte et dure. |
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