The Flaying of Marsyas (Detail)

Jusepe de Ribera, Naples, Museo di San Martino, 1637

1. Taking a defendant to the place where torture is done

2. The defendant taken to the place of torture and is stripped and bound but not tortured

3. The defendant is raised for one "Ave Maria" or "Pater Noster" or "Credo" or "Miserere" (Psalm 50)

4. The defendant can be tortured for three quarters of a hour

5. The defendant is shaken and his feet are weighted with iron.  This grade of torture can only be used for the crimes of treason or other hideous crimes. A person may not be tortured in this way for more than hour