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THE SCOTTISH MAIDEN

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 428 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THE SCOTTISH

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MAIDEN  was an
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instrument of
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capital
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punishment formerly in use in
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Scotland . It is said to have been invented by the
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earl of
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Morton, who is also said to have been its first victim . This, however, could not have been the
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case, as the
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maiden was first used at the
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execution of the inferior agents in the assassination of
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Rizzio (1561) and Morton was not beheaded till 1581 . The maiden was practically an
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early
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form of
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guillotine . A loaded blade or
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axe moving in grooves was fixed in a
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frame about ten feet high . The axe was raised to the full height of the frame and then released, severing the victim's
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head from his
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body . At least 120, suffered
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death by the maiden, including the
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regent Morton,
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Sir
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John
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Gordon of Haddo,
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President Spottiswood, the
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marquis and earl of
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Argyll . In 1710 it ceased to be used; it is now preserved in the museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, in
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Edinburgh .

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The Scottish Madien's first known recorded use was in 1307.
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