Concerning the Places in which Those who Fell under the Power of The…

As to the place where each one was confined separately, and how narrow it was, it was as follows: If it is below, it is wet, damp, and filthy, so that it would be better to call it a grave than a jail or a prison. If above, it is warm in summer, indeed, hot as an oven. When there are many prisoners, generally two or three are shut up together in each hovel or hole; and when they lie down to rest, they have no more room left than to stir once, except perhaps the space of a foot, where there stands a vessel for their necessities and a pitcher with water to quench their thirst. Sitting and lying this way day and night in darkness, these miserable people waste away and pine with hunger and grief, so far that scarcely the skin remains over their bones; besides this, they are so severely tortured, racked and pulled with various cruel instruments that their limbs are drawn out of their joints. Same page.