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 Furcam et Flagellum (gallows and whip).Furies of the Guillotine (The). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Furies (The Three).
 
Tisiphne (Goel, or Avenger of blood), Alecto (Implacable), and Megæra (Disputatious). The best paintings of these divinities are those by Il Giottino (Thomas di Stefano) of Florence (1324–1356), Giulio Romano (1492–1546), Pietro da Cortna (1596–1669), and Titian (1477–1576).   1
 


 Furcam et Flagellum (gallows and whip).Furies of the Guillotine (The). 

 
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