On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campo_de'_Fiori" id="mwLw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Campo de' Fiori">Campo de' Fiori</a> in Rome, the philosopher <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno" id="mwMA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Giordano Bruno">Giordano Bruno</a> has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak.<sup about="#mwt30" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"}}' id="cite_ref-4" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_17#cite_note-4" id="mwMQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwMg">[4]</span></a></sup>
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