Cruel History

Which reminds me that in high school one of our teachers, I am thinking that it was Miss Marken in 10th grade but I could be wrong, explained to us what it means to be "drawn and quartered." This was to explain something in a book we were studying possibly. It means that your arms and legs will be tied each to a different horse and the four horses will be sent galloping each in a different direction. The result is that your body is torn into four pieces. Ew! A gruesome way to die but history is cruel sometimes. I for one seem to remember her saying that.