After the tortures which Tigellinus had commanded, there was not one drop of blood in his face, and only on his white beard was evident a red trace left by blood after they had torn his tongue out.
A Tigellinus parancsára elszenvedett kínvallatás után arcában egy csepp vér sem maradt, csak fehér szakállán maradt egy vérnyom, mióta nyelvét kitépték.