Elizabethan+England+1590-1610

__ Crime and Punishment   __
Elizabethan England had laws just as we do today but the punishments were far more cruel and harsh for fairly similar crimes but here are a few that are very different Crime:     public drunkenness Punishment:Forced to wear a barrel like a top with arm hole in either side so it hung off the offender. Today if you are   publicly drunk all that will happen is you might fall over and get laughed at but thats all. Crime: women who gossip or speak too freely pun ishmen   t: The Brank a head cage that had a muzzle of sort, it filled the mouth with share spikes that severely cut your mouth if you moved your tongue. Now a days women gossip all the time non-stop.