Complex sentence: With the Revolution of 1688 came a new crop of penal laws, more likely to be enforced, the sanguinary penalties of the sixteenth century, having in great measure defeated their own end, and being now generally left on the statute book in terrorem.
Split into simpler sentences: With the Revolution of 1688 came a new crop of penal laws. The sanguinary penalties of the sixteenth century had, in great measure, defeated their own end were generally left on the statute book in terrorem.