Sentence:  Say I, write I, or dooe I, what I can, he will haunt and <WSD>trounce</WSD> me perpetually, with ſpiritiſh workes of ſupererogation, inceſſant tormentours of the civilian and devine. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.