In a letter of 6 November James wrote : `` The gentler tortours [ tortures ] are to be first used unto him , `` et sic per gradus ad ima tenditur '' [ and thus by steps extended to greater ones ] , and so God speed your good work . ''
In a letter of 6 November , King James I stated : The gentler tortours [ tortures ] are to be first used unto him , `` et sic per gradus ad maiora tenditur '' [ and thus by steps extended to greater ones ] , and so God speed your good work .