...donde el sol no brilla

However did anyone post the meaning of the phrase "offer a Spanish coin"?

When I 'offer a Spanish coin' I either mean currency that is not accepted where I am, an inducement or something molten to go on your eyelid.

Fear, surprise, cushions and the comfy chair...oh and molten lead enemas.

The inquisitors knew how to deal with their enemas,

However, when faced with a sado-proctologist eagerly clutching a nasty-looking iron funnel and his assistant gleefully holding a crucible of molten lead in a pair of tongs, one could always try to Torquemada vit.