text:  In a memorable insurrection arising from the depreciation of the coinage which marked the spring of 1656 the revolters not contented with their usual license of plunder and bloodshed forced their way into the palace and exacted from the young sultan the surrender of two of his favourite domestics who were instantly slaughtered before his eyes; while various obnoxious public functionaries were dragged to the At-meidan and summarily hanged on the branches of a large plane-tree;[4] and for several weeks this proscription was continued till the cry of "Take him to the plane-tree!" became a watchword of as well-known and fearful import as that of "A la lanterne!" in later times