I expect he may be used for counseling in matters of security, intelligence, ir as a general on the front, or as an officer responsible for crushing dissent. Or as Putin's ophtalmologist.
My first language isn't English, and as I was trying to understand the headline, I thought "torch dead" might be an expression meaning, burning alive with torches or similar. So I was reading "reddit mods delete thread as doctors burn CEO alive". The event described sounded much more brutal than it really was.
I'm especially dumbfounded as I thought that before there was an important police force and a mature legal system, murders were far more frequent than after.
At the same time, it's possible I'm imagining 1632 London to be more primitive than it really was.
Thanks for the suggestions. I managed to eat and keep down bananas, bread, pasta, and rice with vegetables. Now thinking about the 3 last items makes me nauseous though. It seems like I always have to eat something else.
To others suffering from the same disease and finding this: it's recommended to avoid fruit juices high in sugar.
It is not recommended that you stop eating. It will not reduce the symptoms of gastroenteritis, does not provide enough calories and can delay healing.
I think it's "4th".