Talus

Talus,
a character in Spenser's Faerie Queene . When Astraea left the world and returned to heaven, she
left her groome
An yron man, which did on her attend
Alwayes to execute her steadfast doome.
(v. i. 12)
He thus represents the executive power of government. He attends on Artegall , wielding an iron flail, with which he dispatches criminals.