Chapter V

Auto-da-fé celebrated at Seville in 1560—the Inquisitor-general
Valdes publishes a new code of laws for the government of the
holy office—proceedings of the Inquisition during the reigns of
Philip III. Philip IV. and Charles II.—state of the nation at the
accession of Philip V.—M. Legal, the French commander, levies a
contribution on the Dominicans in Saragossa—their stratagem to
elude payment—the Inquisitors excommunicate M. Legal—he throws
open the doors of the Inquisition and liberates the prisoners—the
freemasons become the objects of persecution by the holy
office—state of the Inquisition during the reigns of Ferdinand
VI. Charles III. and Charles IV.—the Inquisitors prohibit the
reading of French works at the period of the revolution in that
kingdom—the Inquisition suppressed by Bonaparte and completely
abolished by the Cortes-General—it is re-established by Ferdinand
VII.—persecuting spirit of the modern Inquisition—sufferings
of Van Halen—sentence of death by the pendulum passed by the
Inquisitors in 1820, 102

CHAPTER VI.

The horrid procedure of the Inquisition is never calculated
to make converts—Case of Don Carlos de Sessa—of Isaac
Orobio—the punishments inflicted by the holy tribunal encourage
hypocrisy—examples—the Inquisition frequently condemns
the innocent—trial of Melchior Hernandez—the Inquisitors
proved to be actuated by avarice in their condemnation of
prisoners—examples—Nicholas Burton—a child—other offences besides
heresy taken cognizance of by the Holy Office—its flagrant
injustice—its barbarous proceedings against the dead—Marc Antonio
de Dominis, 128

CHAPTER VII.

Hostility of the Inquisition to the progress of literature and
science—examples—Don Melchior de Macanaz—Luis de Leon—Aonius
Palearius—freemasonry a peculiar object of persecution by the holy
tribunal—interesting trial of M. Tournon—his sentence—cruelty of
the Inquisition in the nineteenth century—affecting account of
the sufferings of Don Miguel Juan Antonio Solano—his death while
confined in the prisons of the Inquisition—he is denied Christian
burial—remarks by Puigblanch on the iniquitous procedure of the
holy office, 152

CHAPTER VIII.

Portuguese "holy tribunal"—imprisonment of Dellon in
the Inquisition at Goa—he is thrice examined before the
Inquisitors—despair impels him to attempt committing
suicide—his fourth examination—sentence of death pronounced on
him—preparations for celebrating an auto-da-fé—the various dresses
which were worn by the criminals—order of the procession—Dellon's
sentence mitigated, and publicly read—ceremonies which are
observed towards those who are condemned to death—penances
enjoined upon Dellon at his liberation, 172

CHAPTER IX.

The Inquisition at Goa has made little improvement since the
time of Dellon—extracts from Dr. Buchanan's Christian Researches
in Asia—he visits Goa—becomes acquainted with the Inquisitor
Joseph a Doloribus—conversation between Dr. Buchanan and the
Inquisitor respecting Dellon's account of the tribunal—attempt
made by the Inquisitor to prove that the procedure of the holy
office is ameliorated—the Doctor visits the Inquisition—he
pleads, in vain, to see the dungeons and the captives—his remarks
on the efforts which ought to be made by Britain to abolish so
odious a tribunal—true picture of the Inquisition by several
writers—conclusion, 191

APPENDIX.

No. I.—Articles of Torquemada, for regulating the proceedings
of the Inquisition, drawn up in 1484, 218

No. II.—Articles drawn up by the Inquisitor-general
Valdes, in 1561, for the better regulation of the holy office, 221

HISTORY

OF

THE INQUISITION.