Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 edition. Excerpt: ...children; but it would appear without effect. On this occasion the princess Juanna, and Carlos the young prince of Asturias, took the usual oath that they would defend the holy tribunal and denounce before it cases of heresy. But the royal boy, then aged fourteen, derived an impression from the terrible scene he had just witnessed which sank deeply into his heart. On the 24th of September in the same year, another auto took place in the square of St. Francis in Seville. It was celebrated before the royal court of justice, the cathedral chapter, several grandees and noblemen, together with the duchess of Bejar, the inquisitors of the district, and a large assembly of spectators. On this occasion one appeared in effigy, twenty-one were burned, and eighty were condemned to various penances. Among this multitude a few cases call for special notice: --Francis Zafra was a priest at a church in Seville, holding a benefice of some consideration, and was accused of being a Lutheran. Before Lloreute, chap. xxi. P r this accusation had been made he had been employed in the service of the Inquisition, and had succeeded in promoting the escape of many who were denounced to that tribunal. This accusation had been made by a beata whom he had admitted into his house, and to whom he had taught the doctrines of the Reformation, but as this woman had become deranged, she had been subjected to personal restraint. This treatment roused her to escape, and to lay a charge against the priest before the holy office, declaring that besides himself there were three hundred others tainted with the same heresy. In consequence of this information more than eight hundred persons were apprehended, and among the rest, Zafra himself. But as the priest maintained that the..
