History of the Inquisition: From Its Establishment Till the Present Time
History of the Inquisition: From Its Establishment Till the Present Time
William Sime
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"The prisoners personally condemned to death, amounted to nineteen ; thirteen men, and six women, principally of the Jewish persuasion. They were conducted to the gate of Fuencarrel, mounted on mules with pack-saddles, preceded by the effigies of those who had died or made their escape. Of thos6 personally condemned for execution, eleven were impenitents ; viz. eight obdurates, and three convicted, but refusing ta confess. The burning place was sixty feet square, and seven high, and consequentl...y sufficiently capacious, when twenty staked with their corresponding rings were fastened thereon. Some were previously strangled; and the Digitized by VjOOQIC THE INQUISITION. 99 Others at once thrown into the fire. The ministers having cast the bodies of thos6 who were strangled into the flames, together with the effigies and bones of the deceased, more fuel was added, till all was converted into ashes, which was not till nine in the morning. Two days afterwards, six of those who had been condemned to do penance were flogged, among whom were two wo- men.
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