The Spanish Protestants And Their Persecution By Philip Ii, a Historical Work
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It must suffice to state, that Olmedo, and Dr. Vargas the friend of Gil and of Constantino Ponce de la Fuente, were among those whose bones were reduced to ashes. The Licenciate Francisco de Zafara, a parisli priest of St. Vincent, in Seville, fled from these per- secutions. Anna de Eivera, the widow of Fernando San Juan (before mentioned,) Maria Cornel and Maria de Virues, and many other ladies shared the same fate. I ought to observe that the inquisitors were accustomed to sacrifice to their ...lascivious lusts the chastity of matrons as well as virgins, who were recluses in the secret cells under charges of heresy. THE SPANISH PEOTESTANTS. 257 These unhappy creatures, frightened by the ill usage they suffered, and the still more terrible fate that awaited them, some deluded by the promised hope of saving their lives and liberty, and some through dread of violation, fell victims to the most brutal and dishonourable passions. The veil of female virtue was ruthlessly torn away; whilst modesty and even decency were chased from those loathsome dungeons, by lewdness and monstrocity.
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