1826.) History \of the’ Spanish Inqutsition. 473 
for Fyaviée; it could-notbe done, and Lwill send it by the eourier going by sea, 
who*will soon’set ‘out! When you receive it, you must write ‘to the prelates; 
the grandees, to the ‘cities: universities, and: the’ heads of orders, “and inform 
them ofall’ that “has passetl’; ‘you must direct them to look upon the censures 
and interdict sent from Rome ‘as’ non-existent, becatise they are null, unjust, 
and without foundation, ‘for'Thave taken counsel on’ what is permitted’ in 
these ‘circumstatices.’° If'any act “of the’ Pope should: arrive in the interim, 
it*will’ be sufficient’ to prévent it from being received, accepted or executed ; but 
to'prechide the. nécéssity of coming to this extremity, you must cause :the 
frontiers to be strictly euarded) as we have donein England, that none’ of these 
pieces should be notified’ or delivered, and punish very severely any person who 
shall dare ‘to distribute them, because ‘it is not to be permitted that we should con 
tinué to dissimudate. If it is impossible to prevent their introduction, and if any’ 
one aftempts'to put them in force, you must oppose their execution, as we have 
powerful motives for this command; and this prohibition must extend tothe 
kingdom ‘of Arragon, to which you must write if it is necessary. It has been 
since’ known, ‘that’ in the bull published on Holy Thursday, the Pope has ex- 
commitinicated all those who ‘have taken or shall take the property of the 
chureh, whether they are kings or emperors, and that on Good Friday, he com- 
manded the prayer for’ his majesty to be omitted, although the Jews, Moors, 
Keretics, and schismatics, are prayed for on that day. This proves that the 
evil is becoming serious, and induces us to recommend more particularly the 
execution of the measures which we have prescribed, and of which we shalt give 
an account to his majesty. 
But Philip the Second was grossly wronged. by the Pope... He had 
not.a more faithful servant... The Inquisition flourished, the,;Guemadero 
flamed, and the priesthood was triumphant, if burning and_ blood, could 
give them victory. ) an etd 
_Itis an eyidence of the frightful excess..to, which the buman mind 
can, be blinded and. infuriated by bigotry, that those executions, re- 
pellent.as.the death of a human being by the. horrid agony of burning 
might be conceived, were habitually reserved as a sort of public amuse- 
ment for persons of the highest rank of both sexes. 
WI/SDRY & 
_ The. first..solemn auto-da-fé of Valladolid was celebrated on the 2]st, of 
May 1959, in the, grand square, and in the presence of the Prince Don.Carlos 
and the Princess, Juana, of the civil authorities, and of a considerable number of 
e grandees, of Spain, besides an immense multitude of people. The arrangement 
of the,scaffolds. aud. seats have been already described in several works, and 
represented in .prints, Fourteen persons were relaxed; the bones.and effigy 
de. woman burnt, and sixteen individuals were admitted to reconciliation with 
PEMANLES ey, ploiriyy Min te : thins Lag, ; rive 
\Relawed means, given over to the flames.. ~~ fecventee 
To" ar pare lager age h the presence of the king was wanting ; 
but the Inquisition were more lucky in general. ; tS Se 
_The ‘second auto-da-fé of Valladolid took place on: the 8th of October, in 
the same-year, 1559; it was still more splendid than the first, on account of 
presence of Philip II... The inquisitors had waited his-return from the Low 
ntties} 'to,do him honour in this grand festival. : 
»Ehirteen:persons, with a corpse and an effigy, were burnt, and sixteen admit- 
» te-reconciliation, . The king, was accompanied by his.‘son, ‘his. sister, the 
ince of, Parma, three Ambassadors from France, the Archbishop of Seville, 
the Bishops of Palencia andZamora, and other bishops elect. 
“Among the victims Were some remarkable men; we give the single 
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instance of the heroic faith of Seso. 
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