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fiaitiv^il and civil : the ecclefiaftical or canonical are excotn- 



r.. ;n;c;ition, deprivation of ecclefiallicHl burial, dignities, 



1 iKos, and offices. The civil are confifcation of goods, 



is inflicted on aU who are convifted of Iierefy, or con> 



uiiether they repent or perfill in their iierefy, becaufe 



ire declared to incur the punirnment, ip/bjure, as foon 



ar. thoy fall into herefy; difinhcriting the children, infomuch 



|! that though tliey are Catholics, they can never inherit the 



ii eftates of "their fathers who died in herefy ; infamy, which 



li excludes from all public offices, from bearing witnefs, 



! making wills, &c. lofs of all dominion, natural or civil, as 

 . power of parents over children, matters ovir fervants, ma- 

 giilrates and princes over fubje<Els, &c. and the deprivation 

 f of all property in every thing they have ; imprifonment ; 

 i bann, which is a kind of fentence of excommunication, by 

 I which any perfon is call out of the commonwealth, fo that 

 tl he cannot enjoy the public proteftion, or difcharge any 

 \ public offices, or receive any benefit of law ; diffidation, 

 I which declares heretics to be enemies of their own country 

 I and of the empire, fo that any perfon, by his own private 

 f authority, miiy feize, plunder, and kill him, as an enemy 

 i and robber, even though he be a clergyman ; nor is it lawful 

 ' for any one to undertake their defence when apprehended ; 

 and thofe advocates who favour and plead for them, arc pro- 

 nounced infamous, and fufpended from their office ; and 

 finally death, which is that of being burnt alive, in fome 

 cafes heightened by being gagged with an iron in'.lrument, 

 fo that in the midil of their torments they can utter only an 

 inarticulate found. 



It is the conftant praftice of the inquifition to affeCt, in 

 all their procedures, to infpire as much terror and amaze- 

 ment as poffible ; every thing is done with the profoundell 

 filence and fecrecy, and with the greatell rigour and pre- 

 tended impartiality. When a perfon is Icized, all the world- 

 abandons him ; not tlie neareft friend dares to fpeak a word 

 in his defence ; that alone would be enough to i-ender them 

 fufpetted of herefy, and would bring them within the claws 

 of the inquifition ; nay, the nearell relations are bribed and 

 contlrained to accufe one another. The criminals are feized, 

 examined, tried, tortured, and, uniefs they recant, are even 

 condemned and executed, without ever feeing or knowing 

 their accufers ; whence the rever.geful have a fair occafion 

 of wreaking their malice on their enemies. By the forms 

 of the inqmfition, a perfon defamed only for herefy is 

 obliged to make a canonical purgation, t. e. to purge himfelf 

 with feven, m.ore or lefs, compurgators ; fo that il he fails 

 in one, two, or three, he is accounted guilty : befides, every 

 one, though excluded by other courts, is admitted as a wit- 

 nefs, a rr.ortal enemy oidy excepted. The names of the 

 witncffes are not (hewn to the prifoner ; nor is any circum- 

 ftance dift overed, by which he can obtain the knowledge of 

 them. If tviro unexceptionable witnefTes tellify of different 

 fefts ; yea, fometimes if there be only one, or a mere report, 

 it is thought fufficient for ordering the torture; the evidence 

 of two unexceptionab'e witnelTes, who agree, is fufficient 

 for the conviflion and condemnation of any perfon. Thofe 

 that are informed againll are conftrained to become their 

 own accufers; andvarious arts arc ufed to extort a con- 

 frffion from them. . The advocate allowed them is under the 

 direclicn of the inquifition, and employed ciiiefly in order 

 to betray them : moreover, whtn the crimes cannot be 

 proved agaicd them, they are only abfolvcd from profecu- 

 tion, but their crimes and names are recorded againfl: them. 

 The ufc of torture for difcovering fecret crimes lying con- 

 cealed in the mind, is a flagrant inttance of injuftice ; and 

 pcrfons are put to the torture upon half full proof of the 

 crime, i. <r. faukering, defasnation, one witnefs of his own 



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knowledge, or when the tokens are vehement, or violent. 

 Thefe tortures are ufed under a pretence of difcoveriii" 

 the truth, and they are varied and continued with the moit 

 wanton cruelty. After thefe, and many other (hocking 

 procedes, when the inquifition has done with the criminals, 

 and condemned them to death, they are turned over to the 

 fecular arm, with much prayer, and pious intreaty, that their 

 lives may not be touched. 



Time is no manner of fecurity in point of herefv ; nor, 

 docs the grave itfjlf (heltcr the accuied from the purfiiits of 

 the inquifition ; even the deoeafed have their trials, and they 

 proceed in all their form and folemnity againfl the dead car- 

 cafes. The executions, are always deferred till the number 

 of the condemned is very great, that the multitude of fuf- 

 ferers may (Irike the deeper horror, and make the fccne more 

 terrible and (hocking. See Act of Faith. 



The inquifition is very fevere in the Indies. It is true, there 

 mud be the oaths of feven witncffes to condemn a man ; 

 but the depofition of fiaves or children are taken. The per- 

 fon is tortured till he condemns himfelf; for his accufers 

 are never brought to confront him. Perfons are accuied for 

 the flendereft expreffion againfl the church; or even for a 

 difrefpedtful word of the inquifition. 



The lland^rd of the inquifition in Spain is a piece of 

 red dam-elk, on which is painted a crofs, with an olive- 

 branch on one fide, and a fword on the other ; with thefe 

 words of the pfalm, Exurge, Domine, i^ judica caiifam 

 meam. 



The ftandard of the inquifition in Portugal hath their 

 fuppofed founder Dominic's picture on one fide, and on the 

 other fide the crofs, between an olive-tree and a fword, with 

 this motto, JujV'.cla iff wifericordin. 



See on the lubjecl of this article Limborch's Hid. of the 

 Inquisition, by Chandler, paffim. Mofheim's Eccl. Hill, 

 vol. iii. p. 113, &c. 8vo. 



INQUISITORS, in La'w, are (heriffs, coroners f„j>er 

 Tifum- corporis, or the like, who have authority to enquire 

 into certain cafes, ex cjficio. 



IN QUO, Medium in quo. See MEDIU^f. 



INROLLMENT, the regidering, recording, or enter- 

 ing of any lawful aft, or inilrument, in the records of 

 chancery ; as a recognizance acknowledged, or a ftatute, or 

 a fine levied. 



InroUments are alfo made in the rolls of the exchequer, 

 king's bench ; and common pleas; in the huftings at Guild- 

 hall, London ; and by the clerk of the peace in any county.. 

 See Register. 



Inrollmexts, Clerk of the. See Clerk. 



INSAG, in Ornithology, a name given by the people of 

 the Phihppine iflands' to one of the feveral fpecies of par- 

 i-nts, common in their woods. The infag is a very beau- 

 tiful bird ; its body is of a' very bright green, and its head 

 of a fine florid red; 



INSANITY. See MEnrAL Derangement, Mania, and 

 Melakcholv. 



INSANUM PARtIA^IE>JTu.^^ See PARLIAME^-TU^r. 



1N3CHI, or IsscHl ina, in the Materia Medica, a name 

 givcrt by fome authors to the common ginger. 



INSCONCED, in the Military Art, denotes that part of 

 an army that have fortified themfelves with a fccnce, or fmall 

 fort, in order to defend fome pafs, &c. See Sconce. 



INSCRIBED, in Geometry. A figure is fard to be in- 

 fcribed in another, when all the angles of the figure infcribcd 

 tcuch either the angles, fides, or planes of the other. 



iNscitiBTTD Hyperbola, isfuchan one as lies entirely wHtliin 

 tlie angle of its afymptntes ; as the cortical hyperbola doth. 

 See Hyperbola and Ciicctmsckidikc; 



INSCRIP. 



