12. But if the Inquisitors are suspicious of a prisoner's repentance, they may refuse absolution, and declare him to be a false penitent, and condemn him to be burnt. 13. If a person who has been absolved, should boast of having concealed several crimes, or if information should be obtained that he had committed more than he had confessed, he shall be arrested, and treated as a false penitent. 14. If the accused persist in denying his crimes, even after the publication of his testimony, he is to be condemned as impenitent. 15. If a semi-proof exist against a person who denies the charge brought against him, he is to be put to the torture; if he confesses during the torture and afterwards confirms his confession, he is to be punished as convicted; if he retracts, he is to be tortured again, or condemned to an extraordinary punishment. 16. The entire deposition of the witnesses shall not be communicated to the accused. 17. The Inquisitors shall, if possible, interrogate the witnesses themselves. 18. One or more Inquisitors shall be present when a prisoner is tortured, or appoint a commissioner in their place. 19. If the accused does not appear when summoned, he shall be condemned as a heretic. 20. When it is proved that a person by his writings or conduct dies a heretic, he shall be judged and condemned as such, his body disinterred and burnt, and his property confiscated. 21. Vassals of nobles shall be subject to the Inquisitors. 22. In the event of a man burnt for heresy leaving children under age, the Inquisitors shall grant them a portion of their father's property, under the title of alms, and confide their education to proper persons. 23. If a person who has been reconciled without confiscation, possesses property belonging to a condemned person, this property not to be included in the pardon. 24. Those who are reconciled, and whose property is not confiscated, shall give liberty to their Christian slaves. 25. The Inquisitors, and officers of the Inquisition, shall not receive any present, on pain of excommunication, &c. 26-28. Enjoin the Inquisitors to live at peace with each other, and to watch the conduct of their inferiors. No. II. Articles drawn up by the Inquisitor-general Valdes, in 1561, for the better regulation of the Holy Office. 1. That when the Inquisitors admit an information they must consult theologians of integrity; and— 2. That if it appears from the opinion of these theologians, that the object of their examination is a matter of faith, or if the Inquisitors conceive, without consulting them, that the denounced fact is sufficiently proved, the procurator-fiscal shall cause the persons implicated to be arrested. 3. That the Inquisitors shall be assembled to decide if imprisonment should be decreed; in doubtful cases, they shall summon consulters. [This is never found necessary.]