The horrid procedure of the Inquisition is never calculated to make converts—Case of Don Carlos de Sessa—of Isaac Orobio—the punishments inflicted by the holy tribunal encourage hypocrisy—examples—the Inquisition frequently condemns the innocent—trial of Melchior Hernandez—the Inquisitors proved to be actuated by avarice in their condemnation of prisoners—examples—Nicholas Burton—a child—other offences besides heresy taken cognizance of by the Holy Office—its flagrant injustice—its barbarous proceedings against the dead—Marc Antonio de Dominis, 128 CHAPTER VII. Hostility of the Inquisition to the progress of literature and science—examples—Don Melchior de Macanaz—Luis de Leon—Aonius Palearius—freemasonry a peculiar object of persecution by the holy tribunal—interesting trial of M. Tournon—his sentence—cruelty of the Inquisition in the nineteenth century—affecting account of the sufferings of Don Miguel Juan Antonio Solano—his death while confined in the prisons of the Inquisition—he is denied Christian burial—remarks by Puigblanch on the iniquitous procedure of the holy office, 152 CHAPTER VIII. Portuguese "holy tribunal"—imprisonment of Dellon in the Inquisition at Goa—he is thrice examined before the Inquisitors—despair impels him to attempt committing suicide—his fourth examination—sentence of death pronounced on him—preparations for celebrating an auto-da-fé—the various dresses which were worn by the criminals—order of the procession—Dellon's sentence mitigated, and publicly read—ceremonies which are observed towards those who are condemned to death—penances enjoined upon Dellon at his liberation, 172 CHAPTER IX. The Inquisition at Goa has made little improvement since the time of Dellon—extracts from Dr. Buchanan's Christian Researches in Asia—he visits Goa—becomes acquainted with the Inquisitor Joseph a Doloribus—conversation between Dr. Buchanan and the Inquisitor respecting Dellon's account of the tribunal—attempt made by the Inquisitor to prove that the procedure of the holy office is ameliorated—the Doctor visits the Inquisition—he pleads, in vain, to see the dungeons and the captives—his remarks on the efforts which ought to be made by Britain to abolish so odious a tribunal—true picture of the Inquisition by several writers—conclusion, 191 APPENDIX. No. I.—Articles of Torquemada, for regulating the proceedings of the Inquisition, drawn up in 1484, 218 No. II.—Articles drawn up by the Inquisitor-general Valdes, in 1561, for the better regulation of the holy office, 221 HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION. CHAPTER I.