The above having been read to the deponent, was declared by him to be correctly recorded; and he further stated that he had nothing to add or alter respecting it, and that he did not make the declaration through malice, but solely in obedience to his conscience. Secrecy was enjoined upon him, which he promised, and added his signature. JUAN BAUTISTA VIADA. FRAY PEDRO MARTIR DE SAN VICENTE, _Presbyter Capuchin Commissary_. Before me-- F. BERNARDO DE BARCELONA, _Notary_. * * * * * [_The following is written in the margin of the above deposition._] I know the deponent Juan Bautista Viada to be a person worthy of credit. He supports his family by his labor; follows the precepts of the church, confesses, and partakes of the sacrament; nor have I ever heard of anything which can impeach his testimony. This is my opinion, salvo meliori. Mataro, January 28th, 1820. FR. PEDRO MARTIR DE SAN VICENTE, _Presbyter Capuchin Commissary_. * * * * * THE END. FOOTNOTES: [1] Fleury, Hist. Ecclesiast. [2] Sismondi, Litterature du Midi de l’Europe. [3] Sismondi, Hist. des Français. [4] Fleury, Hist. Ecclesiast. [5] Daru, Hist. de Venise. [6] Giannone, Storia di Napoli. [7] Llorente, Hist. de la Inquisicion de Espana. [8] Mariana, Hist. de Espana. Llorente. [9] Schiller, Abfall der Niederlande. [10] Llorente. [11] Lafitau, Conquestes des Portugais. [12] As soon as the crime of suspicion of heresy was established in the preliminary accusation, the Inquisitors ordered the arrest of the delinquent. From that moment there were neither privileges nor shelter for him. Whatever might be his rank, he was seized in the midst of his family and friends, and no one dared to offer the least resistance. From the instant he was in the hands of the Inquisition not an individual was allowed any communication with him, he was abandoned by all the world and deprived of every species of consolation. Wo to the compassionate mind that dared to show any sympathy for a victim of the Inquisition. The accused was plunged into a frightful dungeon till the Inquisitors saw fit to interrogate him.