[19] When the crime imputed to the accused was not certain, and he had not entangled himself in the interrogatories, he was acquitted, on the condition that he should make a formal abjuration of his heresies and be purged, after the canonical fashion, of the suspicion attached to him. After this, he was absolved _ad cautelam_, or, in other words, as having been suspected of heresy.--_Llorente, Hist. de la Inquisicion._ [20] One who makes a voluntary confession, and takes his trial on the strength of the evidence which he gives against himself, rather than the testimony of other witnesses. [21] As a specimen of the modern Catalan dialect, the original of the above letter is subjoined. Mol Ille Sor Estan en la Campana ab Juan Baptista Viada All, de Casas lo Dia 12 del corren, parlan de Sermons de Animas: meapar mol, que el digué de esta Manera; de que ell abia oyit á differens, que no creyan ab lo Infern, ó ab lo Purgatori, peró que ell si, que hi creya. lo que delate á V. S. per descarrch de la mia Consiencia. Mataró y Nbre 17 de 1819. S. M. hl--S. Franch. Plana Juster. al Carrer de fora de lo Portal de Batlleix. Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: the the cause=> the cause {pg 13} he was dimissed=> he was dismissed {pg 40} make arrangments=> make arrangements {pg 71} dawn up his defence=> drawn up his defence {pg 74} excuting them=> executing them {pg 96} conception of of the said Juan Antonio=> conception of the said Juan Antonio {pg 136} The excutioners=> The executioners {pg 150} of of property=> of property {pg 175} on the the thirtieth day=> on the thirtieth day {pg 196} before the Revered Joseph=> before the Reverend Joseph {pg 184} la Riera alta=> la Riera Alta {pg 217} superstious acts=> superstitious acts {pg 236} End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Records of The Spanish Inquisition, by Andrew Dickson White