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Records of the Spanish Inquisition, Translated from the Original ManuscriptsWhite, Andrew Dickson

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Records of the Spanish Inquisition, Translated from the Original Manuscripts

Name: Records of the Spanish Inquisition, Translated from the Original Manuscripts
Author: White, Andrew Dickson

White, Andrew Dickson

Inquisition -- Spain -- History -- Sources

_Declared unanimously, that this contains an additional profession and
doctrine of superstitious necromancy, with an additional method of
practising it, added to a new insult to the sacred ceremonies of the
mass._

9th. The said person having requested to see the book of magic which he
declared was in his possession, he refused to exhibit the same,
declaring that the person who made the demand would not be able to read
or understand it, but that he had studied the whole in a certain place
which he named.

_Declared unanimously, that this contains a profession of possessing a
book of magic, and studying the same for the purpose of practising it._

Finally declared unanimously, that the person under qualification be
pronounced under suspicion _de levi_.

FR. FRANCISCO SIGES,
P. ANTONIO MIRA,
FR. JUAN BA. LLOPIS,
FR. AUGUSTIN DE VINAROS.
DON JOACHIN DE ESPLUGUES Y PALAVICINO,
_Secretary_.

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In the Royal Palace of the Inquisition of Valencia, on the twentieth day
of May, one thousand seven hundred and fiftysix, the Inquisitors
Licentiate Don Antonio, Pelegen Venero, and Don Inigo Ortiz de la Peña
being at their morning audience, having examined the information
received in this Holy Office against Don Antonio Adorno, a soldier in
the regiment of Asturias, belonging to the company of Don Jorge Duran,
by birth a Neapolitan, and a resident in this city, for the crimes of
professing necromancy and amatory divination, and practising the same
with insult to the holy sacrifice of the mass and the holy cross--

Ordered unanimously, that the said Don Antonia Adorno be confined in the
secret prison of this Holy Office; that his property be sequestered; his
papers, books, and instruments seized, and arranged for his accusation.
Ordered further, that before execution, this be submitted to the members
of His Majesty’s Council of the Holy General Inquisition.

DON JOACHIN DE ESPLUGUES Y PALAVICINO,
_Secretary_.

[_In this part of the trial are inserted the originals of fourteen
letters, received from the different Inquisitions in the kingdom,
stating that their records had been examined without finding anything
against the prisoner. Also a letter from the Grand Council of the
Inquisition at Madrid, confirming the above order._]

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In Council May 31st, 1756.

The Dicasts Ravazo, Berz, Barreda, and Herreros.

Let justice be executed according to the above order.


TO OUR CALIFICATOR DR BOXO, AND THE FAMILIARS NAMED IN THIS LETTER.

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Records of the Spanish Inquisition, Translated from the Original ManuscriptsWhite, Andrew Dickson

History

Records of the Spanish Inquisition, Translated from the Original Manuscripts

White, Andrew Dickson

Inquisition -- Spain -- History -- Sources

_Declared unanimously, that this contains an additional profession and
doctrine of superstitious necromancy, with an additional method of
practising it, added to a new insult to the sacred ceremonies of the
mass._

9th. The said person having requested to see the book of magic which he
declared was in his possession, he refused to exhibit the same,
declaring that the person who made the demand would not be able to read
or understand it, but that he had studied the whole in a certain place
which he named.

_Declared unanimously, that this contains a profession of possessing a
book of magic, and studying the same for the purpose of practising it._

Finally declared unanimously, that the person under qualification be
pronounced under suspicion _de levi_.

FR. FRANCISCO SIGES,
P. ANTONIO MIRA,
FR. JUAN BA. LLOPIS,
FR. AUGUSTIN DE VINAROS.
DON JOACHIN DE ESPLUGUES Y PALAVICINO,
_Secretary_.

       *       *       *       *       *

In the Royal Palace of the Inquisition of Valencia, on the twentieth day
of May, one thousand seven hundred and fiftysix, the Inquisitors
Licentiate Don Antonio, Pelegen Venero, and Don Inigo Ortiz de la Peña
being at their morning audience, having examined the information
received in this Holy Office against Don Antonio Adorno, a soldier in
the regiment of Asturias, belonging to the company of Don Jorge Duran,
by birth a Neapolitan, and a resident in this city, for the crimes of
professing necromancy and amatory divination, and practising the same
with insult to the holy sacrifice of the mass and the holy cross--

Ordered unanimously, that the said Don Antonia Adorno be confined in the
secret prison of this Holy Office; that his property be sequestered; his
papers, books, and instruments seized, and arranged for his accusation.
Ordered further, that before execution, this be submitted to the members
of His Majesty’s Council of the Holy General Inquisition.

DON JOACHIN DE ESPLUGUES Y PALAVICINO,
_Secretary_.

[_In this part of the trial are inserted the originals of fourteen
letters, received from the different Inquisitions in the kingdom,
stating that their records had been examined without finding anything
against the prisoner. Also a letter from the Grand Council of the
Inquisition at Madrid, confirming the above order._]

       *       *       *       *       *

In Council May 31st, 1756.

The Dicasts Ravazo, Berz, Barreda, and Herreros.

Let justice be executed according to the above order.


TO OUR CALIFICATOR DR BOXO, AND THE FAMILIARS NAMED IN THIS LETTER.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Records of the Spanish Inquisition, Translated from the Original Manuscripts

Records of the Spanish Inquisition, Translated from the Original Manuscripts

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