A large portion of the titles in this Valdes Index are taken from the lists in the Spanish reprint of the Louvain Index of 1550. It is difficult to trace the principle on which either the omissions or the selections of these Louvain titles have been arrived at. The additions made by the compilers of the Inquisition cover in the main such of the Reformation writings as had found their way into Spain through the Low Countries. The editors make no reference to preceding Indexes but present this as if it could be accepted as a substantially complete guide for believing readers. The _Historia Ecclesiastica_ of Albert Kranz (1517) finds place in the Valdes Index for the first time among prohibited books. Bellarmin writes later that the editions of this historian are to be condemned simply on the ground of the godless notes added by heretical editors. A noteworthy title which also here first finds condemnation is that of the _Gesta Romanorum_. The compilation of these old legends of the Church has been ascribed to the Cistercian Helimand (†1227). This book was first condemned in 1472, when the first printed edition was issued in Cologne. It was often reprinted. An edition was issued in New York as late as 1901. Another prohibited title is that of _Hortulus Animae Absque Nomini Authoris_. Of this book there had been a great variety of editions, in one or more of which heretical editors had included scoffing pictures. The text included fifteen prayers of St. Bridget. Of these prayers it was said that if they should be repeated during an entire year, fifteen souls would be saved from everlasting punishment. In the same edition, there is a prayer to the Virgin to which was ascribed especial soul-saving value. In Aragon, for instance, in the year 1290, one sinner who had during the preceding year sung this hymn daily, was able, after being beheaded, to retain his soul in the body until all his sins had been confessed and he had received absolution. It would seem as if this book belonged to the class that should have been retained _donec corrigatur_.[119] Llorente, in his description of this Index, refers to a story of Saint Theresa, who, when she complained of the unjust proscriptions of certain orthodox books, was answered by the Lord: “Disturb not thyself, I will give thee the book of life.”