The first of these is a specious inscription over the entrance to a private house, occasion by the following accident. In a late solemn procession upon _Corpus Christi_ day there happened a storm of rain, which was in danger of offering some disrespect to the host; and therefore they thought convenient to give it shelter in the next house, they could step into. Among these zealous people this was construed such a blessing to the man and his family, that the house is ever since looked upon as sacred; and the owner has been at a considerable charge to erect a pair of marble pillars at the entrance into his porch, adorned with carving, and inscribed after this magnificent manner: “That in the year 1692, _Innocent_ XII being Pope, _Charles_ II King of Spain, _Buzzia_ Bishop of Cadiz, and _Don Velasco_ governor of the same Herculean city.” _Cum arca vera, panem angelicum carnem factum continens, triumphali processionis pompa, die festo_ Dominici Corporis _deduceretur, et, saeviente turbine, irreverentiae periculum immineret; harum aedium dominus_, Didacus de Barias, _exivit obviam absconditae majestati, et fidei Centurionis aemulus procidit, indignum se profitens, cujus tectum_ Dominus _subiret, eumque honorifice in oratorio suo suscipere meruit. Quare, Deo favente, sacra catholica majestas cooperari volens domui huic praeeminentiae praerogativam concessit, etc._ This accident has rendred _Didacus de Barias_ a meer Saint, and his house a most inviolable sanctuary, in the esteem of the poor Spaniards. Tho our English merchants well know him to be a rank Jew, who being therefore liable to death by the law of Spain, was always forced to live under disguise, and now gladly embraced this opportunity of passing for a zealot. The Jews indeed have formerly been very insolent in Spain. One of the last instances of which was a certain indignity of a shoemaker, who buried a crucifix under the place, where his customers tried on their shoes, that by this stratagem he might oblige Christians to stamp upon the cross. But this nation being since banished that kingdom under the pain of the severest death, they, who still covertly remain so, are obliged to profess themselves of the popish faith, which they can do without any great regret; it being easy to be of two religions, where both consist only in external show and ceremonies.