Chapter 17

[19]Everything related of Juliano Hernandez is strictly true.

[19]Everything related of Juliano Hernandez is strictly true.

[20]Hush.

[20]Hush.

[21]The story of the gaoler's servant and his little daughter is historical.

[21]The story of the gaoler's servant and his little daughter is historical.

[22]Guardian.

[22]Guardian.

[23]Words actually used by this monster.

[23]Words actually used by this monster.

[24]The people of Seville do not think the oranges fit to eat until the new blossoms come out in spring.

[24]The people of Seville do not think the oranges fit to eat until the new blossoms come out in spring.

[25]Lightly.

[25]Lightly.

[26]A fact.

[26]A fact.

[27]Those delivered over to the secular arm—that is, to death.

[27]Those delivered over to the secular arm—that is, to death.

[28]"With the King or the Inquisition,Hush! Hush!"_A Spanish Proverb._

[28]

"With the King or the Inquisition,Hush! Hush!"_A Spanish Proverb._

"With the King or the Inquisition,Hush! Hush!"_A Spanish Proverb._

"With the King or the Inquisition,Hush! Hush!"

"With the King or the Inquisition,

Hush! Hush!"

_A Spanish Proverb._

_A Spanish Proverb._

[29]So called by the Inquisitor, De Pegna.

[29]So called by the Inquisitor, De Pegna.

[30]Report of De Pegna.

[30]Report of De Pegna.

[31]A genuine inquisitorial expression.

[31]A genuine inquisitorial expression.

[32]But these laws were often broken or evaded.

[32]But these laws were often broken or evaded.

[33]"His Majesty," the ordinary term applied by Spaniards to the Host.

[33]"His Majesty," the ordinary term applied by Spaniards to the Host.

[34]Blue; a word applied by the Spaniards only to blue eyes.

[34]Blue; a word applied by the Spaniards only to blue eyes.

[35]At the Auto they produced his effigy, of the size of life, clad in his canon's robe, and with the arms stretched out in the gesture he had been wont to use in preaching; but it caused such a demonstration of feeling among the people, that they were obliged hastily to withdraw it.It was at this Auto that Maria Gonsalez was sentenced to receive two hundred lashes, and to be imprisoned for ten years, for the kindnesses she had shown the prisoners. An equally severe punishment was awarded to the under-gaoler Herrera for the offence of having allowed a mother and three daughters, who were imprisoned in separate cells, an interview of half an hour; while the many cruelties and peculations of the infamous Benevidio were only chastised by the loss of his situation and its advantages, and banishment from Seville.

[35]At the Auto they produced his effigy, of the size of life, clad in his canon's robe, and with the arms stretched out in the gesture he had been wont to use in preaching; but it caused such a demonstration of feeling among the people, that they were obliged hastily to withdraw it.

It was at this Auto that Maria Gonsalez was sentenced to receive two hundred lashes, and to be imprisoned for ten years, for the kindnesses she had shown the prisoners. An equally severe punishment was awarded to the under-gaoler Herrera for the offence of having allowed a mother and three daughters, who were imprisoned in separate cells, an interview of half an hour; while the many cruelties and peculations of the infamous Benevidio were only chastised by the loss of his situation and its advantages, and banishment from Seville.

[36]The Jewish quarter of Seville.

[36]The Jewish quarter of Seville.

Transcriber's Note:There were a number of printing errors in this book. These have been corrected silently. The following errors in spelling have been changed:desengãno is now desengañopersume is now presume.

Transcriber's Note:

There were a number of printing errors in this book. These have been corrected silently. The following errors in spelling have been changed:

desengãno is now desengaño

persume is now presume.


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