been enlarged at the Act of Faith, which was performed that very year, in the beginning of December; whereas not sending me to Goa, till the Act of Faith was ended, I was forced to stay in the Prisons of the Holy Office two years longer than I should have done; because scarce any enlargement of the Prisoners is ever made, but at that terrible Ceremo∣ny, called the Act of Faith; and as that is performed but from two to two, or from three to three years, it is a double unhappiness for those that are shut up in these Holy Prisons, to be carried thither immediately after this Goal-delivery, because they are obliged to wait there till there be a sufficient number of Persons to render the Act of Faith more il∣lustrious .The refusal which the Inquisitor made at my third Audience to re∣ceive my confession, touching what I had said concerning the Inquisiti∣on; and his injustice, in daring to maintain that I had not confessed this Fact, which he made my Crime so long time after, was one of those things which most afflicted me, during my imprisonment, and is none of the least grievances which I have to complain of against the Messieurs.I might also justly complain of this, that the Inquisition desiring to lay a new snare for me, when I accused my self of what I had said con∣cerning the Holy Office, and what had happened a long time before to Father Ephraim Nevers; asked me if I would defend the errors of that Monk; but although I knew very well that the innocence of this Father had been fully manifested, and that he had been arrested meerly upon Envy; I answered that I pretended not to defend any person, be∣ing sufficiently troubled to defend my self.I had moreover methinks all reason to believe, that they had an inten∣tion to please the Viceroy, and Governour of Daman his Cousin, in send∣ing me into Portugal, since of more than 200 Persons who went with me out of the Inquisition, I alone was obliged to leave the Indies and go for Europe.The cruelty of the Guards, who often used very rude words to me, and forced me unwillingly to eat my Meat, and take remedies when I was sick, deserves also in my mind some consideration; for although the Guards have reason to force the accused Persons to eat their Meat and take Remedies, they might use in respect of them the same method which is used in respect of other sick Persons, who are not wont to re∣ceive the Stirrup Leather, or Bastinadoes, to make them take the Pre∣criptions of their Physicians.I will add, that although the Inquisition granteth something of safe Conducts to those, who being in a place of Security, will come and ac∣cuse themselves; yet it is best not to trust them too much, since they make no great scruple in this Holy Tribunal, to violate the promise 0