The above testimony having been published, an oath was exacted from the
prisoner to declare the truth in answer to the testimony aforesaid,
article by article, and the same having been read to him _de verbo ad
verbum_, he answered as follows;--
To the first article he replied that it was true he had eaten the bacon,
but had done it through ignorance, having forgotten that it was St
Bartholomew’s eve, as he had already confessed, and that on being
apprised of the same, he had left off eating.
To the second article he answered that the hostess might possibly have
said what she states, but that he had no recollection of it.
To the third article he answered that he repeated his former declaration
that he was a Catholic Christian, and had he known it to be the fast of
St Bartholomew, should not have eaten upon any account.
To the fourth article he answered by referring to the confession which
he had already made, and declared that he did not remember having been
warned by any one.
To the fifth article he answered by referring to his confession, and
declared that beyond this he denied everything sworn to by the witness.
The above is the truth according to the oath of the prisoner, and the
same having been read in his hearing is declared by him to be faithfully
recorded,