GERONYMO JOAN ROSSELLON,
_Presbyter Notary of the Holy Office_.
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In the town of Valles, on Sunday, the twentyeighth day of the said month
and year, in the evening, before the said Commissary, appeared,
according to summons, and made oath to declare the truth, Juan
Bafforell, a native and inhabitant of the town of Valles, of age, as he
stated, fortyeight years or thereabout.
Questioned, if he knew or conjectured the cause of his being summoned to
appear.
Answered, that he neither knew nor conjectured.
Questioned, if he knew, or had heard that any person had said or done
anything, which was, or appeared to be contrary to the Holy Catholic
Faith and Evangelical Law preached and taught by the Holy Mother
Catholic Roman Church, or against the proper and free jurisdiction of
the Holy Office.
Answered, that he knew nothing of the matter, but the following. About
fifteen days since, he was at the house of Mosen Pedro Oriola,
apothecary, in company with the said Oriola, Bernardo Serda, innkeeper,
and Salvador Marcal, gardener, and in the course of the conversation the
said Marcal observed that a certain man, whom the deponent knew by
sight, but not his name, or where he belongs, a blacksmith, working with
Pablo Llaurador, of this town, had said, in his presence, in the tavern
of the abovementioned Bernardo Serda, that he possessed a book or books
of such quality and power, that if the said book or books were thrown
into a fire along with an image of Christ crucified, the Christ would be
burnt, and not the book. Further the deponent knoweth not.
The above is the truth according to the oath of the deponent; and being
read in his presence, is declared by him to be correctly recorded.
Deponent further states that he has not made this declaration out of
malice, but solely to unburthen his conscience; and, moreover, promises
secrecy; being unable to write, I, the said Commissary sign in his name.
DR PABLO PASQUAL MARQUEZ, _Commissary_.