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In the Royal Palace of the Inquisition of Barcelona, on the fifth day of
March, one thousand six hundred and thirtythree, the Inquisitors, Dr
Bernardo Luis Cotoner, and Dr Domingo Abbad y Huerta being at their
morning audience, ordered the said Juan Duran to be brought from prison,
which being done, and the prisoner present, he was
Questioned, &c.
Answered, that he had nothing to declare in discharge of his conscience,
either respecting his own affair, or with respect to aught that had been
done or said in the prisons of this Holy Office, or against the dignity,
authority, or secrets of its ministers, or respecting the custody of the
prisoners therein; that he had not witnessed any communication carried
on among them, or knew that any one had spoken to another, or to any one
without; that he carried no communication from them to any one, and that
the Alcayde and Steward have faithfully discharged their duties.
He was then commanded by virtue of the oath which he had taken, and
under penalty of complete excommunication, to observe perfect secrecy in
relation to all which had befallen him, and all which he had seen,
heard, learned, or understood while in prison, and not to divulge the
same, in any shape; all which he promised.