Another witness &c. [All the other testimony repeated.]
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,
Dr Domingo Abbad y Huerta.
Before me—