FOOTNOTES:

  1. [[1]] Lea. History of the Inquisition. Vol. I. p. 299.
  2. [[2]] History of the Inquisition.
  3. [[3]]The counts of San Lucar were hereditary alcaldes of Triana, and in return for surrendering the castle, they were granted the dignity of Alguazil Mayor of the Inquisition. It was worth 150,000 maravedis a year and the holder of the office provided a deputy. The maravedi, once a gold coin of some value, latterly represented only 3/8 of a cent.
  4. [[4]] Langlois, L'Inquisition d'après des tableaux recénts (1902), quoted by Vancandard (Conway's translation, 1908).
  5. [[5]] Lea. History of the Inquisition in Spain. Vol. II. p. 526.
  6. [[6]] Lea. History of the Inquisition in Spain. Vol. III.
  7. [[7]] Trampazo means, exactly, an "extreme tightening of cords": La ultima de las vueltas que se dan en el tormento de las cuerdas.
  8. [[8]] Lea. History of the Inquisition in Spain. Vol. IV.
  9. [[9]] "Vida Penal en Espana," by Rafael Salillas, Madrid, 1888.
  10. [[10]] See post, p. 161.
  11. [[11]] Relosillas, "Four Months in Ceuta."
  12. [[12]] "Four Months in Ceuta."
  13. [[13]] Irons are not carried by the convicts, not even by those sentenced to imprisonment "in chains," con la cadena. They were considered an interference with the efforts and strength of the labourer.
  14. [[14]] Catorce Meses en Ceuta, Malaga, 1886.
  15. [[15]] I have seen a precisely similar weapon in an English convict prison, the product of an evil-minded prisoner who used it in an assault upon his officer.
  16. [[16]] An official report dated 1888 gives a total of 221 prisoners in the whole of the establishments admitted into hospital suffering from wounds, fractures and contusions received in the gaols.
  17. [[17]] See ante, pp. 159 sqq.
  18. [[18]] See ante, p. 159.
  19. [[19]] Relosillas.
  20. [[20]] "Vida Penal en Espana."
  21. [[21]] See ante, p. 128.
  22. [[22]] See ante, p. 194.
  23. [[23]] This town of Ecija is renowned in the history of Spanish brigandage as the home of the "Seven Sons of Ecija," a very daring and dangerous band whose achievements have been told by the Spanish novelist, Fernandez y Gonzalez.
  24. [[24]] "Bandolerismo estudo social y memorias historicas," by Don Julian de Zugasti. Madrid, 1876.
  25. [[25]] La Spagna; Da Irun a Malaga, by Adolfo de Foresta, Bologna, 1879.

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