[555] Archivo de la Catedral de Córdova, Cajon I, n. 301.—Archivo de Simancas, loc. cit.
[556] Archivo de la Catedral de Córdova, Cajon A, n. 5; Cajon I, n. 304.
[557] Bulario de la Orden de Santiago, Lib. III, fol. 320.—See Appendix.
[558] Pet. Mart. Epistt., 333, 334, 335.
[559] Pedraza, Hist. eccles. de Granada, P. IV, cap. 31-34.
[560] Pet. Mart. Epistt., 342, 344, 457.—Pedraza, loc. cit.
The Inquisition which had hunted him to the death could never forgive him for his escape. When, in 1559, Inquisitor-general Valdés compiled the first Index of prohibited books, a long-forgotten controversial tract against the Jews, printed by Talavera in 1480, was resuscitated and condemned in order to cast a slur upon his memory and this was carefully preserved through the long series of Spanish Indexes down to the last one in 1790.—Reusch, Die Indices Libror. Prohib., p. 232.—Indice Ultimo, p. 262.
[561] Zurita, Hist. del Rey Hernando, Lib. VII, cap. xxix, xxxiv, xlii; Lib. VIII, cap. i, v.—Villa, La Reina Juana, pp. 462, 463.
Zurita, who, as an official of the Suprema, no doubt reflects the tradition of the Inquisition, says that many murmured at seeing Ferdinand, to win over Ximenes, sacrifice Deza, for the latter was a most notable prelate, a man of great learning and devoted to the king’s service. He has claims too on our respect as the patron of Columbus, befriending and encouraging him when disheartened by the incredulity of the court.—Irving’s Life and Voyages of Columbus, Book II, Chap. 3, 4; Book XVIII, Chap 3.
[562] Correspondence of Rojas (Boletin, XXVIII, 440, 457).—Ciacconii et Oldoini Vit. Pontif. III, 261.