These lists are probably defective for the early years. A contemporary, writing in 1564, states that for a number of years there had been burnt annually from twenty to forty persons and two hundred penanced.—Bibl. nationale de France, fonds italien 430, fol. 109.
[723] Corpo Diplomatico, IX, 150; X, 315, 546, 556.
[724] Sousa, Aphor. Inquis., De Origíne, § 6.—The Relation de l’Inquisition de Goa by Dr. C. Dellon (Paris, 1688) giving an account of his sufferings there, is well known. It has been translated into Portuguese, with copious notes and documents, by Miguel Vicente d’Abreu (Nova-Goa, 1866), to whom we shall have occasion to refer.
[725] Corpo Diplomatico, IX, 112.
[726] Ibidem, XII, 77. A similar brief was issued by Urban VIII, April 22, 1625 (Ibid. p. 246) but, as it makes no reference to any preceding act, the presumption is that these were sporadic and not continuous grants of power.
[727] For these forgotten struggles see some elaborate papers by the Rev. George Edmundson in the English Historical Review for 1899 and 1900.
[728] In the Lisbon auto of March 14, 1723, there are few Judaizers and all are residents of Portugal. In that of October 10, 1723, the Judaizers are numerous and a large portion of them are from Brazil. Evidently a fleet had arrived during the interval.—Royal Library of Berlin, Qt. 9548.
In 1618, however, we hear of an inquisitor sent from Portugal to Brazil, whose operations speedily drove numerous New Christians to seek refuge in Spanish territory.—J. T. Medina, La Inquisicion en las Provincias del Plata, pp. 155-61 (Santiago de Chile, 1900).
[729] Miguel Vicente d’Abreu, p. 115.
[730] Did. Guerreiro Camacho de Aboym, De Privilegiis Familiarum etc., pp. 12-18, 21 (Ulyssipone, 1759).