“In the Terreiro de Paco, which may be as far from the inquisition as Whitehall is from Temple-bar, there is a scaffold erected, which may hold two or three thousand people; at the one end sit the inquisitors, and at the other end the prisoners, and in the same order as they walked in the procession; those that are to be burnt being seated on the highest benches behind the rest, which may be ten feet above the floor of the scaffold.”
Verse. Lord save thy men servants, and thine handmaids.
Resp. Those, O my God, who trust in thee.
Verse. The Lord be with you.
Resp. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, to these thy men servants, and thine handmaids, the worthy fruit of penance; that they may be rendered innocent in the sight of thy holy church, from the integrity of which they have strayed through sin, by obtaining the pardon of their sins, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
[275]. Fol. 149.
[276]. L. 2. t. 3. c. 11.