If your Honour should cause me to see one of the letters written by me as above, and sent to Abate Franceschini, I should clearly recognise it.
And when it was shown, etc., she responded: "I have seen and carefully examined the letter shown me by the order of your Honour, which begins—Carissimo Sig. Cognato, sono con questa—and ends Francesca Comparini ne Franceschini, and having examined it, it seems to me, but I cannot swear to it as the truth, that it is one of the letters written by me to Abate Franceschini, my brother-in-law, in conformity to my husband's wishes, etc.
L.
Another lie about the arrival at the tavern of Castelnuovo.
And after a few intervening matters, etc., when questioned, etc., she replied: "I have never sent letters of any sort by the said Maria to any one."
In all truth, I arrived at Castelnuovo at the blush of dawn.
We shut ourselves in there at the tavern of Castelnuovo for the space of more than an hour. During that time we stayed in a room upstairs.
M.
New lies that she did not lie down to sleep at the Inn of Castelnuovo.
And after a few other matters, when questioned, she replied: "I did not go to sleep, nor lie down to rest in the tavern at Castelnuovo during the time I stopped there, as above."