The  new  Grand  Inquisitor,  who  was  a  creature  of  the  Queen,
a  Benedictine  monk  named  Diego  de  Arce,  was  not  to  be
entirely  balked,  and  although  no  evidence  now  existed,  he
had  the  prothonotary  Don  Geronimo  Villanueva  brought
from  his  prison  in  Toledo,  where  he  had  languished  for  two
years,  and  placed  before  the  tribunal  of  the  Inquisition.  He
was  stripped  of  his  arms,  accoutrements,  insignia  of  rank  and
outer  clothing,  and  sat  upon  a  plain  low  wooden  stool,  and
then,  without  any  evidence  being  given  or  statement  of
specific  offence,  was  condemned  for  irreligion,  sacrilege,
superstition,  and  other  enormities,  and,  by  the  mercy  of  the
Holy  Office,  was  absolved  from  all  this  on  condition  that  he
fasted  every  Friday  for  a  year,  never  again  entered  the
convent,  and  gave  2,000  ducats  to  the  poor  through  the
monks  of  Atocha.
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Isassi,  the  King's  secretary  Carnero,  and  two
servants,  and  is  attested  in  notarial  form  by  Villa-
nueva,  as  prothonotary  of  the  kingdom.
Then  comes  the  King's  warrant,  under  Philip's
own  sign  manual,  in  the  fine  old  Spanish  form  :

"The  King — Don  Juan  Isassi  Ydiaquez.  The
Count- Duke  will  deliver  to  you  a  boy  in  whose
education  and  virtuous  bringing  up  you  will  serve
me  well  and  with  absolute  secrecy,  following  therein
all  the  orders  given  to  you  by  the  Count-Duke.
