A short view; or history of the inquisition of the Kingdoms of Spain, Portugal, &c. to this day. Under the following Heads: Its Rise, Progress, and Establishment, Its boundless Jurisdiction, Its Officers, Laws, Customs, Their Judgments, Tortures, Penances, &c. Interspersed with Many curious Relations of Persons who have suffer'd under their Arbitrary Power; particularly that of Isaac Martin, an Englishman, who lay long in Prison at Granada, and was released by the Interposition of his late Majesty King George, whose Account has the Sanction of a Certificate signed by thirteen Bishops at the Instance of Mr Secretary Craggs.

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MDCCXXXIX. [1739]