Storia do Mogor 298.4

298.4

On Monday, January 17 [1650], the inquisitor sent for him, gave him his crucifix, and his name was recorded. On the Tuesday they changed his cell, telling him they wished to give him one with more light, where he could read his prayers. On March 21 he was once more removed, and again on April 1. All these rooms had the same length, breadth, and height; the last three had each a window barred with iron bars eleven feet long. The windows were at the height of two men from the floor, one and a half cubits in length, and one cubit in width. The embrasure was of about twelve feet. In the first cell there was no window, nothing but a small hole. The father [Ephraim] remained in the last cell given him until May 9, 1650. The inquisitor then saw that he was so weak that he could not hold himself up, so much so that he fell down two or three times in his presence. Moved with compassion, he sent him to another cell fifteen feet one way and eighteen feet the other, situated below the great hall of the Inquisition. It was dark but cool, and the fresher air gave him acute gouty pains in the feet and hands.