Storia do Mogor 316: THE NINTH ARTICLE.

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[134] That the defendant being at a certain place at a certain time in company of persons both Catholic and heretic, they permitted themselves certain words against the Sovereign Pontiff and the tribunal of the Holy Office. A certain person, a Catholic, argued to the contrary, but the defendant held his tongue, said not a word, and began to laugh. It was just as if he wished to side with the heretics and favour their views, demonstrating how little he had at heart the defence of the Church and of the Portuguese Christians.