Investigations into Magic (5) (Heterodoxia Iberica, 6)

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by  Jose Manuel Garcia Valverde, Peter Maxwell-Stuart

InvestigationsintoMagic,anEditionandTranslationofMartínDelRío’s
Disquisitionummagicarumlibrisex
Heterodoxia Iberica
GeneralEditor
JorgeLedo(UniversidadedaCoruña)
EditorialBoard
FernandoBouza(UniversidadComplutense)
NuriadeCastilla(EcolePratiquedesHautesEtudes,psl,Paris)
MercedesGarcía-Arenal(ConsejoSuperiordeInvestigacionesCientíficas)
IgnacioJ.GarcíaPinilla(UniversidaddeCastilla–LaMancha)
CarlosGilly(BibliothecaPhilosophicaHermetica–UniversitätBasel)
LuisGirónNegrón(HarvardUniversity)
JonathanIsrael(InstituteforAdvancedStudy–PrincetonUniversity)
XavierTubau(ConsejoSuperiordeInvestigacionesCientíficas)
MaríaJoséVega(UniversitatAutònomadeBarcelona)
JoséLuisVillacañas(UniversidadComplutense,Madrid)
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Investigations into Magic,
an Edition and Translation of
Martín Del Río’s Disquisitionum
magicarum libri sex
Volume 5
By
PeterMaxwell-Stuart
JoséManuelGarcíaValverde
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Contents
Introduction 1
NoteontheLatinText 51
Disquisitionummagicarumlibrisex
Book5:TheThirdVolumeofInvestigationsintoMagic,or,theSuitableWay
forJudgesandConfessorstoProceed 54
1 PreliminaryLetters 54
2 DedicatoryVerses 56
3 PrefatoryRemarks 64
4 Section1:ShouldtheUsualLegalMannerandProcedureBeRetained
WhenTryingThisCrime? 66
5 Section2:IntheCaseofThisCrime,HowShouldanInvestigationBe
Organised? 74
6 Section3:VeryGoodCircumstantialEvidenceWhichMeansThata
JudgeCanProceedSafelytoTryThisCrime 92
7 Section4:OtherLessCompellingandLessCertainPiecesof
CircumstantialEvidence 148
8 Section5:(i)LayingInformationagainstSomeone,(ii)Witnesses 178
9 Section6:ThingsWhichUsuallyTakethePlaceofanAccusationinThis
Case,andtheAccusationItself 190
10 Section7:ArrestandImprisonment 192
11 Section8:AccusationinCourtafterImprisonment 210
12 Section9:Torture 210
13 Section10:OtherWaysofInvestigatingtheTruth 240
14 Section11:Confessions 254
15 Section12:Abjuration 258
16 Section13:CanonicalPurgation 266
17 Section14:Acquittal 268
18 Section15:TheNatureofActsofFortune-Telling[sortilegiorum].Which
ofThemAreConducivetoHeresyandWhichAreNot? 272
19 Section16:ThePunishmentandExecutionofWorkersofHarmful
Magic 284
20 Section17:BooksofMagic 464
21 Section18:OfferingtheEucharisttoThoseWhoAreabouttoDie 466
22 Section19:ShouldtheCorpseReceiveBurial? 468
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Appendix1:AdditionalMaterialfromPierreDheure 470
Appendix2:TheReplyofMartíndelRíooftheSocietyofJesustothe
QuestionsofaMostSerenePrinceabouttheWaytoProceedagainstWitches
[striges]orWorkersofPoisonousMagic[veneficos] 512
Question1:IsInformationLaidbySeveralPeople,withoutAnyOtherProofs
orCorroborativeEvidence,SufficientProofofItselftoWarranttheUseof
Torture? 514
Question2:ShouldEnmitybetweenThoseInformingagainstSomeoneand
ThoseWhoHaveBeenInformedagainstBeFullyProvedbyTwoWitnesses,or
IsPart-ProofbyOneWitness,orEvenaPresumption,sufficienttoQuashthe
EvidenceContainedinWhatIsBeingInformed? 562
Question3:ShouldThoseWhoAreLayingInformationBeContrite,asSome
PeopleWish,sinceThisIsNotClearlyExpressedbyThisLaw,andWitches
[sagae]AreVeryRarelyPenitent? 574
Question4:AretheRequirementsoftheLawandArticle31oftheCaroline
ConstitutioninRelationtoOnePerson’sLayingInformationalsoRequiredin
theCaseofInformation’sBeingLaidbyMoreThanOnePerson? 580
Question5:ShouldInformationLaidbyPersonsofIllReputeagainstPersons
ofGoodReputeBeBelievedinCrimesWhichFallOutwiththeNormalLegal
Rules? 584
Question6:IsInformationLaidbyatLeastTwoorMorePersonsofIllRepute
NeededforThisPurpose? 592
Question7:SoThatOneCanProceedtotheExaminationandTortureofa
SpecificIndividual,IsItaRequirementinCrimesWhichFallOutwiththe
NormalLegalRulesThat,inadditiontotheInformationLaidagainstHimby
MoreThanOnePerson,theIndividualagainstWhomItIsLaidBeSomeone
ofIllRepute? 592
Question8:IntheAbsenceofEvidenceThataWitchHasDoneHarm,forthe
CourttoProceedtoTorture,IsItSufficientThataManorWomanHave
InformationLaidagainstThem,byMoreThanOnePerson,ThatTheyHave
SeenHer[sic]inaMeetingorAssemblyofWitches[sagarum]? 598
Question9:WhentheInformationBeingLaidSaysThatThisorThat
IndividualHasTakenPartinMeetingsofWitches[sagarum],IsMentionofa
SpecificTimeandPlaceRequired,orIsGeneralInformationLaidbyMore
ThanOnePerson,withoutThisKindofDetail,SufficienttoWarrant
InvestigationandTorture? 622
Question10:InThisCrime,orinOtherCrimesWhichFallOutwiththe
NormalLegalRules,ShouldSingleWitnessesBeGrantedaHearingasLong
as,inregardtotheCircumstances,TheyAgreeonWhatWasActuallyDone,
theSubstantialDetailsandPurpose[oftheCrime];andAreSingleWitnesses
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ofThisKindSufficient,WhenThereIsMoreThanOneofThem,toConstitute
EvidenceJustifyingTorture? 640
Question11:IsItaRequirementThat,WhenInformationIsLaidbyMore
ThanOnePerson,EachOneofThemMakeaConfessionunderTorture,or
CanThisProceedOnlyWhenInformationIsLaidbyaSingle
Individual? 646
Question12:CanaWomanBeaWitnessinCriminalCases? 652
Question13:WhenTwoWomenHaveMadeaConfession,IsItPossibleto
ProceedtoTortureorBringinaVerdictofGuilty? 656
Question14:WhenThereAreNoTestimoniesfromMenWhichContradict
Them,CanOneHaveMoreFaithinInformationLaidbyWomen? 660
Question15:DoesInformationLaidbySeveralMinorsProvideReason
EnoughtoWarrantTorture? 662
Question16:IstheLikelihoodThatInformationLaidbyOnlyOnePersonMay
BeTrueSufficientSupportingEvidencetoMakeItPossibletoProceedto
Torture? 670
Question17:DoesInformationLaidbyWorkersofHarmfulMagicWhoAre
AlsoInvolvedinOtherCrimesProvideWarrantforTorture,MostEspecially
WhenThereIsMoreThanOneofThem? 676
Question18:DoestheExtra-JudicialWithdrawalofaNameWhichHasBeen
GivenJudiciallyWeakentheCaseforProceedingtoTorture? 682
Question19:WhenOneDoesNotFindAnyInstrumentsofHarmfulMagicat
All,DoesThisAnnultheInformationLaidbySeveralPeople,inSuchaWay
ThatItNoLongerFurnishesaWarrantforProceedingtoTorture? 690
Question20:IsFairlySlightEvidenceSufficienttoWarrantTortureinCrimes
WhichDoNotFallOutwiththeNormalLegalRules? 690
Question21:WhichFairlySlightKindsofEvidenceAreSufficienttoWarrant
ProceedingtoTorture? 698
Question22:ShouldaJudgeBeMoreReadyandMoreWillingtoProceedto
TortureinCasesWhichAreDreadfulandHaveBeenKeptHidden? 704
Question23:DoesSocialRankExcuseSomeonefromTortureinaCriminal
CaseofThisKind? 706
Question24:ShouldMoreSevereTortureThanThatUsedinOtherCrimesBe
AppliedintheCaseofThoseWhichAreMoreDreadful[Thanthe
Others]? 708
Question25:SinceWitches[sagae]Are,fortheMostPart,Obdurateand
ProtectedbyaMaleficeofSilence,WhatKindofTortureIsMoreEffectiveina
CaseofThisParticularCrime? 710
Question26:HowManyTimesCananAccusedPersonBeRaised[bythe
Strappado],andHowLongCanHeBeLeftHangingtoGetHimtoDisclose
AnyEvidence? 712
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Question27:HowLongCananAccusedPersonNormallyBeHeldRaisedon
theRope? 714
Question28:WhatIstheLongestTimeThatCanBeUsedinBothVersions[of
theTorture]? 714
Question29:WhenaJudgeSeesThattheAccusedIsObdurate,orWhen
ThereAreOtherLawfulReasons,IsItPossibleforHimtoLeaveOff
ExaminationandTortureandComeBacktoThemafteraNumberof
Days? 716
Question30:WhatShouldOneThinkaboutPouringColdWaterontheBack
ofaPrisonerWhoHasBeenHungup[bytheStrappado]? 718
Question31:WhenCanTortureBeRepeatedaftertheFirstPiecesofEvidence
HaveBeenGiven,EspeciallyinThisCrime,sinceWitches[sagae]Areforthe
MostPartObdurateandStubborn? 724
Question32:IsThereaBasisinNaturalJusticeandStatutoryLawforcErtain
People’sSayingThatTortureShouldNotBeRepeatedMoreThanThree
Times? 726
Question33:ShouldOneInterpretThreeOccasionsasReferringtoaSingle
DayortoThreeDayswithanIntervalbetweenThem? 728
Question34:What[DoesOneDo]iftheAccusedHasCommittedsoMany
OffencesThatHisExaminationCouldNotBeCompletedinaSingle
Day? 730
Question35:ShouldOneFollowLocalCustomUndeviatingly,asfaras
MethodofTortureIsConcerned,sinceThereAreGreatDifferencesbetween
Persons,Evidence,andCrimes,andThereforeItIsNotAlwaysPossibleto
ProceedaccordingtoOneandtheSameMethod,andtheOccasionsofand
ReasonsforandTypesofTortureCannotBeDeterminedEitherbyLaworby
Custom? 732
Question36:CantheMethodofTortureBePrescribedby[aJudge]froma
HigherCourttoJudgesintheLowerCourts? 734
Question37:ShouldaCopyoftheEvidenceandInformationabouttheTrial
BeGivenintheWorstCasesofCrimesWhichFallOutwiththeNormalLegal
Rules,orIsItSufficientfortheJudgetoTelltheAccusedWhattheEvidenceIs,
andfortheAccusedandThoseWhoAreDefendingHimtoBeGivena
HearingatOnce,BecauseThisCanBeaBetterWayofGettingatthe
Truth? 736
Question38:ShouldAdvocatesBeAppointedinCasesInvolvingtheMore
DreadfulCrimes,sinceThatMeanstheAccusedAreUsuallyMoreObdurate
andFeelEncouragedtoDeny[theCharges]? 742
Question39:DoesaConfrontationofWitches[sagarum],WhoinMostCases
ArePronetoRetract[WhatTheyHaveSaid],SeemtoBeaGoodIdea? 748
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Question40:ShouldBinsfeld’sDictum,ThataChargeNeedstoBeBroughtby
ThreeorFourWomenforEveryManWhoBringsOne,BeCompliedwithin
theTerritoriesoftheEmpire? 752
Question41:WhatShouldOneThinkaboutthePracticeinGermanyWhich,
uptillNow,HasAcceptedThatChargesInvolvingDancesandWitches’
[sagarum]MeetingsAreTrue,AreCapableofBeingProvedbeyond
ReasonableDoubt,andAreNotIllusory? 752
Bibliography 757
IndextoBook5 769