The commands of the King, too explicit to be tampered with, were obeyed.

The theological assembly had met and given advice.

The Council of Trent was here and there enforced.

The edicts were republished and the inquisitors encouraged.

Moreover, in accordance with Philip's suggestion, orders were now given that the heretics should be executed at midnight in their dungeons, by binding their heads between their knees, and then slowly suffocating them in tubs of water.