He was finally condemned to carry a candle at an _auto da fe_ in sign of penitence, and to pay four ducats, the costs of his trial.

His detention lasted from September, 1529, till December 18, 1530.] Upon the publication of this edict, there was an exodus of Jews by thousands into the fiefs of independent vassals of the crown--the Duke of Medina Sidonia, the Marquis of Cadiz, and the Count of Arcos.

All emigrants were _ipso facto_ declared heretics by the Holy Office.

During the first year after its foundation, Seville beheld 298 persons burned alive, and 79 condemned to perpetual imprisonment.

A large square stage of stone, called the Quemadero, was erected for the execution of those multitudes who were destined to suffer death by hanging or by flame.