It was Carli, and not Massimiliano, who had made overtures to him.

On being once more tortured, he only confirmed this confession.

Carli was again summoned, and set upon the 'she-goat,' with heavy weights attached to his feet.
The poor wretch sat for two hours on this infernal machine, the sharp edges and spikes of which were so contrived as to press slowly and deeply upon the tenderest portions of his body.[192] But he endured this agony without uttering a word, until the judges perceived that he was at the point of death.

Next day, the 8th of June, Coreglia was again summoned to the justice-chamber.

Terrified by the prospect of future torments, and wearied out with importunities, he at last made a clean breast of all he knew.