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162 PART FOUR
should answer. I am a simple man who never studied. I plead with you Sir, not
to make a trap for me with my own words.
Me: If you are a simple man, answer me simply without evading the question.
The Accused: With pleasure.
Me: Would you like to swear that you never learned anything that contradicts
the faith that we hold for the true one?
The Accused (becoming pale): If I have to swear, I will do it.
Me: I wasn't asking that if you had to swear but rather if you liked to swear.
The Accused: If you order me to swear, I will swear.
Me: I don't want to force you to swear. You consider the swearing of an oath
as a sin, and you will blame me if I force you to do it. But if you wish to
swear, I will accept your oath.
The Accused: But why should I swear if you do not order me to do it?
Me: Why? To free you from the suspicion that you are a heretic.
The Accused: Sir, I do not know how to swear an oath if you do not teach me.
Me: If I were the person to have to swear, I would raise my fingers and say:
Never have I ever had anything to do with the heresy nor believed anything
that was contrary to the true faith. As it is the truth, shall God help me!
To avoid swearing an oath properly, and yet to make us believe that somehow
he had sworn the oath, the accused stuttered. Some