Description: 1820. Original Edition of First American Edition Publisher-Printing Location: R.Storrs Printer, Hartford, by John Coustos. Date: 1820 Size and Page Count: 4.25 X 7 Tall 300 pages Condition: Good+, Full Calf Leather Bound, front hinge cracked at top, corners worn, text tight, foxing through with heavier foxing toward end pages. Complete Three Plate Engravings on Torture Title Page: The Mysteries of Popery Unveiled in the Unparalleled sufferings of John Coustos at the Inquisition of Lisbon To which are added the origin of the Inquisition, and its Establishment in Various Countries, and the Master Key to Popery, By Anthony Gavin, one of the Roman Catholic Priests of Sarragossa the whole concluded with a Chronological Sketch of the Lives of the Popes Hartford R. Storrs.... Printer 1820.Preface. In presenting the following work of COUSTO'S sufferings to the public, it may be remarked that few publications have received so extensive a patronage ; which is fully evinced by the respectable list of subscribers annexed to the English copy, prefaced with a dedication to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, the then Grand Master. This proving the character and merit of the narrative, the publisher is induced to believe that it will be equally acceptable on this side the Atlantic. A work of this nature,- well authenticated, must be considered extremely, interesting : but for the honour of humanity it is firmly hoped that there may never be occasion to draw the pen in the same field. Introduction. It was not vanity that induced me to publish the following accurate and faithful relation of my sufferings in the Inquisition of Lisbon. A strong desire to justify myself with regard to the false accusations brought by that tribunal against me; as well as against the brotherhood of free-masons, of which I have the honour to be a member, were the chief motives for my taking up the pen. I am likewise very willing the whole world should receive all the light and information I am capable of giving, concerning the shocking injustice, and the horrid cruelties exercised in the pretended holy office. Persons who live in countries where this tribunal is considered an abomination, will,, from the perusal of the following work, have fresh cause to bless Providence for not fixing their abode among the Spaniards, the Portuguese, or the Italians. John CoustosWikipediaWhile traveling on business he founded a Masonic lodge in Lisbon and was arrested by the Portuguese Inquisition. After questioning he was sentenced to the galleys. Three Portuguese Masons were put to death. He was released in 1744 as a result of the intercession of George II of Great Britain. After his release and return to England, Coustos wrote a book detailing his experiences in the hands of the Inquisition.
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