Note 785 — Chapter I · RELATIONS WITH THE CROWN.

Belando, Historia civil de España desde 1700 hasta 1733, P. IV, cap. ix, xv (Madrid, 1744). See also Macanaz’s Commentary on Feyjoo’s Teatro Crítico (Semanario erúdito, VIII, 27-9).

This volume of Belando’s work was examined by the Council of Castile, before a license to print was issued, and was subjected to a second examination by order of Philip, before he would permit its dedication to himself and his queen. This, and the secret documents which it contains, show that its account of the Giudice affair may be regarded as authentic. This did not save the book from the Inquisition which condemned it in 1744 and, when the author asked to be heard in its defence and offered to make any changes required, he was thrown into prison and then relegated to a convent with orders to write no more books.—Llorente, Hist. crít., Cap. XXV, Art. i, n. 12.

The Marquis of San Felipe gives an account of the affair much less favorable to Macanaz and the royal prerogative.—Mémoires pour servir à l’Histoire d’Espagne sous le Regne de Philippe V, III, 120 sqq. (Amsterdam, 1756).