Excerpt from The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, Vol. 3 of 4 1 The tale of burnings had decreased from an annual average of 133 during the reign of Philip II. To one of 77 in the reign of Philip III., showing either that the Inquisition had relaxed in its holy care, or that the number of those who deserved roasting for their opinions had lessened. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.