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Torralba (Doctor)

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who resided some time in the court of Charles V. of Spain. He was tried by the Inquisition for sorcery, and confessed that the spirit Cequiel took him from Vallʹadolidʹ to Rome and back again in an hour and a half. (Pelicer.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Torquemada (Inquisitor-general of Spain, 1420–1498)
Torr’s MSS.
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