<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliDuring their time at the royal court, they had introduced the so-called preparatory tortures, which were to sensitize the prisoners suspected of heresy, to the relativity of questions about faith, asked during the torture sessions proper, which few of the prisoners had survived, in any case.  <response>: Wakati wa kipindi chao katika mahakama ya kifalme, walikuwa wameanzisha kile kinachoitwa mateso ya maandalizi, ambayo yalikuwa na kuwahamasisha wafungwa walioshukiwa kuwa wazushi, kwa upendeleo wa maswali kuhusu imani, yaliyoulizwa wakati wa vipindi vya mateso, ambayo wafungwa wachache walikuwa wameokoka. 