▁In noc ent ▁XI ▁himself ▁susp ended ▁it ▁for ▁five ▁years ▁( 1 6 7 6 – 8 1 ). ▁ ▁Ant ón io ▁Vie ira ▁had ▁long ▁regarded ▁the ▁New ▁Christians ▁with ▁comp ass ion ▁and ▁had ▁ur ged ▁King ▁John ▁IV , ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁much ▁influence ▁and ▁support , ▁not ▁only ▁to ▁abol ish ▁conf is cation ▁but ▁to ▁remove ▁the ▁dist in ctions ▁between ▁them ▁and ▁the ▁Old ▁Christians . ▁He ▁had ▁made ▁enemies ▁and ▁the ▁In quisition ▁readily ▁under to ok ▁his ▁pun ishment . ▁His ▁writ ings ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁the ▁opp ress ed ▁were ▁condem ned ▁as ▁" r ash , ▁sc and alous , ▁err one ous , ▁sav oring ▁of ▁her es y , ▁and ▁well ▁adapted ▁to ▁per vert ▁the ▁ignor ant ." ▁After ▁three ▁years ▁of ▁in car cer ation , ▁he ▁was ▁pen anced ▁in ▁the ▁audience - ch am ber ▁of ▁Co im bra ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁December ▁ 1 6 6 7 . ▁His ▁sympathy ▁for ▁the ▁vict ims ▁of ▁the ▁Holy ▁Office ▁was ▁sh ar pen ed ▁by ▁his ▁experience ▁of ▁its ▁" un wh oles ome ▁pr isons ", ▁where ▁he ▁wrote ▁that ▁" five ▁un fortun ates ▁were ▁not ▁un comm only ▁placed ▁in ▁a ▁cell ▁nine ▁feet ▁by ▁eleven , ▁where ▁the ▁only ▁light ▁came ▁from ▁a ▁narrow ▁opening ▁near ▁the ▁ce iling , ▁where ▁the ▁vessels ▁were ▁changed ▁only ▁once ▁a ▁week , ▁and ▁all ▁spiritual ▁cons olation ▁was ▁denied ." ▁Then