CHAPTER XI.--THE DEFENCE.

Opportunity of Defence Reduced to a Minimum 443

Denial of Counsel 444

Malice of Witnesses the only Defence 446

Prosecution of the Dead 448

Defence practically Impossible.--Appeals 449

Condemnation virtually Inevitable 453

Suspicion of Heresy.--Light, Vehement, and Violent 454

Purgation by Conjurators 455

Abjuration 457