The chapter discusses the list of tachas provided by all three members of the Lòpez family in a desperate attempt to invalidate witnesses for the prosecution. Pedro made his genealogical statement and was admonished to confess in December of that year for the third time. Pedro was no more successful in saving his life than were his wife and daughter in their trials, but the women came much closer to having their trials dismissed. Ironically, Pedro did succeed in convincing the court that it had justly tried and sentenced the members of the Lòpez Villareal family. By virtue of his partial and...

The chapter discusses the list of tachas provided by all three members of the Lòpez family in a desperate attempt to invalidate witnesses for the prosecution. Pedro made his genealogical statement and was admonished to confess in December of that year for the third time. Pedro was no more successful in saving his life than were his wife and daughter in their trials, but the women came much closer to having their trials dismissed. Ironically, Pedro did succeed in convincing the court that it had justly tried and sentenced the members of the Lòpez Villareal family. By virtue of his partial and lame confession, he proved to the tribunal that all of them had indeed judaized and that the stoic behavior of the Lòpez women did not stem from bonafide innocence but rather from a desire to die as martyrs devoted to Judaism.