How the Inquisitors Delivered the So Called Heretics to the Secular Judges

Having condemned these people as heretics, after they had suffered a long season of misery, the inquisitors make a show of mercy and deliver them to the magistrates with these words: "Whereas the Lords of this holy Tribunal (the inquisitors) have used all proper diligence to bring this seduced person back into the bosom of the Roman church, and have nevertheless accomplished nothing, since he remains constantly obstinate in his opinion, we hereby deliver him into the hands of the secular judge, to be punished according to the extent and meaning of the Roman laws. Still, we sincerely pray that if he shows any sign of confession and repentance, he be treated with all clemency and mercy."