Dr. Joshua de Lorca then confessed, publicly, that in Assaying to convict the Hebrew Christian, Solomon Halevi, of heresy, he proved himself to be ignorant of the spirit, and an unbeliever in the letter, of Moses and the Prophets.
"Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ"
Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.
Mitchell's Manual of Practical Assaying.
"Roumania Past and Present"
James Samuelson
After a number of attendant circumstances, too ludicrous and contemptible to relate, which befell a party, who were sent under his guidance to explore this second Peru, he at last confessed, that he had broken up an old pair of buckles, and mixed the pieces with sand and stone; and on Assaying the composition, the brass was detected.
"A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson"
Watkin Tench