Of a Sorcerer

...some living thing, such as a chicken, a cat, or a dog. Furthermore, he says he must give him two living things once a year. At the first time when he obtained the spirit, his aforementioned master made him deliver to it one drop of his blood; the spirit original: "Sprite" then took this blood away upon his paw.

Tenth, he says that when the familiar A supernatural entity or "spirit" believed to assist a sorcerer, often taking animal form. was to do anything at his command, such as going on any errand original: "arrant", it would not go unless two wax candles of virgin wax Pure, unused beeswax, often required in ritual magic. were first laid in a cross upon the circle, along with a little frankincense and Saint John's wort. These were to be lit once and then extinguished. He says the frankincense had to be placed at each end of the candles in the shape of a cross, and a little frankincense with Saint John's wort also had to be burned upon the ground before the familiar would go. This ritual would force him to deliver the message and return again at the appointed hour.