...and of a Sorcerer.

...for no purpose other than to search for stolen things, and for no other purpose at all.

When he was further questioned as to what purpose the spirits—which appear in the form of toads In early modern folklore, toads were commonly believed to be "familiars" or physical forms assumed by demons to assist witches.—and the images of a man or woman made of wax or clay serve, he said that images made of wax will cause the person (for whom it is made) to remain sick for two whole years, because it will take two full years before the wax is fully consumed.

As for the images of clay, their composition original: "confection" is done in this manner: they usually take earth from a newly made grave and the rib bone of a man or woman burned to ashes. If the target is a woman, they take the bone of a woman; if for a man, the bone of a man. They also take a black spider and the inner pith of an elder tree, mixing original: "tempered" them all in water, in which water the aforementioned toads must first be washed. After all the ceremonies are finished, they stick a prick—that is, a pin or a thorn—into any limb original: "member" where they want the person to be afflicted. And if the said...