a civil tribunal on 23 May 1619 that consisted of the Mayor and his advisors. They detained and condemned six women, some of which had already been released by the Inquisition a few years before. Their names were Margarida Cotilla, Joana de Toy, Joana Sabina, Micaela Casanovas, Eulàlia Totxa and Guillermina Font (known as Miramunda). Accusations The accusations against the women were surprising. In one, Margarida Tafanera was accused by her own brother of bewitching his wife so that they couldn't have children and so she, Margarida, would inherit all his assets. In another, a neighbour, Antoni Ubres, stated that the women met on Thursday nights in an area called "la cuadra d’en Palet" where they waited for the devil, who appeared in a chair wearing a red. When he appeared, the neighbour said that the women kissed his hand. After the devil served a sinister dinner, he played the flute and fell into a scandalous orgy with the women. The women were also accused of sacrificing animals, bewitching people, murder and many other misdeeds. Joan Font, the witch hunter of Sallent testified to the Mayor and his advisors that after washing the backs of Joana Toy and Margarida Tafanera with holy water, he found the sign that the Devil used to mark his witches. Margarida Tafanera confessed to being a witch (probably under torture). She named a French women, called Joana Ferres as their witchcraft teacher and said that they met frequently in the house of Joana Toy. She also explained that they scrubbed their armpits, and other parts of the body and flew through the air to meet under a pine tree, with a demon who appeared as a very handsome young man wearing red clothes. The demon played the Flabiol and usually the meeting ended in an orgy. Under interrogation, Joana Toy confessed that she was French and that she was the sister of Joan de la Boqueria. However initially she denied that she was a witch or that she knew the rest of the accused women. After torture, Joana confirmed the accusations against Margarida Tafanera and added that a French woman called Perona, who lived in Martorell, taught her the skills of witchcraft. Margarida Tafanera denied all of the accusations, for which she suffered torture. Despite torture, she said she didn't know anything about what she was accused. During the second extortion of the judge, she