or cer ers " ▁to ▁justice . ▁The ▁legal ▁authorities ▁were ▁initially ▁rel uct ant ▁to ▁take ▁action , ▁but ▁in ▁March , ▁ 1 6 5 6 , ▁the ▁two ▁J ón ▁J ón ss ons ▁were ▁arrested . ▁They ▁conf essed ▁to ▁d abb ling ▁with ▁popular ▁magic ▁sp ells ▁but ▁not ▁to ▁being ▁in ▁league ▁with ▁the ▁Dev il , ▁as ▁J ón ▁Magn ú sson ▁had ▁alleg ed . ▁They ▁were ▁condem ned ▁and ▁burn ed ▁at ▁the ▁st ake ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 6 5 6 . ▁ ▁Nevertheless , ▁J ón ▁Magn ú sson ' s ▁ill ness ▁continued ▁even ▁after ▁the ▁J ón ▁J ón ss ons ▁had ▁been ▁executed . ▁At ▁first , ▁he ▁believed ▁it ▁was ▁because ▁their ▁bodies ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁burn ed ▁thoroughly , ▁but ▁when ▁this ▁too ▁was ▁done ▁he ▁gained ▁only ▁a ▁brief ▁resp ite ▁before ▁the ▁tor ments ▁began ▁again . ▁J ón ▁Magn ú sson ▁believed ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁another ▁w itch ▁involved ▁and ▁his ▁attention ▁turned ▁to ▁ Þ ur í ð ur ▁J ón sd ó tt ir , ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁the ▁elder ▁J ón ▁J ón sson . ▁This ▁time ▁the ▁authorities ▁proved ▁less ▁respons ive ▁to ▁his ▁ple as . ▁ Þ ur í ð ur ▁fled ▁from ▁the ▁district ▁and ▁found ▁support ▁with ▁a ▁leading ▁church man ▁and ▁his ▁wife . ▁The ▁second ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁P í sl ars aga ▁is ▁an ▁account ▁of ▁J ón ▁Magn