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their servants to be repaired, they continued on horseback, and when first confronting
Delvaux he told them that the demon that had caused their carriage to break down was not his demon, but a different one. When questioned he again named many others as members of eight different covens spread across the region, claiming that they met at various locations at night, under the aegis of
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Streignart and Chapeauville as ecclesiastical members together with the prince's chancellor, Pierre Oranus, and public prosecutor, Jean Malempeter, as jurists. The four set off for Stavelot in January 1596, their carriage breaking down along the way. Leaving the carriage in the care of
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as punishment for his self-confessed consorting with demons, and was handed over to the secular authorities, in the persons of Oranus and
Malempeter, who sentenced him to be executed as a poisoner. Delvaux showed deep remorse, in light of which, and of the fact that he had already been incarcerated
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The investigation lasted until 10 January 1597, and as the judges began to question those named by
Delvaux as participants in the covens, it was widely said that Delvaux was a madman whose assertions could not be believed. On 19 March the judges declared that Delvaux would be questioned again, with
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for five years, his execution was not by burning and he was allowed to be buried in the monastic graveyard. Before the execution was carried out, he asked the prior that after his death a dole of bread be made to the poor so that they should pray that his soul might find mercy.
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took the form of Venus. After making obeisance to their demonic lords, they would banquet on misappropriated food, dance, and engage in lewd acts with both men and women and a goat. At the end of their meetings, each would receive poison from
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had him confined on a diet of bread and water, and after some time
Delvaux began to declare that he had by witchcraft brought about the deaths of the previous prior, Antoine de Salm (d. 1591), and several other monks. When this was reported to
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Stavelot, Delvaux was initially successful in gaining minor offices within the community, but by 1592 had come under suspicion of covertly seeking to harm those in authority over him. The
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and under torture, but they found that his confessions and accusations remained consistent and coherent, which they saw as incompatible with insanity. On 2 April
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