— The girl is a witch.
— Yeah, but she's our witch.
I'm a Hex Girl!
And I'm gonna put a spell on you
(Gonna put a spell on you).
I'm a Hex Girl!
And I'm gonna put a spell on you!
(Gonna put a spell on you).
Sorcery — the ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture and death. Augustine Nicholas relates that a poor peasant who had been accused of sorcery was put to the torture to compel a confession. After enduring a few gentle agonies the suffering simpleton admitted his guilt, but naïvely asked his tormentors if it were not possible to be a sorcerer without knowing it.
When they caught sight of Don Pedro they scowled at him, and some of them looked terrified, for only a few weeks before he had had two of their tribe hanged for sorcery in the marketplace at Seville...