In Balmaseda they ordered the bells to be glued every night against the spell. Convinced that the prisoners, accused of witchcraft, intended to destroy wine and bread, took the same measure as in other localities of the Lordship. It is believed that while they played church bells, they overturned the power of witchcraft. Failure to comply with the order involved a great deal of wonder and ten days in prison. In Euskal Herria, from the first execution of the documented inquisition (1329) to the last (1610), between 200 and 323 people died, mostly women and all "by law".