1.
With the four sharp points rammed deep into theflesh under the chin and into the bone of the sternum, the fork prevented all
movement of the head and allowed the victim only to murmur, in a barely audible voice. On one side of the fork "I recant" is
written, which they are suppose to say and if they refused, they were either taken to the stake or they were hung or burnt.

2.
With the four sharp points rammed deep into the flesh under the chin and into the bone of the sternum, the fork prevented all
movement of the head and allowed the victim only to murmur, in a barely audible voice, “abiuro” (“I recant”, engraved on one side
of the fork). If instead he still refused, and if the Inquisition was the Spanish one, he was held to be an “impenitent heretic” and,
dressed in the characteristic costume, was led to the stake, but with the consolation of the sacrament if extreme unction; if
instead it was the Papal Inquisition, he was hanged or burnt, without the benefit of the pretty costume but still with that of proper
Christian rites