(Malphas, from Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal, 1863)

"Malphas is a great president, he is seene like a crowe, but being cloathed with humane image, speaketh with a hoarse voice, he buildeth houses and high towres wonderfullie, and quicklie bringeth artificers togither, he throweth downe also the enimies edifications, he helpeth to good familiars, he receiveth sacrifices willinglie, but he deceiveth all the sacrificers, there obeie him fourtie legions." (Scot, Discoverie of Witchcraft, pages 221-2)

Malphas comes first in the shape of a crow. When requested by the magician, he puts on a human shape, but retains a bit of the hoarse voice of his animal form. It should not be understood that he erects towers or throws down fortifications himself, but rather that he enables the means by which these tasks may be easily accomplished. This is indicated by the statement that he "quicklie bringeth artificers togither." It is these artificers who build or destroy. In Collin de Plancy's fanciful depiction, the demon carried a triangular masonry trowel for doing stonework, and for no obvious reason, wears trousers.