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face 5 and they perfumed it with Liquid Storax, In the twentieth, for hunting;, they made a feal of Tin, being the Image of ^/rgirr^r;, halfa^an, and half anHorfe) and they perfumed it with the Head of a Woolf In the twenty one for the deftruftion of fome body, they made the image of a man with a double countenance, before and behinde, and they per- fumed it with Brimftone and Jet, and' did put it in aboxofBrafs, and with it Brimftone and Jet, and the hair of him whom they would hurt. In the two and twentieth, for thefecurity of Runaways, they made a feal of Iron, being the Image of a man with wings on his feet, bearing an helmet on his head, and they perfumed it with Argent vive. In the three and twentieth, for deftru&ion and wa- fting, they made a feal of Iron, being the image of a Cat, having a Dogs head, and they perfumed ic with the hairs of a Dogs head, and buried it in the place where they did pretend to hurt. In the four and twentieth, for the multiplying of Heards of Cattle, they took the horn of a Ram, Bull, or Goat, or of chat fortof Cattle which they would increafe, and fealed it in burning with an Iron feal, the I- mage of a woman giving fuck to her Son, and they hanged it on the neck of that Cattle who was the leader of the flock, or they fealed it in his horn. In the five and twentieth, for the prefervation of Trees and Harvefts, they fealed in the wood of a fig-tree, the image of a man planting, and they perfumed ic with the flowers of the Fig-tree, and did hang it on the tree. In the fix and twentieth for love and fa- vor, they fealed in whiteWax and Maftick,the image of a woman wafhingand combing her haires, and they j^rfumed it with things fmellmg very well. In the fevcfi and twentieth for to deftroy Fountains,
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Pits, Medicinal Waters and Baths, they made of red Earththe image of a man winged^ holding in his hand art empty VefTel, and perforated, aiid the i- mage being burntjthey did put in theVeffel JJptfeti* da, and liquid Storax^ and they did overwhcln and bury it in the Pond or fountain which they would dcftroy. In xhe eight and twentieth, for to gather Fifhes together, they made afeal of Copper, being the image of a Fifii, and they perfumed it with the. Skin of a Sea-fifh, and did caft it into the water, wherefoever they would have the fidi lo gather to- gether. Moreover together with the forefaid Im- ages, they did write down lalfo the names of the Spirits and their Charafters, and did invocate and pray for thofe things which chey pretended to ob- tain.
C ri A P. X L V I. Oft/je Images ofthefxedhthenhn Stars,
Bllt now for the operations of the fixed Stars^" according to Hfrwfi opinion, under the head oi Algd^ they made an image whofe Figure was the head of a man with a bloody Neck; they report that it betlowech good fuccefs to Petitions, and makrth him whocarrieth it bold and magnanimous and prefei veth the members of the tody foinid : alfo It helpeth againft Witchcraft, and rcflcftcth evil indeavours and wicked incantations upc^i our advcrfaries. Under the conftellation of Flci^des^
they