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14. If thou fallest into a deep pit, say in thy fall No. 114, and nothing will
hurt thee. -- 115. When thou fallest into a deep river say No. 115, and thou
wilt come out in peace. -- 116. If any burden or weight falls upon thee, say
No. 116, and thou wilt be saved. -- 117. If the king's servants lay hold on
thee, bend the little finger of the left hand and say No. 117 before king or
judge, and he will kill these people who have laid hands on thee. -- 118. If a
host has surrounded thee, turn thy face towards the west and say No. 118
before king or judge, and they will be like unto stones and will not move. --
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19. If thou wishest to release them, turn thy face towards the east and
repeat these words backwards. -- 120. If thou walkest in vales or on the
mountains and hast no water to drink, lift thine eyes to Heaven and say No.
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20, and a fountain of water will he opened unto thee. -- 121. If thou
hungerest, lift thine eyes to Heaven and spread out thine arms and say No.
21, and a spirit will stand before thee and bring thee bread and meat. -- 122.
If thou wishest to call the angel (prince) of man, say over thy mantle (?) No.
22, and the angel bound by thee will come to thee and will tell thee
whatever thou wishest (to know). -- 123. If thou wishest to let him go
depart), say before him the same words backward, and he will depart. --
24. If thou wishest that any heavenly prince is to come to thee and teach
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thee, say No. 124 and conjure him in the third hour of the night from: "in the
name of the Lord over the holy ones (No. 136) to the and of the 'Sword,'"
and "Send him to me that he reveal unto me and teach me all that is in his
power," and he will then appear. -- 125. To walk upon the water without
wetting the feet, take a leaden plate and write upon it No. 125 and place it in
thy girdle, and then you can walk. -- 126. To become wise, remember for
three months running, from the new moon of Nissan onwards, the words of
No. 126, and add in the 'Eighteen benedictions': "May the gates of wisdom
be opened to me so that I should meditate in them." -- 127. To remember
immediately all thou learnest, write on a new-laid egg No. 127, then wash it
off with strong wine early in the morning and drink it, and do not eat
anything for three hours. -- 128. To make another forget what he has
learned, write No. 128 in his name on laurel-leaves and bury them under his
lintel. -- 129. To send an evil spirit against thy neighbour, take a green
grasshopper and say over it No. 129, and bury it in an earth-hill and jump
over it. -- 130. To send a plague, take the bone of a dead man and dust from
under him in a pot and tie it up in a woven rag with saliva, and say upon it
No. 130 in his name, and bury it in the cemetery. -- 131. To tie and to fasten
thieves and robbers, say No. 131, and while saying it put your little finger in
the ear. -- 132. To release them, say No. 132, and take thy finger out of the
ear. -- 133. To guard thy house from thieves, say No. 133 over a cup of
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