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bowels take the water in which raisins have been soaked, saying over it No.
8, and drink it. -- 39. For the spoiled liver take (a drink) a sixth measure of
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water-lentils and say No. 39, and swallow it slowly (?). -- 40. For the milt
say No. 40 over wine-lees and drink it, and repeat it for three days. -- 41. For
the spirit who rests on the womb, say No. 41 on camphor oil and put it on it
with a ball of wool. -- 42. For a woman who has a miscarriage, say No. 42
on a cup of wine, or strong drink, or water, and let her drink it for seven
days; and even if she should see blood and she repeats it over a cup of wine,
the child will live. -- 43. For a man who is bald, say No. 43 over nut-oil and
anoint with it. -- 44. To conjure a spirit write on a laurel-leaf: "I conjure
thee, prince whose name is Abraksas (ABRKSS), in the name of (No. 44)
that thou comest to me and revealest to me all that I ask of thee, and thou
shalt not tarry." And the one bound by thee will come down and reveal
himself to thee. -- 45. To remove a rich man from his riches, say No. 45
upon the dust of an ant-hill and throw it into his face. -- 46. To heal leprosy,
take the patient to the side of the river and say to him: "I conjure thee,
leprosy, in the name of (No. 46) to disappear and to vanish, and to pass away
from NN. Amen, Amen, Selah"; and he is to go down and dip seven times in
the river, and when he comes out write an amulet with the words "I conjure -
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Selah," and hang it round his neck. -- 47. For diarrhea write No. 47 on a
red copper plate and hang it round his neck. -- 48. If thou wishest that the
rain should not fall upon thy garden, write out No. 48. -- 49. If thou wishest
to see the sun (!) take akn dby nbra ddylqa dykra (?) from a male tree and
stand in front of the sun and say ‘ AKN which art called ATꢁRWPYNWN…
on the . . called . . . and the ears of barley (?) the words of No. 49; [There is
something probably missing here.] and he will appear unto thee in the form
of a man dressed in white and he will answer thee upon everything that thou
askest him, and he will even bring a woman after thee. -- 50. Whosoever
wishes to enter a furnace is to write No. 50 on a silver plate and hang it upon
his haunch. -- 51. If thou seest a king or a ruler and thou wishest that he
follow thee, take a basin of water and put into it the root of genip-tree, and
the root of purslane, and the root of (Artilokhia), and say No. 51, and place it
on fiery coals in a white earthen vessel and throw upon them leaves of olive-
tree, and whatever thou decreest he will bring unto thee, even a woman thou
canst command. -- 52. If you wish to overawe them, take water from the
fountain and say upon it No. 52 and throw it into their faces. -- 53. For
loosening (any charm) say over water No. 53 and throw it over him and
write it as an amulet and hang it round his neck, and also for freeing a man
from prison. -- 54. To catch fish, take a white potsherd, and putting into it
leaves of olive-tree say over them No. 54 at the side of the river. -- 55. If
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