water and pour it out round thy roof. Thus also to guard a house. -- 134. To

guard a house from hosts (robbers), take earth from an ant-hill and strew it

round the roof, repeating the words of No. 134.-135. To guard thyself from

Maziqīm (evil spirits), say: "In the name of 'Nos. 1-5' may I, NN, pass in

peace and not in hurt." The same must be done to excommunicate them

when you meet them. -- 136. For every other thing that has not been

mentioned say, No. 136 to the end of the "Sword."

And upon every amulet that you write from this "Sword" write first: "In the

name of the Lord of all the holy ones, may this 'Sword' be effectual to do my

services, and may the lord of it approach to serve me, and may all these

powers be delivered over to me so that I be able to use them, as they were

delivered to Moses, the son of Amram, perfect from his God and no harm

befalling him!" If he will not act accordingly the angels of wrath, ire, fury,

and rage will come near him to minister to him, and they will lord over him,

and strangle him, and plague him all over. And these are the names of their

leaders: the leader of the angels of wrath is MZPWPYASAYAL (?

MWPWPYASAYAL); the name of the leader of the angels of ire is

SꢁQSꢁWRWMTYAL; the name of the leader of the angels of fury is

QSWÿPPGHYAL; the name of the leader of the angels of rage is

NÿMWSNYQTTYAL. And the angels that stand under them are numberless,

and these all will have power over him, and will make his body like unto a

dunghill.

May the Lord preserve you from every evil. Amen!

End of the "Sword," with the assistance of God feared in the council of the

holy ones. End, end.

APPENDIX I.

In the name of the Lord. The Sword of Moses.

I. MLKYAL AMPRAL TYGRH DNYAL BWAL KLMYH ASYMWR

PSKR ASTꢁRYN PTWAL ÿBDYAL AŠPR TGRYAL HRYAL ZRNYAL

NWRYH PHꢁSYH MLKYH QYQANA LAYSNWGY AYSADQWPA

YAWN ASPA PAPDA ARYNA STꢁRPAL TRGYAL LNYNYAL QMPAL

SGRHꢁY ATꢁYAL TNꢁAL BASA ABRBA ANYAS SRYDYAS SASYLW

BRSYAH ABNBA AHRYAL APYRYB ARSTWN RYGAL BLYTWAL

THꢁYSYAP PTTA BAL RYSAL ASRYA MAPSY KLMYAT ANTHꢁR

APTꢁYAL ASBNHꢁR ASTꢀHꢀR ABAR AWRYH ALYAL ANTꢁYNYR

sword of moses