Book XV, chapters 24–28: Holy water, a spirit in a crystal, an experiment of the dead, and bonds

CHAP. XXIV. The making of Holy Water.

EXorciso te creaturam salis, per Deum vivum ✚ per Deum ✚ verum ✚ per Deum sanctum ✚ per Deum quite per Elizaeum Prophet[…]m in aquam miti jussit, ut sanaretur sterilitas aquae, ut efficiaris sal exorcisatus in salutem credentium; ut sis omnibus te sumentibus sanitas animae & corporis, & effugiat a que discedat ab eo loco, qui aspersus fuerit, omnis phantasia & nequitia, vel versutia Diabolicae fraudis, omnisque spiritus, adjuratus per cum, qui venturus est judicare vivos & mortuos, & saeculum per igném. Amen. Oremus.

Immensam clementiam tuam, Onmipotens aeterne Deus, humiliter imploramus, ut hanc creaturam salis, quam in usum generis humani tribuisti, bene ✚ dicere & sancti ✚ ficare tua pietate digneris, ut sit omnibus sumentibus salus mentis & corporis, ut quicquid ex eo tactum fuerit, vel respersum, careat omni immunditia, omni q; impugnatione spiritualis nequitiae, per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit & regnat in unitate spiritus sancti, Deus per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

To the Water say as followeth.

EXorciso te creaturam aquae in nemine ✚ Patris ✚ & Jesu Christi Filii ejus, Domini nostri, & in virtute Spiritus ✚ Sancti ✚ ut fiat aqua exorcisata, ad effugandani omnen potestatem inimici, & ipsum inimicum eradicare & explantare valeas, cum angelis suis Apostatis, per virtutem ejusdem Domini nostri Jesu Christi, qui venturus est judicare vivos & mortuos, & seculum per ignem. Amen. Oremus.

Deus, qui ad salutem humani generis maxima quaeque sacramenta in aquarum substantia condidisti, adesto propitius invocationibus nostris, & elemento huic multimodis purificationibus praeparato, virtutem tuea bene ✚ dictionis infunde, ut creatura tua mysteriis tuis serviens, ad abigendos Daemones, morbosque pellendos divinae gratiae sumat effectum, ut quicquid in domibus, vel in locis fidelium haec unda resperserit, careat omni immunditia, liberetur à noxa, non illic resideat spiritus pestilens, non aura corrumpens, discedant omnes insidiae latentis inimici, & si quid est quod aut incolumitati habitantium invidet aut quieti, aspersione hujus aquae effugiat, us salubritas per invocationem sancti tui nominis expetita ab omnibus fit impugnationibus defensa, per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit & regnat, in unitate spiritus sancti, Deus per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Then take the Salt in thy hand, and say putting it it into the Water, making in the manner of a Cross.

COmmixtio salis & aquae pariter fiat, In Nomine Patris, & Filii, & Spiritus Sancti. Amen. Dominus vobiscum, Et cum spiritu tuo. Oremus. Deus invicte virtutis Author, & insuperabilis Imperii Rex, ac semper magnificus triumphator, qui adversae dominationis vires reprimis, qui inimici rugientis saevitiam superas, qui hostiles nequitias potens expugnas; te Domine trementes & supplices deprecamur ac petimus, ut hanc creaturam salis & aquae aspicias, benignus illustres, pietatis tuae rore sancti ✚ fices, ubicun q; fuerit aspersa, per invocationem sancti tui nominis, omnis infestatio immundi spiritus abjiciatur, terrorque venenosi serpentis procul pellatur, & praesentia sancti spiritus nobis misericordiam tuam poscentibus ubique adesse dignetur, per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit & regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus per omnia sacula saeculorum. Amen.

Then sprinkle upon any thing, and say as followeth.

ASperges me Domine hyssopo, & mundabor, lavabis me, & supra nivem dealbabor. Miserere mei Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam, & supra nivem dealbabor. Gloria Patri, & Filio, & Spiritui sancto: Sicut erat in principio, & nunc, & semper, & in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Et supra nivem dealbabor, asperges me, &c. Ostende nobis domine misericordiam tuam, & salutare tuum da nobis; exaudi nos Domine Sancte, Pater Omnipotens, Aeterne Deus, & mittere dignare sanctums Angelum tuum de Coelis, qui custodiat, foveat, visitet, & defendat omnes habitantes in hoc habitaculo, per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen, Amen.

CHAP. XXV. To make a Spirit to appear in a Crystal.

I Do conjure thee N. by the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, the which is the beginning and the ending, the first and the last, and by the latter day of judgment, that thou N. do appear in this Crystal-stone, or any other instrument, at my pleasure, to me and my fellow, gently and beautifully, in fair form of a Boy of twelve years of age, without hurt or damage of any of our bodies or souls; and certainly to inform and shew me, without any guil or craft, all that we do desire or demand of thee to know, by the vertue of him which shall come to judge the quick and the dead, and the World by fire. Amen.

Also I conjure and exorcise thee N. by the Sacrament of the Altar, and by the substance thereof, by the wisdom of Christ, by the Sea, and by his vertue, by the earth, and by all things that are above the Earth, and by their vertues, by the ☉︎ and the ☽︎ by ♄︎ ♃︎ ♂︎ and ♀︎ and by their vertues, by the Apostles, Martyrs, Confessors, and the Virgins and Widow, and the chast, and by all Saints of mens or of women, and innocents, and by their vertues, by all the Angels and Archangels, Thrones, Dominations, Principates, Potestates, Virtutes, Cherubim and Seraphim, and by their vertues, and by the holy Names of God, Tetragrammaton, El, Ousion, Agla, and by all the other holy Names of God, and by their vertues, by the Circumcision, Passion, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ; by the heaviness of our Lady the Virgin, and by the joy which she had when she saw her Son rise from death to life, that thou N. do appear in this Crystal-stone, or any other instrument, at my pleasure, to me and to my fellow, gently, and beautifully, and visibly, in fair form of a child of twelve years of age, without hurt or damage of any of our bodies or souls, and truly to inform and shew unto me and to my fellow, without fraud or guil, all things according to thine oath and promise to me, whatsoever I shall demand or desire of thee, without any hindrance or tarrying, and this Conjuration be read of me three times, upon pain of eternal condemnation at the last day of Judgment: Fiat, fiat, fiat, Amen.

And when he is appeared, bind him with the bond of the dead above written: then say as followeth. ✚ I charge thee N. by the Father, to shew me true Visions in this Crystal-stone, if there be any treasure hidden in such a place N. and wherein it lieth, and how many foot from this piece of Earth, East, West, North, or South.

CHAP. XXVI. An Experiment of the Dead.

FIrst go and get of some person that shall be put to death, a promise, and swear an oath unto him, that if he will come to thee, after his death, his Spirit to be with thee, and to remain with thee all the days of thy life, and will do thee true service, as it is contained in the oath and promise following. Then lay thy hand on thy Book, and swear this oath unto him. I N. do swear and promise to thee N. to give for thee an alms every month, and also to pray for thee once in every week, to say the Lords Prayer for thee, and so to continue all the days of my life, as God me help and holy doom, and by the contents of this Book, Amen.

Then let him make his oath to thee as followeth, and let him say after thee, laying his hand upon the Book. ✚ I N. do swear this oath to thee N. by God the Father Omnipotent, by God the Son Jesus Christ, and by his pretious blood which hath redeemed all the world, by the which blood I do trust to be saved at the general day of judgment, and by the vertues thereof, I N. do swear this oath to thee N. that my spirit that is within my body now, shall not ascend, nor descend, nor go to any place of rest, but shall come to thee N. and be very well pleased to remain with thee N. all the days of thy life, and so to be bound to thee N. and to appear to thee N. in any Crystal-stone, Glass, or other mirror, and so to take it for my resting-place. And that, so soon as my spirit is departed out of my body, straight-way to be at your commandements, and that in and at all days, nights, hours, and minutes, to be obedient unto thee N. being called of thee by the vertue of our Lord Jesu Christ, and out of hand to have common talk with thee at all times, and in all hours and minutes, to open and declare to thee N. the truth of all things present, past, and to come, and how to work the Magick Art, and all other noble Sciences, under the Throne of God. If I do not perform this oath and promise to thee N. but do fly from any part thereof, then to be condemned for ever and ever. Amen.

Also I N. do swear to thee by God the Holy Ghost, and by the great wisdom that is in the divine Godhead, and by their vertues, and by all the holy Angels, Archangels, Thrones, Dominations, Principates, Potestates, Virtutes, Cherubim and Seraphim, and by all their virtues do I N. swear, and promise thee to be obedient as is rehearsed. And here, for a witness, do I N. give thee N. my right hand, and do plight thee my faith and troth, as God me help and holydome. And by the holy contents in this Book do I N. swear, that my spirit shall be thy true servant, all the days of thy life, as is before rehearsed, and here for a witness, that my Spirit shall be obedient unto thee N. and to those bonds of words that be written in this N. before the bonds of words shall be rehearsed thrice; else to be damned for ever; and thereto say all faithful souls and spirits, Amen, Amen.

Then let him swear this Oath three times, and at every time kiss the Book, and at every time make marks to the bond. Then perceiving the time that he will depart, get away the people from you, and get or take your stone or glass, or other thing in your hand, and say the Pater noster, Ave, and Credo, and this Prayer as followeth. And in all the time of his departing, rehearse the bonds of words; and in the end of every bond, say oftentimes; Remember thine Oath and promise. And bind him strongly to thee, and to thy stone, and suffer him not to depart, reading thy bond 24 times. And every day when you do call him by your other bond, bind him strongly by the first bond: by the space of 24. days apply it, and thou shalt be made a man for ever.

Now the Pater noster, Ave, and Credo must be said, and then the Prayer immediately following.

O God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, God of Tobias; the which didst deliver the three children from the hot burning oven, Sidrac, Misac, and Abednago, and Susanna from the false crime, and Daniel from the Lions power: even so O Lord Omnipotent, I beseech thee, for thy great mercy sake, to help me in these my works, and to deliver me this Spirit of N. that he may be a true subject unto me N all the days of my life, and to remain with me, and with this N. all the dayes of my life. O glorious God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I beseech thee to help me at this time, and to give me power by thy holy Name, Merits and vertues, whereby I may conjure and constrain this Spirit of N. that he may be obedient unto me, and may fulfill his Oath and promise, at all times, by the power of all thine holiness. This grant O Lord God of Hosts, as thou art righteous and holy, and as thou art the Word, and the Word God, the beginning and the end, sitting in the Thrones of thine everlasting Kingdoms, and in the divinity of thine everlasting Godhead, to whom be all honour and glory, now and for ever und ever, Amen, Amen.

CHAP. XXVII. A Bond to bind him to thee, and to thy N. as followeth.

I Conjure and constrain the Spirit of N. by the living God, by the true God, and by the holy God, and by their vertues and powers I conjure and constrain the Spirit of thee N. that thou shalt not ascend nor descend out of thy body, to no place of rest, but only to take thy resting place with N. and with this N. all the days of my life, according to thine Oath and promise, I conjure and constrain thee Spirit of N. by ehese holy Names of God ✚ Tetragrammaton ✚ Adonay ✚ Agla ✚ Saday ✚ Sabaoth ✚ Planabothe ✚ Panthon ✚ Craton ✚ Neupmaton ✚ Deus ✚ homo ✚ omnipotens ✚ sempiternus ✚ ysus ✚ terra ✚ unigenitus ✚ salbator ✚ via ✚ vita ✚ manus ✚ sons ✚ origo ✚ filius ✚, and by their vertues and powers I conjure and constrain the Spirit of N. that thou shalt not remain in the fire, nor in the water, in the air, nor in any privy place of the earth, but only with we N. and with this N. all the dayes of my life. I charge thee Spirit of N. upon pain of everlasting condemnation, remember thine Oath and promise. Also I conjure the spirit of N. and constrain thee by the excellent Name of Jesus Christ, Α and Ω, the first and the last; for this holy Name of Jesus is above all names, for unto it all knees do bow, and obey both of heavenly things, earthly things, and infernals. Nor is there any other Name given to man, whereby we have any salvation, but by the Name of Jesus. Therefore by the Name, and in the Name of Jesus of Nazareth, and by his Nativity, Resurrection and Ascension, and by all that appertaineth to his Passion, and by their vertues and powers, I do conjure and constrain the Spirit of N. that thou shalt not take any resting place in the ☉︎ nor in the ☽︎ nor in ♄︎ nor in ♃︎ nor in ♂︎ nor in ♀︎ nor in ☿︎ nor in any of the twelve signs, nor in the concavity of the Clouds, nor in any other privy place, to rest or stay in, but only with me N. or with this N. all the days of my life. If thou be not obedient unto me, according to thine Oath and promise, I N. do condemn the spirit of N. into the pit of hell for over, Amen.

I Conjure and constrain the spirit of N. by the blood of the innocent Lamb Jesus Christ, the which was shed upon the Cross, for all those that do obey unto it, and believe in it, shall be saved; and by vertue thereof, and by all the aforesaid royal names and words of the living God by me pronounced, I do conjure and constrain the spirit of N. that thou do be obedient unto me, according to thine Oath and promise. If thou refuse to do as is aforesaid, I N. by the holy Trinity, and by his vertue and power do condemn the spirit of N. into the place whereas there is no hope of remedy, but everlasting condemnation, and horror, and pain upon pain, daily, horribly, and lamentably the pains there to be augmented, so thick as the starrs in the Firmament, and as the gravel sand in the Sea, except thou Spirit of N. obey me N. as is afore rehearsed; else I N. do condemn the spirit of N. into the pit of everlasting condemnation, Fiat, fiat, Amen.

Also I conjure thee, and constrain the spirit of N. by all Angels, Archangels, Thrones, Dominations, Principates, Potestates, Virtutes, Cherubim and Seraphim, and by the four Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and by all things contained in the old Law and the new, and by their vertues, and by the twelve Apostles, and by all Patriarchs, Prophets, Martyrs, Confessors, Virgins, Innocents, and by all the elect and chosen, is, and shall be, which followeth the Lamb of God; and by their vertues and powers I conjure and constrain the spirit of N. strongly, to have common talk with me, at all times, and in all days, nights, hours, and minutes, and to talk in my mother tongue plainly, that I may hear it, and understand it, declaring the truth unto me of all things, according to thine oath and promise; else to be condemned for ever, Fiat, fiat, Amen.

Also I conjure and constrain the spirit of N. by the golden Girdle, which girdeth the loins of our Lord Jesus Christ, so thou spirit of N. be thou bound and cast into the pit of everlasting condemnation, for thy great disobedience and unreverent regard that thou hast to the holy names and words of God Almighty, by me pronounced. Fiat, Amen.

Also I conjure, constrain, command, and by the spirit of N. by the two-edged Sword which John saw proceed out of the mouth of God Almighty: except thou be obedient as is aforesaid, the Sword cut thee in pieces, and condemn thee into the pit of everlasting pains, where the fire goeth not out, and where the worm dyeth not, Fiat, fiat, fiat, Amen.

Also I conjure and constrain the spirit of N. by the Throne of the Godhead, and by all the Heavens under him, and by the celestial City new Jerusalem, and by the Earth, by the Sea, and by all things created and contained therein, and by their vertues and powers, and by all the infernals, and by their vertues and powers, and by all things contained therein, and by their vertues and powers, I conjure and constrain the spirit of N. than now immediately thou be obedient unto me, at all times hereafter, and to those words of me pronounced according to thine oath and promise: else let the great curse of God, the anger of God, the shadow and darkness of everlasting condemnation be upon thee thou spirit of N. for ever and ever, because thou hast denyed thine health, thy faith, and salvation, for the great disobedience thou art worthy to be condemned. Therefore let the divine Trinity, Angels and Archangels, Thrones, Dominations, Principates, Potestates, Virtutes, Chrumbim and Seraphim, and all the souls of the Saints, that shall stand on the right hand of our Lord Jesus Christ, at the general Day of Judgment, condemn the spirit of N. for ever and ever, and be a witness against thee, because of thy great disobedience, in and against thy promises. Fiat, fiat, Amen.

Being thus bound, he must needs be obedient unto thee, whether he will or no: prove this. And here followeth a bond to call him to your N. and to shew you true visions at all times, as in the hour of ♄︎ to bind or inchant any thing and in the hour of ♃︎, for peace and concord; in the hour of ♂︎, to marre, to destroy, and to make sick; in the hour of the ☉︎, to bind tongues and other bonds of men; in the hour of ♀︎, to increase love, joy, and good will; in the hour of ☿︎, to put away enimity or hatred, to know of theft; in the hour of the ☽︎, for love, good will and concord: ♄︎ lead, ♃︎ tin, ♂︎ iron, ☉︎ gold, ♀︎ copper, ☿︎ quick-silver, ☽︎ silver, &c.

CHAP. XXVIII. This Bond as followeth, is to call him into your Crystal-stone, or Glass, &c.

ALso I do conjure thee spirit N. by God the Father, by God the Son, and by God the Holy Ghost, Α and Ω, the first and the last, and by the latter day of Judgement, of them which shall come to judge the quick and the dead, and the world by fire, and by their vertues and powers, I constrain thee spirit N. to come to him that holdeth the Crystal-stone in his hand, and to appear visibly, as hereafter followeth. Also I conjure thee Spirit N. by these holy Names of God ✚ Letragrammaton ✚ Adonay ✚ El ✚ Ousion ✚ Agla ✚ Iesus ✚ of Nazareth ✚, and by the vertues thereof, and by his nativity, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension, and by all other things appertaining unto his passion, and by the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by all the joy which she had when she saw her Son rise from death to life, and by the vertues and powers thereof, I constrain thee Spirit N. to come into the Crystal-stone, and to appear visibly, as hereafter shall be declared. Also I conjure thee N. thou Spirit, by all Angels, Archangels, Thrones, Dominations, Principates, Potestates, Virtutes, Cherubim and Seraphim, and by the ☉︎ ☽︎ ♄︎ ♃︎ ♂︎ ♀︎ ☿︎, and by the twelve signes, and by their vertues and powers, and by all things created and confirmed in the Firmament, and by their vertues and powers, I constrain thee Spirit N. to appear visibly in that Crystal-stone, in fair form and shape of a white Angel, a green Angel, a black Angel, a Man, a Woman, a Boy, a maiden Virgin, a white Greyhound, a Devil with great horns, without any hurt or danger of our bodies or souls, and truly to inform and shew unto us, true visions of all things in that Crystal-stone, according to thine Oath and Promise, and that without any hinderance or tarrying, to appear visibly, by this Bond of words read over by me three times, upon pain of everlasting condemnation. Fiat, fiat. Amen.

Then being appeared, say these words following.

I Conjure thee Spirit, by God the Father, that thou shew true visions in that Crystal-stone, where there be any N. in such a place or no, upon pain of everlasting condemnation, Fiat. Amen. Also I conjure thee Spirit N. by God the Son Jesus Christ, that thou do shew true visions unto us, whether it be gold or silver, or any other metals, or whether there were any or no, upon pain of condemnation, Fiat. Amen. Also I conjure thee Spirit N. by God the Holy Ghost, the which doth sanctifie all faithful souls and spirits, and by their vertues and powers, I constrain thee Spirit N. to speak open and to declare the true way, how we may come by these treasures hidden in N. and how to have it in our custody, and who are the keepers thereof, and how many there be, and what be their names, and by whom it was laid there, and to shew me true visions of what sort and similitude they be, and how long they have kept it, and to know in what dayes and hours we shall call such a Spirit N. to bring unto us these treasures into such a place N. upon pain of everlasting condemnation ✚. Also I constrain thee Spirit N. by all Angels, Archangels, Thrones, Dominations, Principates, Potestates, Virtutes, Cherubim and Seraphim, that you do shew a true vision in this Crystal-stone, who did convey or steal away such a N. and where it is, and who hath it, and how far off, and what is his or her name, and how and when to come unto it, upon pain of eternal condemnation, Fiat. Amen. Also I conjure thee Spirit N. by the ☉︎ ☽︎ ♄︎ ♃︎ ♂︎ ♀︎ ☿︎ and by all the Characters in the Firmament, that thou do shew unto me a true vision in this Crystal-stone, where such N. and in what state he is, and how long he hath been there, and what time he will be in such a place, what day and hour: and this and all other things to declare plainly, on pain of Hell fire. Fiat. Amen.

A Licence to Depart.

DEpart out of the sight of this Crystal-stone in peace for a time, and ready to appear therein again at any time or times I shall call thee, by vertue of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the bonds of words which are written in this Book, and to appear visibly, as the words be rehearsed. I constrain thee Spirit N. by the divinity of the Godhead, to be obedient unto these words rehearsed, upon pain of everlasting condemnation, both in this world and in the world to come. Fiat, fiat, fiat. Amen.