Round the sick neck the finish'd wonder tie,
And pale disease must from the patient fly.
Mr. Schoot, a German, hath an excellent book of magick: it is
prohibited in that country. I have here set down three spells, which
are much approved.
**To cure an Ague.
Write this following spell in parchment, and wear it about your neck.
It must be writ triangularly.
A B R A C A D A B R A
A B R A C A D A B R
A B R A C A D A B
A B R A C A D A
A B R A C A D
A B R A C A
A B R A C
A B R A
A B R
A B
A
With this spell, one of Wells, hath cured above a hundred of the ague.
**To cure the biting of a Mad-Dog, write these words in paper, viz.
"Rebus Rubus Epitepscum", and give it to the party, or beast bit, to
eat in bread, &c. A Gentleman of good quality, and a sober grave
person, did affirm, that this receipt never fails.
**To cure the Tooth-Ach: out of Mr. Ashmole's manuscript writ with
his own hand.
"Mars, hur, abursa, aburse".
Jesu Christ for Mary's sake,
Take away this Tooth-Ach.
Write the words three times; and as you say the words, let the party
burn one paper, then another, and then the last. He says, he saw it
experimented, and the party "immediately cured.
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