Book of magic, with instructions for invoking spirits, etc

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Alia ovatio I heare me o my god which heareth & seeth me totally as well in wordes rogitaious & thoughtes o[th]er than god of Abraham, I Scharke & Iakob, w[hi]ch hast pounsed to those w[hi]ch dilligently seeke after thee shall finde thee, & to those that call one thee that thou wilt heare them, & those that aske of thee vnfeinedly in the name of thy sone Iesus & p[ar]st they shall receive of thee, o[th]er than my greate & mighty Redeemer nowe heare me & helpe me nowe I call vnto thee nowe I seeke thee now let me find thee, in fevinge me might & power, nowe I aske of thee for thy deare sons sake & p[ar]st Iesus & nowe let me receive the spirrit of grace, might, & power, In helpinge me in this my enterprise o[th]er you 3 p[er]sons in trinitie & one god in vnitie w[hi]ch diddest deliver daniell out of the Lyons den, shadrach, misaach, & abedago, out of the fyery fornace, & delivered st Sussana from hir false decusers, w[hi]ch deliveredst Ioseph & madest him ruler over Egipt w[hi]ch madest the children of Israell to evercome their Enemies, at the liftinge vp of Moses hands, as thy sweet sonne & p[ar]st Iesus & overcame hell death & damnation, by his liftinge vpon the crosse in sheddinge his p[ar]tious blood For the Redemption of mankind soe omy god, geve me power might faith & strenght & the help & asistance of thy holy & blessed Aungell & to bringe this my desires to effect that as I lift vp my hande harte eies & soule vnto thee, soe maie I receive from thee, & have power might by thee, to me given, to bind constraine, loose & compell, comaunde & bringe to my obedience all N. w[hi]ch I shall call at anie time & at this p[re]sent doe Intend to call, graunte this o lord god for & p[ar]st Iesus sake, I et W. w[hi]ch liveth & Reigneth w[i]th thee, ever one god, world w[i]thout end, to whome w[i]th god the father god the sonne, & god the holy & hoste be Vendered all paise, glorie, might, maiestie, & dominion, both nowe & for ever. Amen. Amen. Magnificent impotent most mercifull & everlastinge god, the greate creator of all men, the sweet comforter of thy afflicted servant & I thee vnworthie, yet true servaunte doe most humblie fall downe & postrate my self before thee, o[th]er thou pittifull & mercifull savioyer, my sweete & comfortable giuider in all my afflictions my helper & preserver in all my necessities, my aider & succourer, in all my worckes & busineses, w[hi]ch I take in hand to doe through thy leave & help, beseechinge thee as thou arte true god & man to geve me leave, & by sence by the vertue of thy holy names, to bringe my desire to effect that thou man of therby be glorified & I satisfied to the great comforte of thy poore servants, & to the sweet and g[rea]tly comforte of mine owne soule I doe desire & paye thee o[th]er thou powerfull & extra gra= maton & to heare this my request & payers in gevinge me faith & devine power to constraind & compell all thine Angell & N w[hi]ch were cast downe from heaven, to drawe them to bind & to loosse them, to comaunde & compell them to come before me & to be meekte & obedient vnto me presently & speedily, w[i]thout anie delaie defraud deceite or guile & that through the vertue & power of thy mighty names they maie be made humble & meekte to low bend & obay me yealding them selves serviceable vnto me w[i]th all redinesse & meeknes & to obay & fulfill my will w[i]th all gvmillity & lowlynes I doe beseech thee o[th]er mighty Iesova the vnller of all the world thou that orderest the seavens & rulest the earth w[hi]ch hast dominion over the seavens earth hell & the seas give me power to bringe this my desires to effect, evenflock thy owne names sake, & for thy sinnes sake & p[ar]st Iesus & w[hi]ch died for the sins of the people I doe nowe vesspire thee by the tender love w[hi]ch thou barest vnto mankind o[th]er w[hi]ch art first & last I et W p[ar] thy humanitie mercy & grace that thou geve me dominion & power over all thine Angell & p[ar]tes throwne out of heaven for their pide & p[er]sumption & give them into my hands through thy power vnto me given thy holy & blessed Angell & aydinge assistinge & helpinge me in all my worckes & busines to tye them & bind them to loose them & alsoe to gather them together & to bringe them from all places & make them to obay me o[th]er heare me & help me nowe I crie to thee meekly from the bottome of my harte w[i]th sinceritie, o[th]er yana, yana, yana, looke vpon me my maker w[i]th the eies of thy mercie in sendinge thy holy & blessed Angell & to be my help even by the vertue of this thy name I seraye, I seraye, I seraye, let them be w[i]th me & be my Coadiutor, & helper, in all my worckes & businesses, to my comforte & thy glory for evermore & p[ar]offit of those w[hi]ch shall need my help & comforte & by the vertues of these thy mighty holy & s[er]tified names to be asistaunte vnto me shewinge thy mighty power in bindinge & in gatheringe to gather all N. w[hi]ch I wold bind & gather togethear to come before me even by the vertue o…