Let this blessing be upon this place and upon all that dwell therein Or thus HEar us O holy Father Omnipotent and Eternal god that whatever Evil Spirits or mischievous Devils be in this house they may be expelled through the Authority of thy Name Then rehearse the several Psalms In my affliction I cryed c. I lifted up my eyes to the mountains To thee I lifted up my eyes Concluding with a Gloria Patri then water the House and sprinkle the People with Holy Water Then say Kyrie Eleyson c. Pater noster And lead us not into temptation Resp. But deliver us from evil Vers. Lord hear our prayer Resp. And let our cry come unto thee Vers. The Lord be with us Resp. And with thy Spirit Then pray MErcifully O Lord enter into this thy House that no malice or wickedness of the Devil may reign therein Then throwing Holy Water about the House as before repeat the following Psalms They who trust in the Lord. Unless the Lord build the house Blessed are they that fear the Lord. Then Kyrse Eleyson c. and what follows as before Then cast the Holy Water as before and read the following Psalms Out of the deep c. Remember David Lord c. Behold how good and joyful c. Then Kyrie Eleyson c. and what follows as above This profusion of Holy Water is done out of a belief that Devils are Cats as Cats are supposed to be Devils and that neither can endure to wet their feet I will not trouble my self whether Cats be Devils or Devils Cats but sure it can never be that the Devil should be so terribly afraid of Holy Water when he stands in so much need of a Cooler Men that are not half so hot as he nor come out of half so hot a place drink Snow in their Wine and shall the Devil be afraid of a little cold water Afterwards read the following Gospels in the principal parts of the House When Christ was born in Bethlehem of Juda the Wise-men came from c. And this other At that time the Angel gabriel c. And In that time Jesus went to Jericho and behold a man whose name was Zacheus c. Afterwards bless the Incense after this manner By the Intercession of the blessed Archangel St. Michael who stands at the Altar of Incense and of all his Elect vouchsafe O God to bless this Incense and accept it as an Odor of sweetness Vers. Lord be merciful unto us Resp. And shew us thy salvation Vers. Lord hear our prayer Resp. And let our cry come unto thee Vers. The Lord be with you Resp. And with thy Spirit Then sign the House and all that dwell in it saying at the same time Lord set the sign of Security upon this House and suffer not the destroying Angel to enter in In the Name c. Thus you shall find in Homer and Ovid's Art of Wooing that the Heathens consecrated their Carousing Bowls with Sulphur and the Old women charmed the young peoples Beds with Sulphur and Eggs. If a man had committed any Villany or Murder he was purified by washing his hands in the blood of a Pig And for the lustration or purification of any place they used to fume the said place with the smoke of burnt Brimstone at what time it was the custom to cast a quantity of Salt into a Vessel of Water and with an Olive-branch or any other convenient bough to sprinkle the room or field with the said water as now the Priests water haunted Houses with Holy Water which sprinkling was to be done three times together Thus you find in Ovid's Metamorphosis that Juno returning from Earth to Heaven being the Devil of a Scold was sprinkled three times with water by the Rainbow to fetch the Devil out of her before Jupiter would admit her into his presence fearing a Peal in his Ears They also said several Prayers likewise at the same time as our Priests do For so says Ovid He sprinkled his Locks with Laurel dipped in water and then poured forth his earnest prayers with usual zeal And thus Heathens taught our Popish Priest to purifie haunted Houses and charm the Devil A Most terrible Thundring EXORCISM TO Expel the Devil not only out of Men but Women Which if a Man could be assured of were worth its weight in Gold THE Exorcist coming to eject the Devil must in the first place sign himself with the sign of the Cross and say In the Name of the Father c. Then let him go to the Party possessed and sprinkle him with Holy Water saying at the same time Through the Sprinkling of this Water with the help of God let the Evil Spirit depart from thee and let the power of the Holy Ghost enter and remain with thee for now is the Judgment of this World now shall the Prince of this World be cast forth In the Name c. Pointing to the Body of Christ in the Cup or in the Shrine the Priest must say these words O wicked Spirit here is true Piety Here is he who suffered for our Salvation Now faith he shall the Prince of this World be cast forth This is that Body which was taken from the Body of the Virgin which was stretched out upon the Cross which lay in the Grave which rose from Death and which ascended into Heaven in the sight of his Disciples by the terrible Power of this Majesty I command thee wicked Devil to depart from this Image of God to fly from it and never more to molest it But the Devil 's a true Jailor he seldom takes notice of the first Ha Cor And therefore the Exorcist must fall to his Prayers and say Vers. Our help is in the Lord. Resp. Who made Heaven and Earth Vers. Lord shew us thy mercy Resp. And grant us thy Salvation Vers. Lord hear our crys Resp. And let our cry come unto thee Then follow the Prayers O Eternal and Omnipotent God who mad'st Heaven and Earth and all that therein is save and deliver this thy Servant from these Evil Spirits and from all Diabolical Power that all men may know how great is thy mercy and how infinite is thy power The second Prayer LOrd Jesus Christ Son of the living God free this thy Servant from all his languishings and from all the disturbances of Ghosts and Evil Spirits through thy most holy compassion The God Sabaoth the God Emmanuel the God Elohim the God Agla free and deliver him by virtue of the Prayers and Merits of the blessed Virgin Mary thy Mother and of all the Saints and by virtue of the Intercession of the blessed Michael the Archangel and all the Angels of St. John Baptist and the holy Apostles Peter Paul Andrew James John Thomas James Philip Bartholomew Simon Thaddeus Barnaby and all the rest of the He-Saints and She-Saints by the Mediation of the Cherubims and Seraphims who continually praise thee saying Holy
three handfuls Dill Ashes of Olive-wood Holy Water of each a sufficient quantity Boil all these in Oyl then bless them with the following Benediction Vers. Our help c. Resp. Who made Heaven and Earth The EXORCISM I Exorcise thee O unclean Spirit by the living true and holy God who made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all that therein is to the end that all the Power of the Adversary all the Armies of the Devil all the assaults and Apparitions of the Enemy may be utterly rooted out and made to fly from this creature composed of Oyl and the Herbs that are in it that it may be a burning fire to consume all the snares of the Enemy and that whoever shall be anointed with this Oyl may enjoy health and sincerity and that all Evil Spirits and Diabolical Visions may be separated from him Then anoint the Patient as hath been already shewn A way to free any person from all manner of Sorceries operated in the body of man by the Devil First of all it behoves the Exorcist to observe in what part of the infested Body the pain lies For generally Demoniacs are chiefly tormented in three parts the Belly Stomach and Heart If the pain lye in any lower part of the body give him the Holy Oyl of the first Benediction as hath been already shewn And every day that the party drinks the foresaid Oyl he ought to be exorcised for three or four hours together But if the pain lye in the Stomach or Heart then give him the following Medicine Take White Ellebore St. Johns-wort of each an ounce and an half Sugar of Roses Frankincese of each a dram One would think this were a Bolus rather for a possessed Horse than a possessed Man Boil all these together in a pint of the best white Wine to the consumption of one half afterwards the Priest having strained blessed and exorcised the remainder with an Adjutorium nostrum c. give it the Patient at a convenient hour twice a day for three days if need require And every day notwithstanding the Patients vomiting let the Patient be confessed and exorcised for three or four hours together A Medicine for persons possessed by the Devil Take Broom-flowers St. Johns-wort Horehound Ivy and Rue of each two ounces Make a Decoction in water to the consumption of half then let the Priest strain it and bless the remainder with an Adjutorium nostrum and give it the Patient at a convenient hour Then let the Priest pray with the Patient in this manner Vouchsafe c. to bless this Medicine and to pour upon it thy most plentiful blessing that by the virtue and efficacy which thou shalt give unto it it may be able to vex teaze torment the Devil infesting and vexing this thy Servant and being delivered from the troubles of Satan to preserve him so delivered through thy goodness Amen Then let him be well sprinkled with Holy Water For it is a greater trouble to the Devil to sleep in a wet skin than in any other skin he cares not so much whether his skin be whole or no as that it be dry A Benediction of Water to expel the Devil and all his Works The EXORCISM I Exorcise thee O Water by the four Rivers that watered Paradise by him that purified Nahman from his Leprosie I exorcise thee by him that turned water into Wine I exorcise thee by all the Sacraments of the Holy Church I exorcise thee by the Virgin Mary and the Milk of the same Virgin and by all the Angels Archangels c. that thou mayst become holy and healthful and a burning fire to destroy the Devil and all his works and all the snares of Satan c. Then blow three times upon the Water saying I puff and blow ye all ye Legions of Satan In the Name c. The Benediction of Rue Vers. Our help is in the Lord. Resp. Who made Heaven and Earth Vers. The Lord be with you Resp. And with thy Spirit Then pray That where-ever it be laid it may have power to terrifie and put the Devil to flight and that whoever be fumed with it may be free from all assaults of the Devil c. The Benediction of Fire to burn the Instruments of Sorcery Vers. Our help is in the Name of the Lord. Resp. Who made Heaven and Earth Then say I bless exorcise and conjure thee O Creature Fire by him who causes the Earth to tremble that thou dost not fail to be my aid against these Infernal Thieves and Robbers to crucifie asflict and torment them an hundred times more than all the Sulphur in Hell Then sprinkle the Fire with Holy Water but not so as to put it out and cast the Devils Tools into it saying Let God arise and let his Enemies be scattered The Benediction of an Incense to fume Demoniacs Vers. Our help c. Resp. Who made c. Vers. The Lord be with you Resp. And with thy Spirit The Pomander Take Galbanum Sulphur of each three drams Roots of Assa foetida Birthwort St. Johns-wort and Rue of each three drams Let all these be blest and conjur'd with the following Conjuration I exorcise conjure thee O Creature called Incense by all the holy Names of God that thou mayst become an exorcised blessed and consecrated Fumigation to the Salvation of Vs and all faithful Christians and a perpetual punishment to all Evil Spirits and a fire to torment and burn them beyond the Sulphur of Hell-fire c. What merciless Fellows these Exorcists are to desire a more heavy punishment for the Devil than God has thought fit to ordain them Then throw the Pomander into the fire and hold the Demoniac's Nose over the smoke whether he will or no. Certainly it had been much better to have made a Pomander to fright the Devil of Gelsomy-flowers and Orange-flowers Lignum Aloes and such like for he is so used to ill smells that he cares not a f t for ' em Besides if the Devil has no head as they say he has not then he has no Nose and then what will all the nasty scents in the world signifie If ill smells operate so strongly upon the Devil these Exorcists were extremely overseen that they did not set down a Form for the Benediction and Exorcising a House of Office and for setting the Demoniac up to the neck in the consecrated Ordure for three or four days together But Bernardus non videt omnia 'T is easie to add to invention but not to invent A Benediction of Gold Frankincense and Myrrh against the Devils called Incubi and Succubi and against the assaults of Evil Spirits First be sure to have the Gold Frankincense and Myrrh ready Then bless them as follows Vers. Our help is in the Lord. Resp. Who made c. Then read the Psalm Lord give thy Judgments to the King quite through Then cry Lord have mercy upon us Then sing the following Anthem And the Wise-men who were
that I may be able to make them speak to bind shackle and expel them and force them to fulfil my Commands immediately without muttering at my words but that they may obey me to day to morrow and in all places and at all times more especially by virtue of the Sacred Names and Powers above-written to be able to constrain this Devil or these very Devils that now possess this thy poor Creature to speak and tell me the truth as to what I shall demand of him and for so doing I will praise magnifie laud and adore thy Name The Conjuration I Conjure ye O Devils and unclean Spirits in all parts of the world to whom power has been given to hurt this Creature and all you Ethereal Powers and Infernal Princes inhabiting within this Creature of God of whatsoever quality or condition you be from the South part of the World or from any other part of the Earth I exterminate ye from the Earth I bind ye from the Fire I banish ye from the Winds from the Water from the Caverns of the Rocks I command ye from the Mountains from the Abysses from Hell and from all places under Heaven In the Name c. And by the Authority committed to me by Jesus of Nazareth I charge you to pretend to no farther power of lying or abiding in this Creature and therefore I sentence ye by the Sentence pronounced by the most high Creator I command ye likewise that all fraud fallacy and deceit being laid aside you tell us didirectly your Names and by the same Sentence I discharge you out of this Body and send you to the Infernal Therefore depart accursed Spirits into Eternal Fire prepared for you and the rest of your Companions For by the virtue of those most holy Names by those most holy Names themselves I send ye to the bottom of the Abyss El Elohim Eloa Sabaoth Helion Esereheie Adonai Jehova Jah Tetragrammaton Sadai Messias Agla Ischyros Otheos Athanatos Soter Emmanuel Hagios Jesus Christus Alpha and Omega I send ye to the bottom of the Abyss and tie ye up from having any farther power over this Creature of God and that you neither posses that place nor any other by virtue of the above-mentioned Names and by him that sits on the Throne by whose Power I condemn ye to the eternal Burnings in fire everlasting and there I chain ye till the day of Judgment Now Gentlemen do not you think we should have a brave time on 't could these Exorcists but do as they say Alas we should not have a Devil of any sort or size stirring at this side the great Lake But alas there are some of opinion That if the Devil would go with a good Fee in his hand either to the Fleet or Kings Bench and take Counsel he would there find that none of these Exorcisms would stand good in Law or if they did he would there find such cunning pieces of Ingenuity as would make him too hard for all the Exorcists in the World And indeed the Devil had need of good advice and good friends considering what follows The second Conjuration AGain I conjure ye O Devils above-mentioned Rebels against God by the Virgin Mary Mother of Christ by her Nativity by her Conception by her most holy Milk which was suckt by him who is called Alpha and Omega by her Merits and by all the most blessed Names of the Virgin as Virgin Flower Cloud God-bearing Queen Empress Lady Aurora Handmaid Fountain Well Moon Sun Portal House Blessed Glory most Benign Pious Court Bramble Ladder Star Tower Assister Ark Bridechamber Pearl Tabernacle Friend Vail FairMother beautiful Soul blessed Rose Mary the Spouse By all these Names above-mentioned I command and send ye and throw ye down headlong into the Lake of Brimstone and Fire and thither perpetually condemn ye And the foresaid Virgin Mary and all the hoIy Virgins and chast Women rejoice with Christ in Heaven so by virtue of his Passion I enjoin ye to depart for ever from this Creature otherwise by all the aforesaid Names and words and by all the aforesaid words and things I condemn ye ipso facto without mercy to all the Damnation and Torments before expressed as Rebels to God The Papists affirm That when this Sentence was proclaimed in Hell there was such a horrid roaring and bellowing among the Devils that it was heard over all the Land of the Antipodes even as far as Ethiopia But you must know that when the Priest pronounced this Sentence he laid his Book upon the Head of the Demoniac and holding forth a Crucifix to the Devil said these words BY the Prayers of this Book and by all their Efficacy by all the Miracles and words of our Saviour by all the Prayers which are made in Heaven and Earth By all the Powers in Heaven and by all the virtue of the most holy Names of God I command ye to retire from hence and that you do not dare to do what we command ye otherwise we will cast ye headlong into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone to be burnt alive Therefore in whatsoever part of this Body ye are whether within or without come and behold the Sign of the Cross consecrated by our great Creator Jesus Christ for by virtue of that you are bound to obey us And therefore by virtue of that we constrain ye to appear before Us whether ye will or no for the words of God which proceed out of our mouth are most burning fires which shall burn ye eternally and this is the Cross at which all the World trembles and every Creature quakes for fear and you are Rebels to ours and your own Creator Be ye therefore accursed and excommunicated in eternal Torment and may ye never rest at any time if ye do not presently obey these Commands of mine laid upon ye by the Power of Christ and the words which are said of him who causes all the World to tremble A fair Sentence to be pronounced against the Devil possessing Man or Woman BEing as it were the Vicar of the Supreme Judge by virtue of the Power delivered to me by Him I thus declare pronounce and command That without delay and all excuses set aside you forsake this Creature whom you have so long molested and leave him to enjoy his former health and that you never hereafter adventure to trouble him again I also by the Authority aforesaid enjoin and command Lucifer Belzebub and Satan and all the Infernal Furies That presently and without delay they throw themselves headlong into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone and that without any impartiality they bind and torment one another till the day of Judgment And because ye rebelled against your Creator and against Us and neglected the words and sayings of the Virgin Mary the holy Apostles and Evangelists Martyrs and Confessors c. I therefore condemn ye to Infernal Punishment and to those Fires that shall torment
World with their false Invocations and miraculous Operations of sanctified Water and Salt are a meer Troop of Money-hunters Impostors Coney-catchers and Vagabonds And their Whips for the Devil are no more to be valued than the Rods that excite the decayed Venery of old Lechers in common Brothel-houses Men of sence among the Papists themselves deride ' em And therefore you find in Erasmus's Colloquies Cardinal Pole himself making the greatest Fool in the world of a Country-Priest and acting the Spirit himself to carry on the Sport At length when the Cardinal and his Confederates had sufficiently fool'd the silly Exorciser they framed an Epistle curiously writ in such Paper as the Gold-beaters put their Gold in wherein the freed Spirit sends Eternal health and thanks to his Deliverer and having dated it from the Coelum Empyreum in the Ides of September 1498. they laid it secretly upon the Altar for the Priest to find when he came next to say Mass. Which the Priest shewed to all persons he met with believing nothing more certain but that it was brought him by an Angel from Heaven And in regard Stories many times prevail above Arguments it may not be amiss to insert two authentic Relations of two Demoniacs out of the Famous Thuanus to shew not only the Superstition but the Knavery and Impiety of these pretended Devil-whippers The first is of a certain Maid Adriana Fraxinet born of poor Parents not far from Amiens This Maid being looked upon as possessed by the Devil was brought to Paris and lodged in the Monastery of St. Victor where she was shewed for the rarities sake to vast concourses of people Among the rest came Peter Cotton a Jesuit with a strong resolution to expel the Devil the rather because that being very inquisitive he thought to pick out of the Devil an Answer to several Questions of which he had no other hopes to be resolved To this purpose he borrowed a Book of Exorcisms such another Whip for the Devil as this may be supposed to be and to help his memory put into the Book a Catalogue of such Questions as his Curiosity led him to be informed of written with his own hand in Latin After he had performed the Ceremony of Exorcism he delivered the Book back to his Friend but imprudently forgot to take out his own paper By which means the paper known to be his writing was handed from one to another till it came to the hand of the Duke of Sully who shewed it to Henry the Fourth Therein Cotton had made inquiry of the Devil what God had permitted him to know concerning the present Pope What about his own stay at Court What he knew about the Conversion of Souls What about the War with Spain and the Hereticks What course he should take to perswade most efficaciously What course he should take to abstain from sin To these he added several Questions in Learning Whether Languages came from God What was the most proper place in Scripture to prove Purgatory and the Invocation of Saints What were those Sons of God that loved the Daughters of Men How all the beasts were taken that were put into Noahs Ark Who was King of the Angels What number of the Angels fell What hindred a firm Peace with the Spaniards Which was the best way to convert the Queen of England and overthrow the Turks How long Heresie should endure With several others of the same nature These things many laughed at and others bitterly Satyrized For said they if Cotton were induced out of a love of Truth to ask these Questions why did he inquire of the Father of Lyes Others taxed him for going about to be resolved in Scripture-doubts of the Devil who contemned it as Divine Writ And the Devil finding that the Jesuit had more faith in him than in God did not think him worth the trouble of his answering Whence we may conclude That if a silly Wench could so easily delude a topping Jesuit it is not for the pitiful Herd of common prostituted Exorcists to master the Devil himself The Story of Martha Brosser is yet much more remarkable She was the daughter of James Brosser born at Remorantin in the County of Blois who weary of his poor Trade of Weaving took upon him the more lazy Trade of a jugling Mountebank and taking along with him his daughter Martha whom he feigned to be possessed with the Devil began to practise his Tricks among the common people in the neighbouring Cities with great concourses of people drawn together by the novelty of the thing But being soon detected nearer home he removed to Anger 's where Charles Miro Bishop of the City before he would attempt any thing by way of Exorcism sent for Martha and caused her to sit down at his Table at what time when he observed her to be nothing moved when he drank to her in Holy Water which he told her was only common water but that when he drank to her in common water and told her it was Holy Water she presently fell into Convulsions and Ravings he began shrewdly to suspect her but for his better satisfaction while Martha was in the midst of her Fits the Pope calls out aloud for a Book of Exorcisms which being brought him he immediately repeated the first Verse in Virgils Eneads Arma virumque cano c. Which hard words Martha no sooner heard but she began to tear and torment her self as if the Devil had been in her indeed Thereupon the Bishop being fully convinced of the Cheat would have no more to say to her but dismissed her with this advice to her Father to carry his daughter home again and to forbear deluding the people any longer with his Impostures But the Father having other designs in his head would not be so easily admonished but goes directly for Paris where he lodges his daughter in the Monastery of St. Genoved a place much resorted to for the Opinion of its Sanctity There he had no sooner craved assistance of Sacred means for his daughter Martha but the Capuchin Friers never standing to examine the condition reputation or health of the Maid fall to work and while Martha flings and bounces to hear their Exorcisms easily perswade the ignorant Vulgar that she was possessed with the Devil And now there was nothing talked of in Paris but of Martha's being possessed with the Devil when Monsieur Gonde Bishop of the place resolving to interpose his own Authority sent the chiefest and most approved Physicians Morescot Albin Riolan Duret and others to observe the strange Motions Contortions and Gesticulations which Martha made who upon their return to the Bishop unanimously declared That there was nothing of Devil in her many things counterfeited and some few things which proceeded from her distemper of body that her tongue was inflamed and that something of wind more than ordinary grumbled in her left Hypochondrium However because she did not stir or cry out when Duret the
Holy Paith of Adonai and by Alpha and Omega till the Day of Judgment and may the Power of the most high Triumpher Jesus Christ affict ye In the Name c. By this terrible Writ the Devil stands outlaw'd for Felony after Judgment and any Man Angel or Archangel may knock him o' the head where e're they meet him however the Devil hangs an Arse yet and therefore you must go on and read the following words of the Gospel out of St. John In the beginning was the Word c. Then the following Prayer LOrd Jesus Christ Son of the living God have mercy upon me and do not with the rest of the wicked destroy my Soul Powerful Helion mereiful Helion God of Fear God of Hosts God of Mercy Lord Eternal Adonai wonderful ineffable God Omnipotent Love Sadai Vertue never failing provident over all things Benignity of a Saviour and Creator Alpha and Omega God most high and compassionate God that requirest the prayers of sinners Sacrifice of Praise in most suppliant manner we implore thee with our prayers to hear us deliver and save us thy most unworthy Creatures by thy mighty Power and Holiness and by thy Name which is above all names O thou our Redeemer who camest into this world born of our Redeemer we beseech thee to help and assist this thy unworthy Servant whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious Blood Into thy hands I recommend my Spirit and my Body this day now and ever and at all hours and moments preserve me thy vain and sinful Servant and this thy Creature that we may return thee thanks in the midst of thy Church The Conjuration follows I Conjure ye all you unclean Spirits coming from all the four corners of the World to whom power has been given to hurt this Creature and all you Ethereal Powers and Infernal Princes and all you particular and general Spirits and Devils of whatsoever quality or condition Again I conjure and exorcise you all ye wicket and malicious Devils above-named and all others whatsoever in whatsoever part of the World I shut ye up in the Earth I tie ye up in the Air I bind ye up in the Wind I imprison ye in the Fire and chain ye in the Water and in the caverns of the Rocks I command ye from the caverns of the Mountains from the tops of the Hills from the Abyss from all places under Heaven by the Father Son and Holy Ghost and by virtue of that Authority granted to me by his Son Jesus Christ of Nazareth who was crucified and who created me and you and all other creatures I say by all these Charms I charge ye at your peril not to pretend in the least to any power of abiding or remaining in this Creature of God For that I sentence ye by virtue of the Sentence pronounced by the most high Creator and also charge and command you that laying aside all fraud covin and deceit whether ye will or no you declare and tell us your Names truly and faithfully And by the same Sentence I send ye to the deepest Abyss of Hell into Eternal Fire And therefore O wicked Devil tell me thine and thy Master's Name Here the Exorcist may interrogate the Devil touching his Name his Associates and whatever else concerns the delivery of the Demoniac from the Devil that possesses him going on with his Conjuration in this manner THerefore be gone accursed Devils into fire everlasting prepared for you and your Angels For by these Sacred Names of God I dissolve and discharge ye from this body and by virtue of these words and sacred Names I send ye to the bottom of the Abyss into eternal Fire Hel Heloim Eloa Sabaoth Helion Esereheje Adonai Jehova Jah Tetragrammaton Sadai Messias Hagios Ischyros Otheos Athanatos Soter Emmanuel Agla Jesus Alpha Omega Beginning and Ending Root of Jesse Lion of the Tribe of Juda. Let all these send thee to the bottom of the Abyss that hereafter ye may have no power of lying abiding or staying in this Creature of God and Image of Christ nor in this place nor in any other place by virtue of the Names aforesaid And may the Angel Raphael bind ye in the bottom of the Abyss and there may ye be bound and tormented till the day of Judgment In the Name c. This Warrant is very peremptory and very large in extent and besides the Mittimus's are very severe But the Devil knows when he has got a good Lodging and therefore there is something more yet to be done The Exorcist after all this must read a Gospel out of St. Mark At that time as the eleven Disciples were sate at meat c. If after all this the Devil will neither hear nor obey willingly take fire and Brimstone and hold the Demoniac's Nose over the smoke whether he will or no. Till the Devil has answered truly and certainly to all the Interrogatories put to him Whereto to constrain him the Exorcist must prosecute him with the following Conjuration which is in nature of a Commission of Rebellion A Gain I conjure ye wicked Devils above-mentioned Rebels against God to whom power has been given over this Body that ye presently depart I conjure ye charge ye by all the Holy Virgins and chast Women I conjure ye and charge ye by St. Mary Magdalen St. Catherine St. Agnes St. Lucy St. Agatha St. Margaret St. Ursula and her Society or Sisterhood and the rest of the holy Virgins Widows and chast Women that ye depart immediately A most powerful Charm I promise ye For should all these Women set up their clacks together 't is impossible the Devil should ever be able to endure such a Curtain Lecture But because these Exorcists never know when to have done therefore this same Conjurer must fall to his Prayers again For the Devil 's resolved not to stir before Quarter day The Prayer OMnipotent God to whom all the Creatures which thou hast created are obedient who didst cast down the Angels of Satan for their Pride we beseech thee through Jesus Christ thy Son who sitteth at thy right hand who shall come to judge the quick and the dead and the world by fire who is Alpha and Omega the first and the last King of Kings and Lord of Lords El Ischyros Messias and by these holy Names and by all others I invoke thee and implore by the Nativity of thy Son by him that carried the Cross by his Baptism and Passion by his Resurrection and Ascension by the Wounds in his Body by his Death and Burial by the blessed Virgin Mary by the Angels Archangels Principalities Powers Thrones by all the Patriarchs Prophets Apostles all He-Saints and She-Saints By all these we intreat implore beseech and pray thee to hear our praises and our prayers that thou would'st be pleased to give me thy Servant power over the Angels of Satan which were cast from Heaven and deceive Mankind