Give a sign, I pray, to me!
Ere the third day
Shall pass away,
Let me either hear or see
A roaring wind, a rattling rain,
Or hall a clattering on the plain;
Till one of these three signs you show,
Peace, Diana, thou shalt not know.
Answer well the prayer I've sent thee,
Or day and night will I torment thee!As the orange was the fruit of the Sun, so is the lemon suggestive of the
Moon or Diana, its colour being of the lighter yellow. However, the lemon
specially chosen for the charm is always a green one, because it "sets hard"
and turns black. It is not generally known that orange and lemon peel,
subjected to pressure and combined with an adhesive may be made into a
hard substance which can be moulded or used for many purposes. I have
devoted a chapter to this in an as yet unpublished work entitled One
Hundred Minor Arts. This was suggested to me by the hardened lemon
given to me for a charm by a witch.
A SPELL TO WIN LOVE
When a wizard, a worshipper of Diana, one who worships the Moon,
desires the love of a woman, he can change her into the form of a dog, when
she, forgetting who she is, and all things besides, will at once come to his
house, and there, when by him, take on again her natural form and remain
with him. And when it is time for her to depart, she will again become a dog
and go home, where she will turn into a girl. And she will remember
nothing of what has taken place, or at least but little or mere fragments,
which will seem as a confused dream. And she will take the form of a dog
because Diana has ever a dog by her side.
And this is the spell to be repeated by him who would bring a love to his
home.^1
To day is Friday, and I wish to rise very early, not having been able to sleep all
night, having seen a very beautiful girl, the daughter of a rich lord, whom I dare not
hope to win. Were she poor, I could gain her with money; but as she is rich, I have
no hope to do so. (Therefore will I conjure Diana to aid me.)