TO WIN LOVE
"O Christ, by your five wounds, by the nine orders of angels, if this
woman is ordained for me, let me hold her hand now, and breathe her
breath. O my love, I set a charm to the top of your head; to the sole of your
foot; to each side of your breast, that you may not leave me nor forsake me.
As a foal after the mare, as a child after the mother, may you follow and stay
with me till death comes to part us asunder. AMEN."
Another.A charm of most desperate love, to be written with a raven's quill in the
blood of the ring finger of the left hand.
"By the power that Christ brought from heaven, mayest thou love me,
woman! As the sun follows its course, mayest thou follow me. As light to
the eye, as bread to the hungry, as joy to the heart, may thy presence be with
me, O woman that I love, till death comes to part us asunder."
FOR THE NIGHT-FIRE (THE FEVER)
"God save thee, Michael, archangel! God save thee!
"What aileth thee, O man?"
"A headache and a sickness and a weakness of the heart. O Michael,
archangel, canst thou cure me, O angel of the Lord?"
"May three things cure thee, O man. May the shadow of Christ fall on
thee! May the garment of Christ cover thee May the breath of Christ breathe
on thee! And when I come again thou wilt be healed."
These words are said over the patient while his arms are lifted in the
form of a cross, and water is sprinkled on his head.
FOR A PAIN IN THE SIDE
"God save you, my three brothers, God save you! And how far have ye
to go, my three brothers?"
"To the Mount of Olivet, to bring back gold for a cup to hold the tears of
Christ."
"Go, then. Gather the gold; and may the tears of Christ fall on it, and
thou wilt be cured, both body and soul."
These words must be said while a drink is given to the patient.