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Rh witchcraft of any kind on the farm. The son did not know in what part of the wall his father hid the box and charmed paper, but he had no doubt those found were those given by Mr. H. for the purpose of protection against witchcraft. Afterwards the writing was identified with that of Mr. H., though written in the name of the old farmer, who could not have written it himself—he could not write his own name well.

Bryncynallt, Bangor, N. Wales.

The following is an exact copy of the charm, both spelling and punctuation, as checked by Prof Rhys with the original, excepting that he cannot decipher the symbols after the two archangels' names. The text, it will be observed, reads continuously to the right of them:

✠ Lignum sanctae crusis defendat me a malis presentibus preateritus & futuris; interioribus & exterioribus ✠✠ Daniel Evans ✠✠ Omnes spiritus laudet Dominum: Mosen habent & prophetas. Exergat Deus & disipenture inimiciessus ✠. ✠ O Lord Jesus Christ I beseech thee to preserve me Daniel Evans; and all that I posses from the power of all evil men, women; spirits, or wizards, or hardness of heart, and this I will trust thou will do by the same power as thou didst cause the blind to see the lame to walk and they that were possesed with unclean spirits to be in their own minds Amen Amen ✠✠✠ pater pater pater Noster Noster Noster aia aia aia Jesus ✠ Christus ✠ Messyas ✠ Emmanuel ✠ Soter ✠ Sabaoth ✠ Elohim ✠ on ✠ Adonay ✠ Tetragrammaton ✠ Ag :: ✠ Panthon ✠ … reaton ✠ Agios ✠ Jasper ✠ Melchor ✠ Balthasar Amen ✠ ✠ ✠ 🞶 ♀ 🞶 ☿ 🞶 Δ ♄ Δ ♃. ☉ 🞶 ♃ 🞶 ✠ ✠

Gabriel [symbols]

Michad [symbols]

And by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and His Hevenly Angels being our Redeemer and Saviour from all witchcraft and from assaults of the Devil Amen ✠ O Lord Jesus Christ I beseech thee to preserve me and all that I possess from the power of all evil men; women; spirits; or wizards past, present, or to come inward and outward Amen ✠✠