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Rh prince, whom they deſign to aſſaſſinate: Then they put the knife into the hand of the parricide, recommending it in theſe words. "Elect Son of God, take this ſword of Jephthah, the ſword, of Samſon, the ſword of David, with which he cut off Goliah's head, the ſword of Gideon, the ſword of Judith, the ſword of the Maccabees, the ſword of the Pope, by which he has delivered himſelf from the hands of princes, having ſpilt very much blood in their dominions, Go and be prudently couragious, may God ſtrengthen thy arm." This being done, they all fall down upon their knees, and the chief of them pronounces this exorciſm: "Be preſent ye cherubim, be preſent ye ſeraphim, ye thrones, ye powers, be preſent, ye holy angels, and fill this bleſſed veſſel with perpetual glory, and every day offer him the crown of the bleſſed Virgin Mary, of the holy patriarchs and martyrs; he is no longer a member of our communion but yours: And thou, O God, who art terrible and invincible, and who in the meditory haſt put it into his heart to deſtroy a tyrant and heretick, and confer his crown on a catholic king, ſtrengthen, we beſeech thee, his hands and increaſe his courage, that he may accompliſh his will, give him an omnipotent mail, whereby he may eſcape, the hands of thoſe who would apprehend him, give him wings, by which his holy members may eſcape the endeavours of barbarous betrayers, pour into his ſoul thy hearing rays, by which his body, without fear, in the midſt of dangers and tortures, may