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OLD IRISH PRAYER.
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So have I invoked all these virtues to be with me, against every cruel merciless power which may come against my body and my soul; against the incantations of false prophets, against the black laws of heathenry, against the false laws of heretics, against the craft of idolatry, against the spells of druids, against every knowledge that defiles men’s souls.

Christ protect me to-day, against poison, against burning, against drowning, against death-wound, until a multitude of rewards come to me.

Christ be with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ below me, Christ above me; Christ at my right, Christ at my left; Christ in the fort, Christ in the chariot, Christ in the poop; Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of every one who speaks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me.

I bind myself today to a strong virtue in the invocation of the Trinity. Domini est salus, Domini est salus, Christi est salus, Salus tua Domine sit semper nobiscum.