for he that doeth this, he letteth go his Christianity,
and is like the heathen who cast lots concerning themselves
by means of the devil's art, which will destroy them for ever;
and unless he offer alms and much penance
to his Creator, he shall be lost eternally.
Nevertheless a man may cast lots, in faith,
in worldly things, without witchcraft,
that he may allot himself pastures, if men wish to divide any thing [i. e. any land] ;
this is no sorcery, but is very often a direction.
So likewise he who trusteth in auguries,
either from birds, or from sneezings,
either from horses or from dogs,
he is no Christian, but is an infamous apostate.
Neither may any man give heed to days,
on which day he shall journey, or on which he shall return,
because God created all the seven days
which succeed in the week, until this world's ending.
But he who wishes to journey any whither, let him sing his Paternoster
and Credo, if he know [them], and cry to his Lord,
and cross himself, and travel without care
through God's protection, without the devil's sorceries.
It shameth us to tell all the shameful sorceries,
which ye foolish men practise through the devil's lore,
whether in wiving, or in travelling,
or in brewing, or if a man pray for anything,
when they begin anything, or anything is born to them.
But know ye of a truth, that the devil teacheth you
