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though he suffer the remainder of the month, yet in the next he shall be delivered. He that falls sick on the 28th runs great hazard of death; as also on the 29th. He that sickens on the 30th, shall recover; but if on the 31st it is doubtful.
A Night Spell to catch Thieves.
The following will drive away any evil spirit that haunts houses or other places; and having it about you, no thief can harm you; but if he comes to rob a garden, orchard, or a house, he cannot go till the sun rises. You must have in the four corners of the house this sentence written upon fine true virgin parchment.
Omnes Spiritus laudet Dominum
Mosem habe,
Prophetas exerget Deus, dissipari
inter inimicos.
But if for a garden or orchard, it must be placed at the four corners thereof; and if to keep one from being robbed