Lesser-Key-Of-Solomon

Of 'The c/lrte goetia
[Of the seventy-two infernal spirits evoked and constrained by King
Salomone]
The first principall spirit is a king ruling in ye East, called Bael.? he
maketh men goe Invisible, he ruleth over 66 Legions ofInferiour spirits, he
appeareth in divers shapes, sometimes like a Catt, sometimes like a 'Ioad.f
sometimes like a man.? & sometimes in all these formes at once. he speaketh
very horslyl'' This is his Character weh is to be worne as a Lamen before
him who calleth him forth, or else he will not doe you homage.
The second spirit is a Duke called Agares, he is under ye power ofye East
and cometh up in the form ofa fair Old man riding upon a Crocodill, very
6 H heads this section "Lemegeton / Secretum Secretorum." S3 adds the subheading
"The first Spirire" (sec. man.).
7 Sl: "Bad!"; W: "Baell."
H: "dog."
9 W: "he appeareth with three heads; the first like a toad ..."
10 H:"... he speaketh hastily and this is his Caracter or Seale which must be worne as a
Lamin by the Magician who calls him, on his breast else he will not do you homage."