Lesser-Key-Of-Solomon

PART L OF THE ARTE GOETIA
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[speaketh] Truth, except he be compelled or brought up wthin a Triangle,
D.. being compelled therein, he will take upon himselfe ye forme
of an angel being bidden; he speaketh with a hoarse voice, & will [can]
willingly make love61 between man & wife he can raise Thunder, Lightnings,
Blasts and great Tempestuous stormes &c he giveth true answares
both of secreet and devine Things if commanded, and ruleth over 26
Legions of spirits, his seal is this which is to be [made &] warne as a
Lamin &c.
[105v]
The 35 spirit is called Marchosias.s- he is a great and mighty Marquiz
appering at first in [the] forme of a wolfe;63 having griffins wings, and a
serpents Taile, vomiting up fire out of his mouth64 But afterwards at ye
command of ye Exorcist, he putteth on ye shape of a man, and is a strong
fighter he giveth true answares to all questions, & is very faithfull to ye
Exorcist in doeing his Buisness [sic], he was ofye order of dominations he
governeth 30 Legions of spirits, he Told his chiefe Master weh was Salomon,
that after 1200 yeares he hadd hopes to retume to ye 7 th Throne & his seal
is thus, to be made, & warne as a Lamin &c.
61 C: "urge Love."
62 W: "Marchocias," but "Marchosias" in Scot's translation.
63 W: "a cruell shee woolfe." C adds the footnote "In one Codex of the seventeenth
century, very badly written, it might be read 'Ox' instead of 'Wolf' - TRANS. [For
me he appeared always like an ox, and very dazed. -Ed.]."
64 W: "spetting I cannot tell what out of his mouth."