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PART I: OFTHE ARTE GOETIA 35<br />

The 62 d spirit is called Valac,108 he is a mighty great president & appeareth<br />

like a Boyl09 w th angels wings, ridding on a 2 headed Dragon; his office is<br />

to give True answares of hidden Treasures, and to tell where serpents may<br />

be seene, we h he will bring & dilever [deliver, discover] to ye Exorcist without<br />

any force or strengeth, he governeth 30 Legions of spirits,110 his seal is<br />

This weh must be made & worne as a Lamin &c.<br />

The 63 spirit is called Andras, he is a great Marquiz appearing in ye forme<br />

of an angell w th a head like a Black night Raven, ridding upon a strong<br />

black woolf, w th a sharpe bright sword flourishing in his hand, his office is<br />

to sow discords, ifye Exorcist hath not care he will kill him and his fellows,<br />

he governeth 30 Legions of spirits his seal is Thus to be [made, and] warne<br />

as a Lamin before [thee] on your Breast.<br />

[109v]<br />

The 64th spirit is named Flauros [Haurest!t], he is a great duke, and<br />

appeareth at first like a mighty Terrable and strong Leopard but afterwards<br />

at ye command of ye Exorcist he putteth on ye shape of a man wth fiery<br />

Eyes and a Terrable Countenance; he giveth True answares of all Things<br />

past present & to come, but unless he be commanded into a [the] Triangle,<br />

he will Lye in all those things and deceive or beguile ye Exorcist in other<br />

Things or Buisness [sic], he will gladly talke of divinity, and ofye Creation<br />

108 W: "Volac"; Scot: "Valac"; H: "Valu"; C: "Volac, Valak, or Valu, or Ualac."<br />

109 C: "child."<br />

110 So S3, W, Sl, S2, and C all read, "38."<br />

111 82, H: "Haures"; 81: "'Flauros', in another copy 'Hauros."'; C: "Haures, or Hauras,<br />

or Havres, or Flauros."

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