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;;;EXORCISM OF WATER.SOowax candles, the censor and incense, the vessels of the chrism, and the oilof the catechumens, solemnly advance to the font, and there, or at the altarof the baptistery, if there be one, say the following litany" [in Latin].That litany consists of an invocation of all the saints inthe Roman calendar ; for it is fitting that such an incantationshould open with the names of the " three hundredgods" of Rome in whose honour these rites are performed.After this comes the exorcism." I exorcise thee, thou creature of water,By the living +, by the true f.By the holy f person who.By a word, without a hand,Parted thee from the dry land"Who did brood upon thy face.In the void and formless spaceWho did order thee to go.And from Paradise to flow,In four goodly rivers forth,Towards the south, east, west, and north,""Here let him with his hand divide the water, and then pour some of itoutside the edge of the font, toward the four parts of the world."" Who, when bitter was thy flood.By the prophet's branch of wood.Made thee sweet ; who from the stone,In the desert parch'd and lone.Fainting Israel's thirst to cure.Brought thee forth. ....I thee conjure ;Be thou holy water, blest ;Cleanse the foul and guilty breastWash away the filth of sin ;Make the bosom pure within.And ye devils, every one.Let what I prescribe be done.Where this water sprinkled flies.Thence eradicate all lies ;Every phantasm put to flighi ;Every dark thing bring to light.Let it be of life eternal.Fountain salient and supernalLaver of RegenerationFor a chosen favoured nation.In the name, &c.—Amen."X