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91. To catch a lion by the ear, say No. 91 and make seven knots in the fringes of thy girdle and repeat these words with each knot, and you will catch him.
92. To make thy renown go throughout the world, write No. 92 as an amulet and bury it in thy house.
93. To shorten the way, say No. 93 over a single lotos reed.
94. To cure hemorrhoids, take kernels of dates . . . and burn them in fire and say No. 94, and mix it with oil of olives and place it as an amulet over it, and it will be good.
95. For every spirit write upon a bowl No. 95 and hang it round the neck.
9b. For subtle poison, as cumin-seed and calamint, write No. 96 upon an egg and put it into wine, and repeat over it the same words and then drink it.
97. For the thunder that comes from heaven, take a ring (round piece) of iron and lead, and hang it on the spot you wish (to protect), and say over it No. 97.-98. To go before king or lord, say No. 98 over a piece of lion's skin dipped in black hemp (?) and pure wine, and take it with thee.
99. For blight, if it happen, take a sinew and soak it in turnip-juice in the night from Wednesday to Thursday, and say No. 99 over it; on the morrow sprinkle that water over the field.
l00. If the fruit gets worm-eaten, take a worm from the mud and put it into a tube and say No. 100 over it; then close the tube and bury it in that place.
l01. To free a man from prison (? shame), say over the grounds of Kappa (?) and unripe dates No. 101, and give it to him to eat.
102. For a field that does not produce fruits, take eight cups from eight houses and fill them with water from eight rivers, and put salt into them from eight houses, and say over them No. 102 eight times, and pour out two cups at each corner, and break them on eight paths.
103. If one does not know what a man is ailing from, soak mullein (verbascum) in water, and say over it No. 103, and let him drink it when he is thirsty.
104. To make war, take the dust from under the left foot, say over it No. 104, and throw it into the (enemies') face, and there will appear knights with weapons in their hands who will fight for thee.
105. To throw thy fear upon mankind, write No. 105 upon a leaden plate and bury it on the west side of the Synagogue.
106. To have always light in the darkness, write No. 106 upon a chart (paper) and carry it always with thee.
107. To catch (blind) the eye, write No. 107 upon a scroll and expose it in a wicker-basket to the stars, but you must not speak when writing.
108. To send a sword which should fight for thee, say No. 108 over a new knife wholly of iron, and throw it into their face.
109. If thou wishest that they kill one another, say No. 109 over a new knife wholly of iron and bury it with your heel into the earth, and keep the heel upon it in the earth, and they will kilt one another, until you take it out from the earth.
110. To make them pause, take the dust from under the right foot, and, saying the same word. again backwards, throw it into their face, and they will stop.
111. If an enemy has got hold of thee and wishes to kill thee, bend the little finger of the left hsnd and say No. 111, and he will run away from thee like one who runs away from his murderer.
112. To catch the eye (blind), say No. 112 over the skin of a lion and carry it with thee, and no one will be able to see thee.
113. If thou fallest into a (?) and wishest to come out, say No. 113, and thou wilt come out in peace.
114. If thou fallest into a deep pit, say in thy fall No. 114, and nothing will hurt thee.
115. When thou fallest into a deep river say No. 115, and thou wilt come out in peace.
116. If any burden or weight falls upon thee, say No. 116, and thou wilt be saved.
117. If the king's servants lay hold on thee, bend the little finger of the left hand and say No. 117 before king or judge, and he will kill these people who have laid hands on thee.
118. If a host has surrounded thee, turn thy face towards the west and say No. 118 before king or judge, and they will be like unto stones and will not move.
119. If thou wishest to release them, turn thy face towards the east and repeat these words backwards.
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