Most of its forms were childish, but some rise to almost Miltonic
grandeur. As an example of the latter, we may take the following:
"By the Apocalypse of Jesus Christ, which God hath given to
make known unto his servants those things which are shortly to
be; and hath signified, sending by his angel,... I exorcise you,
ye angels of untold perversity!
"By the seven golden candlesticks,... and by one like unto
the Son of man, standing in the midst of the candlesticks; by his
voice, as the voice of many waters;... by his words, `I am living,
who was dead; and behold, I live forever and ever; and I have the
keys of death and of hell,' I say unto you, Depart, O angels that
show the way to eternal perdition!"
Besides these, were long litanies of billingsgate, cursing,
and threatening. One of these "scourging" exorcisms runs
partly as follows:
"May Agyos strike thee, as he did Egypt, with frogs!... May
all the devils that are thy foes rush forth upon thee, and drag
thee down to hell!... May.
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