I seize thy hands ever stretched out,

I tie thy hands behind thee.

May Sin ... destroy thy body,

May he cast thee into an abyss of fire and water.

Sorceress, as the circle of this seal-ring,[402]

May thy face grow pale and wan.

Of the same character as this, are a variety of other incantations, all applicable to cases in which the sorceress is unknown. As the last specimen of the 'Maklu' series, I choose an incantation addressed to the demons, which is interesting because of the direct character of the commands it contains:

Away, away, far away, far away,

For shame, for shame, fly away, fly away,

Round about face, go away, far away,