Ulceration of the veins, the micturition which wastes,[391]
Cruel agony which never ceases,
Nightmare,—
Spirit of the Heavens,[392] conjure it;
Spirit of the Earth,[393] conjure it.”[394]
What follows is part of an incantation against “the diseases of the head”:—
“The diseases of the head, like doves to their dove-cots, like grasshoppers into the sky,
Like birds into space,—
May they fly away!