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!