Sother...

break thy head and cut off thy hands, as was done to the cursed Dagon!...

May God hang thee in a hellish yoke, as seven men were hanged by the sons of Saul!" And so on, through five pages of close-printed Latin curses.( 352) (352) Thesaurus Exorcismorum, pp.

812-817.
Occasionally the demon is reasoned with, as follows: "O obstinate, accursed, fly!...

why do you stop and hold back, when you know that your strength is lost on Christ?
For it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks; and, verily, the longer it takes you to go, the worse it will go with you.