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sent of the elders and of all this holy congrega- 

 tion, in the presence of the holy books : by the 

 613 precepts which are written therein, with the 

 anathema wherewith Joshua cursed Jericho, with 

 the curse which Elisha laid upon the children, 

 and with all the curses which are written in the 

 law. Cursed be he by day and cursed be he by 

 night. Cursed be he in sleeping and cursed be 

 he in waking, cursed in going out and cursed in 

 coming in. The Lord shall not pardon him, the 

 wrath and fury of the Lord shall henceforth be 

 kindled against this man, and shall lay upon him 

 all the curses which are written in the book of 

 the law. The Lord shall destroy his name under 

 the sun, and cut him off for his undoing from 

 all the tribes of Israel, with all the curses of the 

 firmament which are written in the book of the 

 law. But ye that cleave unto the Lord your 

 God, live all of you this day." 



The curse* recorded by Ernulphus (Bishop of 

 Rochester, 1114-1124) is even more compre- 

 hensive, but yet listen to what my uncle Toby 

 said some centnries later about it : " ' I declare/ 



* See Hearn's edition of the " Textus Roffensis " (Oxford : 

 1720), p. 55- 



