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and magic verses, and incantations. The name of Germanicus 

 was graved on plates of lead ; fragments of human bodies, not 

 quite consumed to ashes, were discovered in a putrid condition ; 

 with a variety of those magic spells, which, according to the vul- 

 gar opinion, are of potency to devote the souls of the living to 

 the infernal gods." 



