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ten calamities (occasioned by) rulers, fire, water, thieves* 
and enemies oppress and destroy us, and we die, and perish, 
and come to utter destruction. May we be subject to all 
the calamities that are within the body, and all that are 
without the body, and the pains (occasioned by) unpleasant 
objects of sense; and may we be seized with madness, 
dumbness, blindness, deafness, leprosy, and hydrophobia. 
May we be struck with thunderbolts and lightning by day 
and by night, and come to sudden death. In the midst 
of not speaking truth, may 1 be taken with vomiting 
clotted black blood, and suddenly die before an assemblage 
of the people. When I am going by water, also, may 
the genii who guard the waters assault me, the boat be 
upset, and the property be lost; and may alligators, por¬ 
poises, sharks, and all other sea monsters, seize and crush 
me to death. And when I change worlds, may I not 
arrive among men or Nats, but suffer unmixed punishment 
and regret, in the utmost wretchedness, among the four 
states of punishment, Hell, Prita, Beasts, and Athurakai. 
If I speak truth, may I and my relations, through the 
influence of the Ten Laws of Merit, and on account of the 
efficacy of truth, be freed from all calamities within and 
without the body; and may calamities which have not yet 
come, be warded far away. May the ten calamities and 
the five enemies also, be kept far away. May bilus, 
tigers, elephants, serpents and scorpions, love and fear, 
and keep far away. May thunderbolts and lightning, 
the genii of waters, and all sea animals, love me ; and may 
I be safe from them. May my wealth increase like the 
rising sun and the waning moon; and may the seven pos¬ 
sessions, the seven laws, and the eight merits of the virtuous 
be permanent in my person. And when I change worlds, 
may I not go to the four states of punishment ; but, 
