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caufe of the imprecation. And thefe are 
the names of the chiet of them: Samyaza, 
‘their prince, and Wrakabaramel, and 
Akibeel, and Famiel, and Ramuel, and 
Daniel, and Arkeel, and Srakuyel, and 
Azacl, and Armoris, and Batraal,- and 
Ananyoo, and Zaweb, and Sam{aweel, 
and Irtael, and Tooriel, and Yomyael, 
and Avazyal, and others. 
7. They took wives, each choofing unto 
him(elf one, and went in unto them. They 
taught them drugs and fpells, and to cut 
herbs and trees. And the women con- 
ceived, and bare giants, who grew to be 
. three bundred cubits high. And thefe 
‘devoured the labour of all men, fo that they 
_ could not be fed: and they fell upon 
the men to devour them alfo, and upon the 
birds and the beats, and the creeping, 
things, and the. fifhes; they ate tne flefh 
thereof and drank the blood. 
8. Then Azazie]l taught men to make 
fwords and knives, and fhtelds, and brealt- 
plates; and he made them {ce what was 
behind them (edcouit artem fpecula fa- 
ciendi), and fhowed them bracelets and or- 
naments, and to ufe paint, and to blacken’ 
‘the cye-brows, and to cut out of ftones 
jewels of every hue. And the world was 
changed, and impiety arofe, and fornica- 
tion revelled ; and men walked after their 
own will. Amarazak taught the wizards 
and fhapers of mandrakes; Armoris to 
difappoint {pells. Barkayal taught the 
ftar-gazers, and Kobabyel the figns, and 
LTamiel the path of the tun, and Afarady- 
el the path of the moov. And men cla- 
moured aloud becaufe of wickednefs, and 
their voice afceaded unto heaven. 
g- Then looked down from heaven Mi- 
chac] and Gabriel, and Rafael, and Soo- 
ryan, and Ooryan, and beheld the blood 
that was fpilled, and the iniquity that 
was wrought on the earth. And they faid 
one to another, Hark, the voice of their 
fhrieking afcends, fhriekings-from the 
earth to the threfhold of the fky: behold, 
ye holies of heaven, the fouls of men com- 
plain before you, faying, Send us down 
judgment from on high. And they faid 
tothei king, O thou who art the king of 
kings and the lord of lords, and the god of 
gods, the throne of whofe glory is for all 
ages, hallowed be thy naine from genera- 
tion to generation! Thou madeit all things, 
with thee isall-might; to thee all things ; 
are known, and there is nothing’ which 
can be hidden from thee. Thou hait 
feen the things which Azazyel has done, 
how he taught iniquity on earth, - and 
betrayed the fecrets of the heavens, Sa- 
myaza too, whom thou gavelt te them for 
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a prince, hath taught enchantments; and 
they have defiled themfelves with women, 
and have gone in unto the daughters of 
men. And the women have brought forth 
giants, who have filled the earth with 
blood. and wickednefs. And now behold 
the fouls of the dead afk queftions of thefe 
things in their chambers, at the threfhold 
of heaven; and their groan ceafeth not, 
becaufe they cannot look eff from the 
wickednels that is wrought on the earth. 
Thou knoweft all thefe things; but thou. 
telleit us not what we fhou!d do for this. 
10. Then the Moft High {pake and fent 
Arfayalalyor to the fon of Lamech that he 
fhould fay unto him, The end is nighs, 
the waters of deluge fhall be brought over 
all the earth, and all things thereon fhall 
perifn: and that he fhould teach Noah by 
what means he might be Jett: and his feed. 
fhould inherit a!l the earth, : 
Then the Lord fpake again and faid to 
Rafael: Bind Azazyel hand and foot 
and hurl him into darknefs: open the 
abyfs which is in Dondael, and therein 
caft him. Fling on him fharp and craggy 
rocks, and veil his face with darknefs, 
that he may fee no light for ages; until 
the day of the great judgment, when he 
fhall be caft into the fire. Purify the earth 
which the angels have defiled, that all may 
not perifh becaufe of the fin of the watchers 
of the hoft. 
Then the Lord faid to Gabriel: Go 
thou to the ungodly, and to the fons of 
fornication, and to the fons of midnight re- 
velling, and fet them one againft the other 
that they may be cut off from among 
men ; for there is no laftingnefs in them. 
But Michael faid to the Lord: Send 
unto Samyaza, and thofe that have defiled 
themfelves with him, and, when they have 
feen their offspring fight one againit ano- 
ther unto deftruction, bind them for feventy 
generations under the hills of theearth, until 
the day of the great judgment, and the con- 
fummation of all things, when he hhall 
burn and perifh with the others. Deftroy 
alfo them that are given to gaming, and 
the fons of the watchers who have been op- 
preflive. Let milery pafs away from the 
furface of the earth, Jet fuffering have an 
end, and the tree of juftice be planted in 
its fiead! Let the earth be filled with 
bleffings, and the vine yield her juice abun- 
dantly, and the corn its feed a thoufand 
fold, and the olive-tree. from one meafure 
of olives ten meafures of-oil. . Cleanfe the 
earth from tyranny, from corruption, fron 
intemperance, from infidelity, and from 
all uncleannefs. Scatter theewicked, and 
gather tlving elect, that all may adore thee 
who 
