pharaoh. Then facing in turn the four quarters of
the world, he whispered,

"Amorul, Taneha, Latisten, Rabur, Adonay have pity on me and purify me,
O heavenly Father, the compassionate and gracious. Pour down on thy
unworthy servant thy sacred blessing, and extend thy almighty arm
against stubborn and rebellious spirits, so that I may consider thy
sacred work calmly."

He stopped and turned to the pharaoh,

"Mer-Amen-Ramses, high priest of Amon, dost Thou distinguish a spark in
that black globe?"

"I see a white spark which seems to move like a bee above a flower."

"Mer-Amen-Ramses, look at that spark and take not thy eyes from it.
Look neither to the right nor the left, look not on anything whatever
which may come from the sides."

And again he whispered,

"Baralanensis, Baldachiensis, by the mighty princes Genio, Lachidae,
the ministers of the infernal kingdom, I summon you, I call you through
the strength of Supreme Majesty, by which I am gifted, I adjure, I
command!"

At that place the pharaoh started up with aversion.

"Mer-Amen-Ramses, what seest thou?" asked the Chaldean.

"From beyond the globe rises some horrid head reddish hair is standing
on end; a face of greenish hue; the eye looking down so that only the
white of it is visible; the mouth open widely, as if to shriek."

"That is Terror!" cried Beroes, and he held his sharp dagger point
above the globe.

Suddenly the pharaoh bent to the earth.

"Enough!" cried he, "why torment me thus? The wearied body seeks rest,
the soul longs to be in the region of endless light. But not only will
ye not let me die; ye are inventing new torments. Oh, I wish not."

"What dost Thou see?"

"From the ceiling every instant two spider legs lower themselves they
are terrible. As thick as palm trunks; shaggy with hooks at the ends of
them. I feel that above my head is a spider of immense size, and he is
binding me with a web of ship ropes."

Beroes turned his dagger point upward.

"Mer-Amen-Ramses," said he again, "look ever at the spark, and never at
the sides. Here is a sign which I raise in thy presence," whispered he.
"Here am I mightily armed with Divine aid, I, foreseeing and
unterrified, who summon you with exorcisms Aye, Saraye, Aye, Saraye,
Aye, Saraye in the name of the all-powerful, the all-mighty and
everlasting divinity."

At that moment a calm smile appeared on the lips of the pharaoh.

"It seems to me," said he, "that I behold Egypt all E