Editorial note — Chapter V · Magic Rites connected with the Several Departments of Nature (continued 2)
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‘O Mĕntala (i.e. Batara) Guru, and Teachers one and all (dĕngan Gurwuru-uru), and Sir Yellow Glow,
Sir Yellow Glow knows all the ins and outs of it (?)
These toils of ours are twofold, O let them not be staled.
If they are staled, and we perform the penance for them, let our toils still kill the quarry.
If they are staled by the dogs, let our toils still kill the quarry.
If they are staled by men, let our toils still kill the quarry, by virtue of,’ etc., etc.”