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also appear in
Hockley's manuscript, and then names the demon kings of the north, south, east, and west (Leraje, Aim, Bune, and Paymon, respectively), generic spirits under them, and non-descript spirits to obtain love or treasure. Cherberus/Naberius appears with two other individual but sparsely detailed spirits (the first two over rhetoric and love, respectively, the last having no noted duties). Sloane 3824 lists different unsorted magical procedures, dropping names of spirits from the Book of Spirits in passing, rarely with explanation.
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present, and future events. Bilgall appears as a fire-breathing human-headed ox, though his duties are not detailed. Myeob is described as a crowned green-clad queen. Like her husband, she makes people invisible and reveals secrets about rocks, metals, and plants; in addition to medicine and "the truth." The daughters, like their parents, teach physics and herbal knowledge, and give out rings of invisibility.
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Obeyryon or
Oberyon, an assistant spirit named Bilgall, Mycob or Myeob, and their seven daughters are listed as fairies. Obeyryon is listed as a king, who teaches physics, mineral and plant lore, as well as making men invisible, revealing hidden treasures and how to acquire them, and revealing past,
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Agrippa. Following this are more instructions on ritual magic, and more spells to acquire unspecified desired items, and identify thieves. The additional spirits in this section include: Bilgal, Annabath, Ascariell, Satan, Baron, Romulon, Mosacus, and Orobas. The instructions on
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Hockley's manuscript starts with an initial list of eighty demons (with several duplicates), takes a small break to detail several fairies, and then lists four groups of twelve demons, most repeating spirits from the first eighty with various discrepancies. Sloane 3853 merely lists ten demons who
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Oberon and "Mycob" (a corruption of the already corrupt Myeob) also appear in several 16th and 17th century manuscripts, such as the 1580 Folger MS Vb 25 and a 1649 portion of Sloane MS 3824, reflecting a popular trend in
English occultism at the time.
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and calling upon the aforementioned four kings, names of God, and different saints to constrain a called spirit. The instructions on necromancy are followed by a means of finding hidden treasure that is similar to the method used by
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English to Latin. This version was either copied or translated by Englishman John Porter in 1583. This version was owned by artist
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the south), and the means of calling them. It then lists an additional seventy-five demons, for a total of eighty-two. Many of the demons are comparable to those in the Lesser Key of
Solomon.
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129:. At some later date, Hockley acquired the first half of Porter's original manuscript, and attempted to compile both Porter's and Palmer's versions into a single version.
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Oberyon and his followers: Storax, Carmelyon, Severion, Caberyon, Aozol, Restun, Ramalath, Zaseres, Castriel, Saziel, and Ydial.
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53:. The original work (if it is a single work) has not been located, but some derived texts bearing the title have been found, some in the
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Spirits; John Porter, Trans. Frederick Hockley, Ed. Colin D. Campbell; Teitan Press, 2011.
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