He who makes an image (which) injures the man,[1] an evil face, an evil
eye, an evil mouth, an evil tongue, evil lips, an evil poison. Spirit of
heaven remember, spirit of earth remember.
[Footnote 1: Here we have a reference to a custom well known in the Middle
Ages. A waxen figure was made, and as it melted before the fire the person
represented by it was supposed, similarly to waste away. It will be
remembered that Horace ("Sat." i, 8, 30 sq.) speaks of the waxen figure
made by the witch Canidia in order that the lover might consume away in
the fires of love. Roman and mediæval sorcery had its origin in that of
ancient Accad.]