Love Charm II

A love charm for thee,
Water drawn through a straw,
The warmth of him [her] thou lovest,
With love to draw on thee.

Arise betimes on Lord's day,
To the flat rock of the shore
Take with thee the pointed canopy,
And the cap of a priest.

A small quantity of embers
In the skirt of thy kirtle,
A special handful of sea-weed
In a wooden shovel.

Three bones of an old man.
Newly torn from the grave,
Nine stalks of royal fern,
Newly trimmed with an axe.
Burn them on a fire of fagots.
And make them all into ashes ;
Sprinkle in the fleshy breast of thy lover.
Against the venom of the north wind,
Go round the ' rath ' of procreation.
The circuit of the five turns.
And I will vow and warrant thee
That man [woman] shall never leave thee.