...spirit magic: "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor: Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.' Instead of "purge me" you may prefer to use the more accurate words "asperge me" if you employ the...

...pre-eighth-century iambic dimeters seal up any remaining loophole against the invasion of the hovering succubi. Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor, lavabis me et super nivem dealbabor. After a long, silent prayer, the monks were roused by a soft tap from the Abbot, and the rustle of...