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The Thirtieth Spirit is Forneus. He is a Mighty and

Great Marquis, and appeareth in the Form of a Great

 Sea-Monster. He teacheth, and maketh men wonderfully

 knowing in the Art of Rhetoric. He causeth men to have a

Good Name, and to have the knowledge and

understanding of Tongues. He maketh one to be

beloved of his Foes as well as of his Friends. He

governeth 29 Legions of Spirits, partly of the

Order of Thrones, and partly of that of Angels.

In the deep pools of the river

there are catfish, big as a volkswagon

every small town tells

how the divers go down

near the dam, in the deep black water

come back grey haired

never dive again

in the deep pools and bogs

broken gold, and men with their throats slit

fed to the deep place

to the dark water

the river's feast of heedless children

the monstrous shudder of leviathan

of the serpent that girdles the world

the old mother hag, and kelpie-horse

that lives in the well, in the crying oven

foundation of the deep, the keys of the mouth of hell

Fornus, meaning oven

meaning foundry and refining fire