Chapter 30
MOOT ARCHIVAL DOCUMENT
STRICTLY NO ACCESS, EXCEPTIONAL PERMISSION ONLY
On ye confynement and concealement of magick, being an enquirie into techniqs of breaking & binding & ye durability thereof, wyth a notte on ye nature & creatioun of Palympsests
That techniq which is called BINDING may be performed with bracelettes – some say cuffes – of three mettals, which are bronze, silver & yron.
It is writte & known that these BINDINGS be unbreakable once applyed.
Yet here shall ye find writte stories & theories to ye contrarie.
Nonne of these are known a sure circumvention of said BINDINGS, yette there are reportes of those who, having been bounde, do stille practice the artes magickall.
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Ye PALYMPSESTE be a form of concealement of magick, whereby womyn & menne accuséd of sorcerie & persecuted therefor have hyd their Artte from the malicious enqyrer.
Most commonlie crafted from a bokke or grimoire, anie vesell may serve for creatioun of ye PALYMPSESTE.
The magick of ye witch is then poured into saide vesell so that when examined, prkyyed, tormynted &c.
no trayce of theyr magickal potential shall be founde to remayne.