THE S.S. Umvoti, on which I was travelling from Beira, Portugese East Africa, to London, reached Las Palmas in November, 1927, after a very stormy passage. Like the rest ofthe
passengers, I was thankful to get ashore. The usual vendors, beggars, and guides were soon in evidence. One oid man in the garb of a
peasant offered me his services as a guide, which J gladly accepted. The man was bearded, swarthy of complexion, and very thin. He spoke in broken English and snggested that we visit the Cathedral. This we did, and as we walked the stranger informed me that the Cathedral was founded in the 16th century but only completed in the 19th, He conducted me to a lift inside the Cathedral, and smiled at two most corpulent priests who were seated at confessional boxes. The priests turned their heads away from the guide, who entered the lift with me. Soon we were speeding upward to enjoy the most enchanting scene imaginable.

In the sunlight, on each bank of the river, lay the houses of the capital Down below the people walked, Lilliputians in size.
We stood for a considerable time, and indeed I could have remained much longer drinking in the view, but the guide suggested that we leave. We did so and visited the bazaars and other plates of interest including taverns where we enjoyed native cigars and wine.
As we made our way back to the ship my guide produced a little metal crucifix and some

As we made our way back to the ship my guide produced a little metal crucifix and some papers which he begged me to buy. He informed me that the papers were the manuscripts of a system of ceremonial magic, “The Secret Grimoire of Turiel “. These were the original dated 1518. written in Latin, and a copy written in English, a translation from the original. The original copy was in fragments, almost worn away, but the copy was intact. I told the guide the original was not worth taking, but I would buy the cross and the copy. He agreed to this, and thus I became the possessor of the Grimoire. Since 1927 I have rewritten the manuscript owing to the fact that I was on the move so often, and for the sake of convenience the new writing was entered into a note book of convenient size, and the copy purchased in Las Palmas I destroyed. I have reason to believe that the present manuscript is the only one in existence. In. publishing same I feel sure that it will appeal to all students of occultism as an additional item of interest. It has much to commend it. Though small in volume it is a complete system of Ceremonial Magic. The former owner admitted that he had made use of the formula contained therein.

For his experiments in the Art he, a former priest, had been defrocked. This he said was the reason why the two priests in the Cathedral had not acknowledged his smile.

MARIUS MALCHUS. Westminster, 1954.

The Key of Knowledge (Clavicula Salomonis)
Transcribed from British Library, Additional manuscript 36674.
Edited by Joseph H. Peterson
The present text is a sixteenth century English translation of the Key of Solomon, the most famous of Grimoires, or handbooks of magic.
In producing his 1889 edition of the Key of Solomon, three manuscripts escaped S.L. Mathers' attention, or he chose to neglect them. They are Sloane 3645, 3847, and Additional Ms. 36,674. All three are in English. It is not clear to me why he did not mention them, but they do not in fact seem to have been used by him, as the wordings and layout are quite different. Mathers' translation seems to be mainly from the Colorno class of manuscripts written in French.
The following is a complete transcription of the English Key of Solomon from Add. 36674, with alternate readings from Sl. 3645. The Add. manuscript dates to mid- to late-16th century. Add. 36674 also appears to be in the same hand as that found in the beginning of Sloane 3854. Sl. 3645 is dated 17th century [1], and seems to be based solely on the earlier manuscript. The drawings included here are based on those in the Sloane manuscript, as they are more legible, and were copied very closely from the older manuscript.
The catalog entry reads as follows:
36674. COLLECTIONS relating to Magic and Witchcraft from the papers
of various 16th and 17th century astrologers, finally put together
probably in the library of John Somers, Lord Somers (v. catalogue
in Harl. MS. 7191, f. 158 b). The table of contents on f. 3 is in
the same hand as Somers' catalogue. Artt. 1-4 belonged early in
the 17th cent. to Gabriel Harvey, the poet and friend of Spenser,
who has annotated them throughout
(compare the hand with
Add. MS. 32494). Art. 10 and probably some other articles were
collected by Elias Ashmole. Later owners are noticed below.
Contents:-
1. "Here begynneth the booke of Kynge Solomon called the Kay
of Knowledge," to which Harvey adds "Clavicula Salomonis.
Extat Latine: et legi." In two books. There are many treatises
with similiar titles, but this does not agree with the Clavicula
edited by S. L. M. Mathers (London, 1889), nor with the treatise
known as Lemegeton. The first rubric is "Orysons to be sayde
when you coniure," and the last "Here follow the the manner howe
to make the Pentacle." In a late 16th cent. hand. f. 5.
Contrary to what the catalog entry states, nearly all of this text does in fact closely parallel Mathers' edition, although the wording is simpler in the present text.