In the year 1486 the Malleus first appeared,
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designed to kill all witchcraft and end the papal fears:
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prescribing tortures to kill the Black Arts;
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and the Hammer struck hard.
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Malleus Maleficarum slaughtered and tortured
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all those under suspicion, as the Inquisistion ordered
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- burning black hearts and innocents alike,
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killing the mad;
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such was the power the Hammer had.
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Though Hexenhammer was intended to slay only evil,
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fear and anger against magic overspilled:
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they also killed those of the White.
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So for two centuries and more they tried to slay
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both the Black and the White Arts -
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but spirits override pain.
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For every one that the torture took,
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two were hid secure,
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and so the craft, yes, it endured.
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Love and hate lived on in the face of fear,
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Hexenhammer's force died,
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and the real power became clear.
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White Hammer no more is beaten;
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now it begins to beat,
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and the Grey, once oppressor,
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now, at good hands, faces defeat.
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And the Black, too, shall bow down
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to the power above;
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Black hate beats Grey
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but surpreme is
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the White Hammer of Love.
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