dˈʌbəljˌuː. wˈɔːɹd fˈaʊlɚ, hˌuː ɔnðə hˈoʊl ɪz nˌɑːt ɪŋklˈaɪnd tʊ aɪdˈɛntᵻfˌaɪ spˈɛl ænd pɹˈɛɹ, ɹˈaɪts ɪnðə ɹᵻlˈɪdʒəs ɛkspˈiəɹɪəns ʌvðə ɹˈoʊmən pˈiːpəl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ɪlˈɛvən ðætðə vˈɜːsᵻz "sˈiːm sˈɜːʔn̩li tə bᵻlˈɔŋ ɹˈæðɚ tə ðə ɹˈiːdʒən ʌv mˈædʒɪk ðɐn ʌv ɹᵻlˈɪdʒən pɹˈɑːpɚ."
W. Warde Fowler, who on the whole is not inclined to identify spell and prayer, writes in The Religious Experience of the Roman People (1911) that the verses "seem certainly to belong rather to the region of magic than of religion proper."