The whole of it is an afterthought. Two words, also note, and then a prison.
What this is
A spirit that has come when called has to be sent away again, and the 1904 edition gives a courteous formula for it. The spirit is thanked for answering, licensed to depart to its proper place, and charged to go quietly.
Then comes a note at the very end of the ceremony offering the operator a second option. The same words that force a spirit into the triangle will force it into a vessel of brass instead, which is where Solomon was said to have put the lot of them.
What the text was understood to do
To imprison a summoned spirit in a brass vessel instead of letting it go.
A note before the text. What follows is a historical document and a reading of it. It is recorded, not recommended.
The text, the reading of it, and where to find it.
The passage as S. L. MacGregor Mathers printed it in 1904, quoted in full and unaltered; the same passage in modern English; how the working was put together and what each part of it was for; the commentary; and the book, chapter and page it stands on.
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