Aratron
Governor of Saturn
The governor Aratron hath in his power those things which he doth naturally, that is, after the same manner and subject as those things which in Astronomy are ascribed to the power of Saturn. Those things which he doth of his own free will, are: 1. That he can convert any thing into a stone in a moment, either animal or plant, retaining the same object to the sight. 2. He converteth treasures into coles, and coles into treasure. 3. He giveth familiars with a definite power. 4. He teacheth Alchymy, Magick, and Physick. 5. He reconcileth the subterranean spirits to men; maketh hairy men. 6. He causeth one to bee invisible. 7. The barren he maketh fruitful, and giveth long life. He hath under him 49 Kings, 42 Princes, 35 Presidents, 28 Dukes, 21 Ministers, standing before him; 14 familiars, seven messengers: he commandeth 36000 legions of spirits; the number of a legion is 490.
The Arbatel was first printed in Latin at Basel in 1575, and its seventh aphorism names the seven Olympic Spirits who govern the world between them. The passage here is Robert Turner's English translation, printed in London in 1655. The long s of the original is set as a plain s; nothing else is changed.
Arbatel of Magick, translated by Robert Turner, in Henry Cornelius Agrippa's Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy (London, 1655). The text and the characters are in the public domain.
The character is traced from the page of the 1655 printing on which it stands.
In the book the character stands between the account of what the governor does and the count of his court.
The book says Aratron appears in the first hour of Saturday, and that each of the seven governs for 490 years in turn.
The book lists the provinces as 49, 42, 35, 28, 21, 14 and 7, then gives the total as 186. Those figures add to 196. The discrepancy is in the book, not here.