Bethor
Governor of Jupiter
Bethor governeth those things which are ascribed to Jupiter: he soon cometh being called. He that is dignified with his character, he raiseth to very great dignities, to cast open treasures: he reconcileth the spirits of the aire, that they give true answers: they transport precious stones from place to place, and they make medicines to work miraculously in their effects: he giveth also the familiars of the firmament, and prolongeth life to 700 yeares if God will. He hath under him 42 Kings, 35 Princes, 28 Dukes, 21 Counsellors, 14 Ministers, 7 Messengers, 29000 legions of Spirits.
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.
By the book's reckoning Bethor's turn to govern began in the sixtieth year before the birth of Christ and lasted until the year 430.
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.