Quoted By:
>MAXAYN
>The fourth Duke under the Eastern King is Maxayn, who is also called Marshiones, Mathias, Machin, Mathim, Bartyn, Barton, and Bathin. He comes in the form of a bear with a serpent's tail breathing fire from his mouth or as a very strong man with a serpent's tail riding a pale horse. He teaches the virtues of herbs, stones, and trees and can transfer one from one region to another in an instant
>Like the Western spirit Partas and his alias Foras in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, Maxayn appears as a strong man who has knowledge of herbs and precious stones. He also bears strong enough similarities to the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum's Bathin and the Book of Offices' Marshiones to conflate them under a single identity. His alternative appearance as a fire-breathing bear with a serpent's tail, meanwhile, mirrors the Book of Offices spirits Mathias, Barton, and Bartyn, who, like the aforementioned spirits, all possess knowledge of herbs and stones and can carry people from country to country. Additionally, when Bathin appears as a strong man, he comes with the tail of a serpent breathing fire from his mouth, which—alongside the clear similarity of their names—connects him to Pathyn, a spirit under the rulership of Amaymon in the Book of Offices. Like Bathin, Mathias, and Maxayn, Pathyn also has flaming breath due to his holding a burning pin in his mouth, with which he can burn whatever he wills, though with his powers only vaguely described as being centralized around giving wisdom and telling secrets and his form being described as consisting of three heads with a serpent being borne in its hand, it is difficult to directly equate Pathyn with Maxayn
>The names Maxayn, Machin, Marshiones, and Mathim most likely derive from the Greek words μάχη (mache), meaning "fight", "battle", or "contend", and μάχομαι (machomai), which means "I do battle"
