[English translation] Poultice to cure and dry up hemorrhoids. Take 1 dram each of flour of oak galls, cypress berries, mastic, Armenian red clay and myrtle leaves and make them into very fine powder. Then boil this in very strong vinegar until it is thickened in the form of a poultice and, as warm as one can stand, put it on the hemorrhoids, binding it well so that it does not fall off. Do it several times warm like this and in a few days they will be dried up and you will not feel them any more and you will be cured. Another to remove the pain of hemorrhoids. Take 4 drams of oil of roses, 1 dram each of native white lead and henbane, 2 drams each of clean wax and celery seed, 1 ½ drams of opium, 3 drams of white poppy and ½ dram of mandrake bark. Make everything into very fine powder and incorporate them together on a slow fire with the oil, the wax and a very little vinegar and with 2 drams of yellow litharge. Compound this following the rules and treat with it and you will cure the pain. Another to remove the pain of hemorrhoids. Take flax seeds and boil them with mallow that has been well washed. When it boils and makes viscous foam, then pour in a little oil of white lilies. When the herb is about cooked, take all this material and put it on a linen cloth and, as warm as can be borne, put it on the hemorrhoids and bind it so it does not fall off. Do this several times and it will remove the pain. Also, take the juice of henbane and an equal amount of oil of sweet almonds and have the well-beaten yolk of an egg and put this mixture warm on a linen cloth and put it on the hemorrhoids. Let it stay on and it will remove the pain quickly. Do this several times and you will cure them. To make hemorrhoids, either inside or out, break up and let out blood. Take 2 clean onions and 4 heads of garlic and cook them and incorporate them together with lupin flour, a little vinegar and 1 scruple of saffron. Put it warm on the hemorrhoids and soon it will open them and it will bring out blood. In this way nature will cleanse herself and they will not give you any more distress. Another to break up hemorrhoids both within and without. Take equal amounts of honey and liquid varnish, 2 drams of fresh butter and ½ dram of fine theriac and boil the honey, varnish and butter on a slow fire until it is thickened. Then remove it from the fire and put therein the theriac and 2 scruples of saffron and incorporate these well and it will be made. Save it for your needs. When you wish to treat with it, warm it and rub the hemorrhoids well with a feather inside and out and soon they will be broken and let out blood. Nature is cleaned in that way and you will not feel any more distress from the hemorrhoids and, through the grace of God, you will be cured if you observe the prescriptions and the rules already given above, especially to purge and cool yourself inside with distilled waters and rose honey or syrups and then a pure laxative to drink to cool you. Take care also that your living be regular in everything. Do not eat warming things which rapidly stimulate hemorrhoids, but use all things cooling which retard the hemorrhoids. If you wish to learn better how to take care of yourself, test this and you will learn at your expense as some have done. If you will follow what has been said above, you will always stay healthy of such infirmity. It has been completely tested. *To cure the illness of ulcer or carbuncle. Say, “When Christ was born, the plant and water asked Christ for a gift. 'I ask that you give me grace so I can cure the illness of ulcer or carbuncle.' Christ said, 'You have said it.' + In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Amen. + + +.” And you want to say these words 5 times for 5 mornings over the ulcer with a Pater Noster and it will be cured. *To cure the ulcer. Say 3 Pater Noster and say this 3 times a morning for 3 mornings, viz., 'Go away sickness of ulcer, go away unfortunate thing. Turn back sickness of ulcer, for the love of the Holy Mary, mother of all the saints and of the Holy Trinity. So you must not go on any more.' + + + . Take agrimony and lard and put it warm on the ulcer with 3 Pater Noster and say the prayer above and soon you will be cured. *Another for hemorrhoids. Take 9 fresh crayfish from the river, grind them and put them in a pot with 1 lb. of rose oil, 2 scruples of incense and ½ ounce of clean wax. Boil this until it is reduced one third. Then strain it and press it well and save it. Use it warm and rub inside and out and soon you will be cured. It has been tested. *Another to cure the illness of an ulcer. Say a Pater Noster over the sick place and say, '+ The ulcer has grown but was not planted. God lives. Die ulcer. + Father, Son and Holy Spirit.' ---------- [Italian transcript] A guarire et dissechare le morise, empiastro. Rx. farina di galla, noce d’arcipresso, mastici e bolarminio e foglie di mortella, drama j, et di tutte ne sia fatta polvere sutilissima. Poi fale bolire in aceto fortissima tanto che s’inspesischa a modo de empiastro et caldo quanto lui pol patire mettilo sun le morise et leghelo bene chel non caschi. Et falo spesse volte cosi caldo et in brevi giorni li se dissecheranno e piu tu non li senterai et ne guarirai. Item a levare il dolore dele morise. Rx. olio roxato drame iiij, biacha cruda, iusquiamo, ana drama j, cera nova, seme d’apio, ana drame ij, oppio drame js, papavero bianco drame iij, scorza di mandragora drama s et ogni cosa sia fatto in polvere sutilissima et incorporato ogni cosa insieme al lento foco con l’olio e la cera e uno po poco di aceto e con drame ij de litragirio d’oro. Et componilo secondo l’arte et quello adopera e guarirai. Item a rimovere il dolore dele morise. Rx. somenta di lino et falle bolire con malva che sia ben lavata et quando bole et che fara la schiuma viscosa, allora buttali drento um poco di olio di giglii bianchi et quando l’erba e al quanta cotta, piglierai tutta la ditta matteria et mettila insu una peza lina et, chalda quanto la puo pattire, mettelo sun le morise et leghelo chel non cascha. Falo piu volte e li levera il dolore. E piu se tu torai suco di iusquiamo e olio di mandole amare, ana, poi abi un ventello d’ovo ben battuto insieme et chel sia caldo. Poi lo metterai su una peza lina cossi caldo et mettela sun le morise e fa chel stia suso e presto li levera il dolore. E falo piu volte e guarirai. A fare rompere le morise drento e fuora e menerano sangue. Rx. doi cipolle monde et 4 capi d’aglio et fali cosere et le incorpora insieme con farina di lupini, um poco de aceto e scropulo j di zafferano et caldo lo metti sun le morise e presto te li aprira et menerati sangue et per questa via la natura si purghera e non ti darano passione. Item a rompere le morise drento e fuora. Rx. mele, vernice liquida, ana, buttiro frescho drame ij e triacha fina drama s et farai bollire a lento foco el mele, la vernice, el buttiro tanto che s’inspesischa. Poi levelo dal foco et mettivi drento la triacha e scropuli 2 di zafferano et incorpora bene et sera fatto. Et conservelo ali tuoi bisogni. Et quando lo vorai adoperare fallo scaldare et ongi con la penna bene drento e fuora e presto se romperanno e meneranno sangue et la nattura se piloghera per quella via et non sentira piu passione di morise. Et per la gratia de dio, presto tu ne guarirai se tu observerai l’ordine et la regola gia ditta di sopra, maximamente del purgarti et rinfrescarti di drento con aque stillate e mele roxato e syropi e dopoi una cassia da bere per rinfreschare che la sia schietta. Et conservarti anche del vivere essere regulato in ogni cosa a non mangiare cose calide che presto incittano le morise. Ma usa tutte cose rinfreschative et quelle ritardano le morise. Et se tu vorai meglio imparare, fane la experientia, enparerai a tuo costo como anfatto alcuni et se tu observerai quello che e ditto sempre starai sano di tale enfermita per essere tutte aprobate. *A guarire il male del fico, el carboncello. Dirai, “Quando christo naque erba e aqua christo una gratia, vivo domandare che, ‘Mi date gratia ch’io possa guarire el mal del fico et il male del carbone.’ Et christo disse, ‘Tu l’ai detto.’ + [In nomine] Patris et filii + et + spiritus sancti + amen + + + .” Et queste parole si vole dire 5 volte in 5 matine sopra al male del fico col pater noster e guarira. *A guarire el fico. Dirai 3 pater noster e dila 3 matine 3 volte per matina, vz. ‘Unde ne vai mal del fico, unde ne vai sfortunato. Torna drieto mal del fico per amore di santa maria, madre di tutte santa e sante et dela santa trinita che tu no deba andare piu inanti + + + .’ Torai agrimonia e songia e pesta. E calda e meti sul fico con 3 pater noster et li dirai l’oratione qui sopra e presto guarirai. *Item ale morise. Rx. gamberi 9 de fiume crudi. Pestali e metali in pignata con olio roxato lb. j et incenso scropuli 2, cera nova onza s e tanto bolla che cali il terzo. Poi cola e lo premi bene et conservelo et doperandolo chel sia caldo e ongi drento e fora e presto guarirai. E provato. *Item a guarire il mal del fico. Dirai sopra la male il pater noster +. ‘Fico e nato e non piantato. Vivo dio e mora il fico. Pater et figliolo et spirito santo.’