[English translation] Beverage for illness of the spleen. Take 1 handful each of the inner bark of the ash tree, hound's tongue, celery, tamarisk, horehound, maiden hair fern, spleenwort and sage. Boil this in white wine in an earthenware vessel until it is reduced 1/3. Then strain it and press it in the press and extract all the substance well. Combine it and save it in a flask in a cool place. For an entire month continually drink one glass of it warm early every morning, without fail. Also watch what you eat and you will be cured soon. Another beverage as above. Take 5 ounces of water of dittany, distilled in a glass still, every morning in the form of a warm syrup and continue this for 20 days. Keep yourself from all adverse things and do not drink too much water and you will be cured. This has been tested many times. Another beverage as above. Take some honeysuckle seed that is well-matured and dry it. Then make it into very fine powder. Drink 1 dram of it with white wine in the morning in the form of a warm syrup for 40 mornings. It reduces the spleen and lifts the pain and makes the spleen return to its original condition. Another beverage as above. Take betony and boil it with good white wine and drink 4 ounces warm every morning. It will markedly reduce the spleen. Another beverage as above. Take some seeds of madder, grind them and make fine powder. Drink this with honeyed vinegar on an empty stomach. It will markedly reduce the spleen. Another beverage as above. Take 1 dram of gum ammoniac and dissolve it in white vinegar. Drinking this several times clears up the spleen. Or make a plaster with vinegar and apply it on the outside. It will do a great deal and also it aids the liver. Another beverage for the above illness of the spleen. Take 1 handful each of the inner bark of the ash tree which stays green, leaves of tamarisk and rusty fern. Boil them in good white wine until it reduces nearly in half. Strain this well and save it in a flask and use it to drink as a syrup for 9 mornings in a row and you will be cured. Electuary to reduce and heal the spleen. Take 1 ounce each of fine cinnamon, ginger and cardamon, ½ ounce each of nutmeg and cloves, and 2 ounces of steel filings, finely ground. Make all into very fine powder. Then take 2 lb. of clean honey and incorporate everything together. Cook it in a pot on a slow fire, stirring continuously until it is reduced 1/3. Then remove it from the fire and put in a little honey and some white bread crumbs. Return it to the fire one more time and reboil it some and it will be made. Strain it and put it in a bottle. In the evening when you go to sleep, take an amount the size of a chestnut, and do the same in the morning when you get up and it will help greatly to reduce the spleen. For dropsy caused by the spleen. Take 2 handfuls of the herb dill, 1 handful of rusty fern and ½ handful each of betony and hyssop. Grind them and extract juice and give it to the patient to drink in the form of a syrup for 9 mornings in a row. It will clear up the hardness of the spleen, little by little. Take care of yourself and help yourself by eating correctly. Do not do anything excessively if you wish to be cured rapidly and you will be cured. ---------- [Italian transcript] Bevanda per il male dela milza. Rx. la scorza del frassino aerno e lingua canis, appio, tamarise, marobio, capel venere, scolopendia e salvia, ana m. uno. Et fale bolire in vino bianco in vaso di terra tanto che calino il terzo. Poi le colerai et premeli sotto al torchietto et cavane bene tutta la sustantia et meti insieme et conservelo in vaso recipiente e in loco fresco. Et per un mese continuo ne berai uno bichiere caldo ogni matina per tempo, el quale e senza guardia. Et anche guardandoti dela bocca, presto guarirai. Item bevanda sopra ditta. Rx. aqua di frassinella stillata al lambicho di vetro onze v, ogni matina calda in modo de syropo per 20 giorni continui. Et guardandoti da tutte le cose contrarie et non manegiare tropo l’aqua e guarirai. E piu volte aprobata. Item bevanda ut supra. Rx. del seme dela mater selva chel sia ben maturo e falo ben seccare. Poi fane polvere sutilissima. Poi ne piglierai drama j con vino bianco, bevto la matina caldo a modo de syropo per 40 matini. Sminuisse la milza et li leva il dolore et la fara ritornare inel suo prestino stato. Item bevanda ut supra. Rx. bertonicha et fala bolire con vino bianco bono et del ditto vino ne berai ogni matina caldo onze iiij. Molto sminuisse la milza. Item bevanda ut supra. Rx. del seme dela robbia, pestalo et fane polvere suttila et bevene con aceto melato a stomaco digiuno. Molto sminuisse la milza. Item bevanda ut supra. Rx. armoniaco drama j et dissolvilo in aceto bianco et bevilo piu volte rissolve la milza. Overo ne farai impiastro con aceto et aplicato di fora via tanto fara et etiam modifica anche il fegato. Item bevanda al sopra ditto male de milza. Rx. la 2 scorza del frassino, la quale tien del verde et foglie di tamarise e cetracha, ana m. uno, et fale bolire in vino bianco bono tanto che callino apresso ala metta. Et quello cola bene e la conserva in fiascho. Et di quello ne userai a berne per 9 matine continue a modo de syropo e guarirai. Lattovario per sminuire e guarire la milza. Rx. canella fina, zenzamo, cardamomo, ana onza j, noce moschate, garoffani, ana onza s, limatura d’aciaio ben preparata onze ij. Et de tutte ne sia fatta polvere sutilissima. Poi torai lb. 2 di mele purgato et incorpora ogni cosa insieme et fale cosere inel tozo con lento foco, sempre mestando tanto chel calla il terzo. Poi lo levi dal foco et rimetteli uno poco di mele et uno poco di mirolla di pane bianca trita. Poi lo ritorni un altra volta al foco et fallo al quanto ribolire et sera fatto. Cavelo e mettilo in uno alberello, et la sera quando tu vai a dormire, ne piglierai quanto e una castagna et cosi farai la matina quando tu levi et molto ti giovera a sminuire la milza. A li ydropici per causa dela milza. Rx. del erba aneto m. 2 e cetracha m. uno e bertonicha e ysopo, ana m. s. Pestale et cavane suco et dane a bere al paciente per 9 matine continue a modo de syropo. Et dissolverassi la milza indurita a poc a poco. Conservandoti e aiutandoti con la bocha a non fare disordine se presto desideri di guarire. Et guarirai.