[English translation]

Wonderful poultice for the pain of colic.
Take 1 handful of horehound, 2 ounces each of linseed flour and barley flour, 4 ounces each of olive oil and camomile oil. First cook the horehound. Then remove it from the fire and put in the flours and incorporate them well and put it warm on the body where it hurts. Do this several times and soon the pain will cease. Then give powder of parched deer horn to drink with warm wine and it will lift the pain. Also make this. Rue cooked with butter and oil will work wonderfully and it lifts the pain quickly. Also stir celery in the frying pan with oil of dill and of camomile and put it warm on the painful place after first rubbing with scorpion oil. Do this several times and you will cure rapidly.

Another for pain in the side.
Take 2 drams of round birthwort, 1 dram each of cloves, cinnamon and saffron, all in powder. Give it to the patient to drink with good warm wine, one hour before the meal. Do this 4 or 5 times and soon he will be cured.

Another for the above.
Take some betony, dry it and make powder and give the patient one spoonful with wine or with water of camomile and soon you will cure him.

Another for the above.
Take laurel berries and climbing ivy root, each the same amount, and make powder and put them together. When the pains come, give the patient one spoonful of it with good warm white wine and he will be cured.

Another for back pain.
Put your hand where you have the greatest pain and press it as hard as you can. Say these 4 words with 3 Pater Noster and say them 3 times. That is, 'Maker of man. Redeemer of man.' and soon the pain will go away.

Another for back pain.
Take 1 ½ drams each of rose sugar, of
diambre
and
filonio
, mixed with warm wine, and take it 2 or 3 times and you will be cured rapidly.... 72

Another for back pain.
Take some ivy seeds when they are mature at Christmas time, dry them and make powder. Then take white onions and distill them in a glass still and save this water for your needs. When it is needed, take a glass of this water, put in a spoonful of the powder described above and make it warm and give it to the patient to drink early in the morning for 5 or 6 mornings and, through God's grace, soon the pain will be cured.

Another for the above.
Take linseed flour and barley flour, each the same amount, and 1 handful of camomile with oil of rue or camomile and make a poultice of it and, as warm as can be borne, put it on the pain and soon it will pass away.

Another to cause urination.
Take 1 handful each of pellitory, marigold, horehound, parsley and corn poppy and fry them slowly in a pan with butter and oil. Then put it on the pubic area in the form of a warm poultice and part of it also behind on the rear, well bandaged, and stay warm and soon you will urinate and will be cured.

Another for back pain.
Take 3 jugs of malvasia or good white wine. Then take 1 handful each of parched cherry stones, peach stones, apricot stones and elder flowers and grind everything in a bronze mortar and make into fine powder. Put everything in the wine and distill it on a slow fire in a glass still. Save this distilled water as something dear. Keep it well plugged so that no gas escapes. When a person feels a pain in the back, give him a glass of it to drink warm and then in 2 hours give another glass. Do this and the pain will cease soon and will not give you more trouble. This is a good, tested secret.

Another for back pain.
Say, 'Pains do not return any more and be fixed there firmly as Christ was at his death. Pains stay by yourself as Christ did by himself. Pains go away in the name of God and the Virgin Mary and Saint Laurence. In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Amen + + +.'... 73

Another for back pain.
Take lard from a male pig and boil it in a little pot with oil and place it on a linen cloth and put it warm on the navel. You may be cured soon.

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[Italian transcript]

A dolori colici, empiastro mirabile.
Rx. marobio m. uno e farina di linseme e di orzo, ana onze ij, e olio di oliva e di camomilla, ana onze iiij, et farai cosere prima il marobio. Poi levelo dal foco et metivi drento le farine et incorpora bene et cosi caldo mettilo sul corpo dove li dole. E questo lo farai piu volte e presto cessera il dolore. Poi dali a bere polvere di corno di cervo brussato con vino caldo e li levera il dolore. Et cosi ti fara la ruta cotta col buttiro e con olio e ti fara operatione mirabile e presto ti leva il dolore. Et etiam l’apio palpato inla padella con olio d’aneto e di camomilla et caldo messo sopra’l dolore et prima onto con olio di scropioni falo piu volte e presto guarirai.
Item al dolore di fiancho.
Torai del astrologia rotonda drame ij, garoffani, canella e zafferano, ana drama j, et ogni cosa in polvere. Poi dala a bere al paciente con bon vino caldo un ora avanti pasto. E questo farai per 4 o 5 volte e presto guarira.
Item al preditto.
Torai dela betonicha, fala seccare e fane polvere et fala piliare al paciente uno cugiaro con vino overo con aqua di camomilla, e presto guarirai.
Item al predetto.
Torai cochole di lauro et radice di ellora arborea, ana, et fane polvere e mettila insieme et quando li viene li dolori, dagliene uno chugiaro con vino bianco bono e caldo e guarira.
Item al preditto dolore di fiancho.
Metterai la mano dove tu ai la magiore doglia e calcha li bene piu che tu poi et dirai queste 4 parolle con 3 pater noster et dila 3 volte, cioe, ‘Conditor humani gieneris redemptor eiusdem.’ Et presto il dolore andera via.
Item al dolore di fianchi.
Rx. zuchari rosati, diambre, filonio, ana drame js, distemperato con vino caldo et tolto per 2 o 3 volte e presto guarirai.
Item al dolore di fianchi.
Torai dele somente di ellora quando sono mature al tempo del natale, sechale e fane polvere. Poi torai cipolle bianche et falle stillare al lanbisco di vetro et conserva la ditta aqua a li bisogni. Poi bisognando torai uno bichiere di ditta aqua, meteli drento uno chugiaro dela sopra ditta polvere et fala scaldare et danela a bere la matina per tempo per 5 o 6 matini et, per dei gratia, presto guarira.
Item al preditto.
Torai farina di semelino e di orzo, ana, e camomilla m. uno con olio di ruta o camomilla et fane empiastro et caldo quanto po patire meti sun la doglia e presto passera via.
Item a farlo orinare.
Torai paritaria, erba d’ogni mese, marobio, persemolo, e paparina, ana m. uno, et con butiro e olio fale suffrigere in padella. Poi a modo di empiastro caldo mettilo sul petignone et un altra parte di drieto al di rimpetto e bene infassiato e sta caldo e presto pisserai, e serai guarito.
Item a mal di fianchi.
Torai malvasia overo vin bianco bono bocali no. iij. Poi piglierai ossi de cieresi brusche, ossi di persico, ossi di moniache e fiori di sanbucho, ana m. uno, e pesta ogni cosa in mortaio di bronzo fata in polvere suttile et meti ogni cosa in ditto vino et meti a stillare con lento foco al lambicco di vetro. Et riserba la ditta aqua destillata como cosa cara e ben turata che non exali. Et quando la persona sentira avere dolore di fiancho, allora dagliene a bere uno bichiero calda et poi dali a 2 ore un altro bichiero et cosi farai et presta li dolori cesserano e non ti darano noia. Et questo sie un bel secreto aprovato.
Item al dolore di fianchi.
Dirai, ‘Dolori non venite piu inanti e state fitte e forte come fece christo ala sua morte. Dolori ista in te come fece Christo in se. Dolori andate via al nome di dio e dela virgine maria et di santo laurentio. In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti, amen + + + .’
Item al mal di fianchi.
Rx. sterco di porco maschio fatto bolire in uno pignatino con olio e posto su una peza lina e posto sul belico caldo, presto guarisse.