[English translation]

For dropsy caused by the spleen.
Take some leaves of dwarf elder that grows around ditches, that is wild elder. Dry it and make fine powder. Then take some rose honey and incorporate this powder well and make 3 pills and take them in the evening when you go to sleep. This will make you go from the body. Then you should make oil from its berries which should be well ripened. Take the oldest olive oil you can find and put in it these seeds that are very ripe and boil them in a glass vessel on a bain marie for an hour. Put it in the sun for a whole month. After you have taken these pills, rub the body in the evening with this oil and it should be very warm. Do this rubbing every evening and especially on the hard spleen which is responsible for the serious dropsy. Do that several times with this ointment and if it is not helping you, do this other method. Take some of the ground leaves of dwarf elder and make juice of it and heat it very warm and with this rub the body and you will see a wonderful result. Also bathing areas of warm gout several times with the juice of this herb will make the great pain cease. But be advised that in the evening that you take the pills, do not rub the body, but in the morning you can rub with the warm juice and you will feel the greatest benefit. Note that on the day you rub the hard spleen you may want to take 3 pills of colchicum for 4 days before the moon is rising and this will do you very great service. Also take those elder berries that are very ripe, dry them and make powder. Use it to eat like a spice in soup. Also eat a large amount of lemon balm which is well suited to put our body in order, that is the spleen receives the above things for its health. Using the remedy described above and keeping youself from many adverse things and, with the aid of God and also with good self-governance, you will be cured quickly, because many persons who use this medication are completely cured of the blockage of dropsy and the spleen is returned to its good state.
Most approved remedy for the person who may be swollen with dropsy.
Take orris roots, as many as you wish, clean them and wash them well, cut them and grind them in the mortar. Put them in a pot and put therein a little water and also a little vinegar and heat it well until it comes to a boil. Then put it again in the mortar with a little of the broth and regrind it very well. Press it and extract as much juice as you can with the press. Strain it and take 6 ounces of this juice and 2 ½ ounces of raw honey and put them together and return it to the fire in a little pot. Make it barely start to boil and skim it well. Then strain it again, warm, through fine cloth and save it for your needs. When you want to give it to the swollen patient, give him 2 ½ ounces as a warm syrup for 3 mornings in a row. He should stay in bed in repose with enough covers on his back to sweat and when he is sweating, rub him thoroughly and let him sweat. Soon there will be a bowel movement. He should not eat before there are at least 2 bowel movements from the body. Then he should eat lightly and little and well cooked and not eat any fruit nor other watery things, nor sour things and, through God's grace, soon you will cure because this has been tested many times and through God's grace people are cured.

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[Italian transcript]

Ala intropesia per causa dela milza.
Rx.dele foglie di ebuli che nasse intorno a i fossi, cioe sambuchi salvatichi, fali secchare et fane polvere sutile. Poi torai del mel roxato et incorpora la ditta polvere bene et fane 3 pinole et pigliale la sera quando vai a dormire, le quale molto ti fara andare del corpo. Poi averai fatta del olio dele sue pomelle li quali siano ben matturi. Cioe torai olio di oliva del piu vechio che tu poi trovare et metteli drento le ditte granella che siano ben matture et falle bollire in vaso vitreato a bagno maria per un ora. Poi lo meti al sole per un mese continuo. Poi che tu averai preso le sopra ditte pirolle, ongeti la sera il corpo con lo ditto olio et chel sia ben caldo. Et questa ontione la farai ogni sera et maxime sopra ala milza dura la quale da ocasione dela dura intropesia. Et fatta che tu averai questa ontione piu volte et non zovandoti, farai a quest altro modo. Torai dele ditte foglie di ebuli, pestali e fane suco et falo scaldare et con esso ben caldo ongeti il corpo et tu vederai operatione mirabile. Et etiam e el suco dela ditta erba bagnando le gotte calide piu volte fara cessare il gran dollore. Ma advertisse che quella sera che tu piglierai le pirolle non ti ongere, ma si la matina ti potrai ongere overamente con lo suco chel sia caldo et sentirai grandissimo giovamento. Ma nota che in questi giorni che tu ongerai la milza dura se a te parera de pigliare queste pirole di ermodattele no. 3 per giorni 4 avanti che facci la luna et ti farano grandissimo servitio. Et etiam torai dele ditte pomelle che siano ben matture, fale sechare et fane polvere. Et ne usa a mangiare in modo de specie sopra le minestre et anche usa a mangiare bene spesso dela melissa la quale e molta apropriata a disporre il corpo nostro, cioe la milza a ricevere le sopra dette cose per sua sanita. Et facendo tu questo rimedio sopra ditto et guardandoti di molte cose contrarie et con lo aiutto de dio et etiam il bon governo, presto guarirai, perche molte persone che adoperato questo medicamento si sono rissolti politamente dela opilatione entropesia et la milza e ritornata nel suo bon stato.
Ala intropesia, cioe che fusse besinfio aprobatissimo.
Rx. radice di ireos quante tu voi nettale bene et ben lavate, tagliale et pestale inel mortaio. Poi li metterai in una pignatta et metivi un poco d’aqua e un altro poco de aceto et fala scaldare bene come se volesse bolire. Poi lo rimetti in ditto mortaio con lo ditto brodo et ripestalo molto bene. Poi lo premi et ne cava quanto suco tu ne poi cavare con torchietto. Poi lo cola et piglierai del ditto suco onze vj et del mele crudo onze ijs et meti insieme et rimettilo al foco in uno pignatino et falo apeni levare il bolore tanto che tu lo schiumi bene. Poi lo ritorni a ricolare con peza suttila cosi caldo et lo potrai serbare ali tuoi bisogni. Et quando lo vorai dare al paciente besinfio, dagliene onze ijs per 3 matine continue caldo a modo di syropo. Et sta inel letto in riposso con panni assai adosso per sudare et quando sei sudato rassugati politamente et suda piu che tu poi et presto el corpo si movera, et non mangiare se prima non sei andatto al manco 2 volte del corpo. Poi mangerai ligermente e poco e ben cotto et non mangiare frutti ne altre cose humide ne agrumi et, per la dei gratia, presto tu guarirai perche la e statta piu volte aprobata, et per dei gratia, sono guariti.