[English translation] Do this on the fourth morning with 6 leaves and he will say 6 Pater Noster with 6 Ave Maria and make 6 morsels. Do this on the fifth morning with 5 leaves and he will say 5 Pater Noster with 5 Ave Maria and make 5 morsels. Do this on the sixth morning with 4 leaves and he will say 4 Pater Noster with 4 Ave Maria and make 4 morsels. Do this on the seventh morning with 3 leaves and he will say 3 Pater Noster with 3 Ave Maria and make 3 morsels. Do this on the eighth morning with 2 leaves and he will say 2 Pater Noster with 2 Ave Maria and make 2 morsels. Do this on the ninth morning with one leaf and he will say one Pater Noster with one Ave Maria and make one morsel. Do not omit this if you want to cure the arthritis soon with the herb arteticha . When you read this prayer, have a blessed candle lit and with this make the sign of the holy cross over the sick one and also over the herb. This is the holy prayer, viz. “In the name of the Father, + Son, + and Holy Spirit, + Amen. Three angels were on Mount Cedron on Friday and they met Arthritis and they said, 'Where are you going?' He responded, 'I am going to the servant of God (name).' The angels said, 'We conjure you, Arthritis, that you should not stay in the servant of God (name), by his son, Jesus Christ + and by the Holy + Spirit + and by the most blessed Virgin Mary + and by the blessed Archangel Michael + and by the blessed John the Baptist and by the evangelists + and by the blessed Apostle Peter + and by the blessed martyr Blaise + and by all the saints of God which are in heaven and on earth, that you do not have power over the servant of God (name).' Your faith has made you well. Christ conquers +. Christ rules +. Christ orders +. Christ protect you from all ills. + In the name of the Father + , Son +, and Holy Spirit +, Amen.” This prayer is ended and do not forget it and through the grace of God, soon you will be cured. It is tested. Another. Say this other prayer, reading it 3 mornings in a row and 3 times each morning with a blessed candle lighted. First say 3 masses over the prayer, the first of Saint Leonard, then of Saint Christopher and Saint Blaise. At the beginning of the third morning say 3 Pater Noster with 3 Ave Maria. Carry it always with you. When you read it say, and have the patient say, the Pater Noster and Ave Maria and read it with devotion, viz. “In the name of the Father, + Son, + and Holy Spirit, + Amen. Three angels were walking on Mount Sinai and they met the illness of gouty sciatica or arthritis and they said to him, 'Where are you going, Arthritic Pain, where are you going?' 'I am going to the house of your servant (name) to torment the nerves and dry up the marrow of his bones and waste the flesh of (name).' 'We invoke the Father + and the Son + and the Holy Spirit + and, by the living and true God who created all creatures, by the 4 Evangelists, Luke, Mark, Matthew and John, by the holy Virgin Mary, mother of God, by Saint Peter bound and imprisoned, by the prophet Jonah who was in the belly of the whale for 3 days, by the holy Moses who escaped from the hands of the pharaoh and crossed the dry Red Sea, this sickness of arthritis is afraid and with this holy prayer this servant (name) is cured so this sciatica or arthritis does not have power or authority over him to torment the nerves, nor waste the marrow of his bones, nor dry up his flesh, nor his limbs and by the terrible day of judgment which one fears. So from this hour forward arthritis has no mastery over my servant (name), so it does not torment his bones, nor dry his flesh, nor hurt his marrow, by virtue of the the holy, holy, holy, holy Immortal.' In the name of the Father +, Son + and Holy Spirit +, and of his always glorious Virgin Mary, mother of the Son of God, and in reverence to Monsignor Saint Leonard, to Saint Christopher and to Saint Blaise and to all the saints of God who are crowned in heaven and adored in earth and canonized in Rome and by this devoted and holy prayer, free your servant (name) from this evil arthritic infirmity and from all other illnesses, if it is the pleasure of the Father, + Son + and Holy Spirit +, Amen.” .... ---------- [Italian transcript] Et cossi farai la quarta matina con 6 foglie et lui dira 6 pater noster con 6 ave marie et ne fara 6 boconcini. Et cossi farai la quinta matina con 5 foglie et lui dira 5 pater noster con 5 ave marie et ne fara 5 boconcini. Et cossi farai la sesta matina con 4 foglie et lui dira 4 pater noster con 4 ave marie et ne fara 4 boconcini. Et cossi farai la settima matina con 3 foglie et lui dira 3 pater noster con 3 ave marie et ne fara 3 boconcini. Et cossi farai la ottava matina con 2 foglie et lui dirai 2 pater noster con 2 ave marie et ne fara 2 boconcini. Et cossi farai la nonna matina con una foglia et lui dira uno pater noster con una ave maria et ne fara uno bocone. Et non preterire se presto tu dessideri di guarire dela infermita arteticha et con la ditta erba arteticha. Et quando legerai la ditta oratione, abi una candela benedetta acesa et con essa farai sopra alo infermo il santo segno dela + et cosi farai al erba. Et questa sie la santa oratione, “In nomine patris + et filii + et spiritus sancti + amen. Tres angeli stabant supra montem cedron in die veneris et invenerunt Arteticham et dixerunt, ‘Quo vadis?’ Que respondit, ‘Vado ad famulum ut famulam dei A.’ Dixerunt angeli, ‘Nos te coniuramus, arteticham, ut non eas neque stes in famulum(a) dei A et per suum figlium, yehsum christum, + et per spiritum + sanctum + et per beatissimam virginem mariam + et per beatum michaellem archangelum + et per beatum joenum baptistam, et per evangelistam + et per beatum Petrum, apostelum tuum, + et per beatum Blasium, martirem tuum, + et per omnes sanctos et sanctas dei qui sunt in celo et in terra ut non habeas potestatem super famulum ut famulam dei A.’ Fides tua salvum te fecit. + Christus vincit +. Christus regniat +. Christus imperat +. Christus ab omni male te defendat +. In nomine patris + et filii + et spiritus sanctus. + Amen.” Questa oratione e fornita e non preterire et, per dei gratia, presto guarirai. E provata. Item. Quest altra oratione legendolo 3 matine continue e 3 volte per matina con la candela benedeta acesa et farli dire prima sopra 3 messe, prima di sancto lionardo e di sancto christofeno e di sancto blasio et in capo ala terza matina dirai 3 pater noster con 3 ave marie et portela sempre con esso teco. Et quando la legerai, dirai et farai dire al paciente il pater noster et l’ave maria et legela divotamente. Vz. “Al nome del Padre + et del filiolo + et delo spirito sancto + amen. Tre angeli andavano per il monte sinay et trovando la infirmita dela gotta siaticha ut arteticha et disseno a lei, ‘Dove vai tu, doglia arteticha, dove vai?’ ‘Io vado a casa del servo tuo A a tormentare li nervi e al ossa dissechare le medolla e la carne sminuire di A.’ ‘Noi invocharemo il Padre + et il filiolo + et lo spirito sancto + et per lo dio vivo e vero il quale e creatore di tutte le creature et per li 4 evangelisti, luca, marco, matteo e jone, et per sancta Maria virgine, madre di dio, et per sancto pietro legato et impregionato et per quel jona profeta che steti 3 di nel ventre del pesso balena et per sancto Moyse che scampo dale mane di faravone et passeti il mare rosso asutto et aveva paura di questa malatia arteticha et con questa sancta oratione guarite il servo suo A che ditta siaticha ut arteticha non avesse possanza ne signoria sopra di lui da tormentare li nervi, ne de ossa minuire le midolla, ne carne, ne membra disseccare et per il tremendo di del judicio che a da essere tanto in paura che da questa ora inanti non habbia signoria sopra al servo mio A che non tormenti li soi ossi, ne anche dissechi le sue carne, ne anche voita le sue midolle per la virtu del sanctus, sanctus, agios, agios, attanatos, in nome del Padre + e del filiolo + et delo spirito sancto + et dela sua gloriosa sempre vergine maria, madre del figliolo di dio, et a rivertentia di m[onsigno]re sancto lionardo et di sancto christofeno e di sancto biasio et de tutti li sancti et sancte de dio che sono in cielo incoronati et in terra adorati et in roma canonizati et per questa divocta e sancta oratione libera il servo tuo A di questa pessima infirmita arteticha et de tutti li altri mali in piacimento sia del Padre + et del filiolo + et delo spirito sancto + Amen.’ ”