[English translation] For a venomous bite or having eaten something venomous or worms or venomous animals and for body pain. First say 3 Pater Noster and 3 Ave Maria with devotion. Take a pot of clean water in whatever amount you want, that is not important. Say, 'Let us pray. Having been advised in healthful rules and having been prepared in divine instruction, we venture to say the Pater Noster.' Say all of it. 'Lord, hear my prayer and may my cry come to you.' We pray, 'God, who conferred great power on the blessed Patrick, your confessor, miraculously expelling venomous serpents, give this to us who are your faithful servants, as you grant favors to the faithful, so grant this to whomever will have received a bite of a serpent-like poison, whether from a dog, wolf or worm, by this sacred name, Holy, Holy Savior, to the credit of the blessed Patrick, may he be strong to free us. Amen. In the name of the Father + Son + and Holy + Spirit, Amen.' Give some of this blessed water to the person to drink who is sick from the venoms described above and he will be cured rapidly. If the venom is of the kind that can be cured with the aid of God, it will soon be cured by means of this fervent prayer of Saint Patrick and with 3 Pater Noster and 3 Ave Maria. Amen. To cure one who was bitten by a rabid dog. Take 1 handful of lesser centaury, cut finely, and boil it with new wine until it becomes thick as a syrup. Remove it from the fire, strain it carefully and give 3 ounces to drink early in the morning in the form of a syrup and it will cure this quickly if, as is said, it can be cured. Otherwise, write these 4 words on a crust of bread and give it to the patient to eat and also make another and give it to the rabid dog, vz. ' Crona bis, crona si nobis, crona decida ardere. + + + Amen.' With the aid of God, he will soon be cured. *To cure on who was bitten by a rabid dog and has the mania. Viz., take the flower of the wild thistle, dried in the shade, and make powder of it and give ½ spoonful to drink in warm white wine and in 3 times he will be cured. Against the venom of bees, wasps, hornets and scorpions. At once, or as soon as you can, take some purslane, that is portulaca, in whatever amount you can get and grind it between 2 lodestones. When you feel the sting, draw out the sting with the venom and put on the ground purslane. Change it 3 or 4 times in the space of an hour and soon the pain will stop and you will not feel it. But the hard spot that remains also will be resolved in 2 days. If the sting is from a scorpion it is urgent to repeat this several times and this also will be cured. If you are not able to have the above herb, take the juice of a green apple or other sweet apples and do the same thing. This has been tested many times by me, Master Apothecary Andrea. *Another against venomous animals. As soon as you feel the venom, put on the sting some milk from branches of figs. Do this several times and soon you will be cured. Mustard with vinegar will do the same. Prayer against all venoms from rabid dogs, serpents or other venoms. Write these words on a plain wafer and give it to the patient to eat, with 3 Pater Noster and 3 Ave Maria, in reverence to God and to Saint Peter and to Saint Vitus. Do this for 3 mornings in a row and, through the power of God, soon you will cure him. These are the words, viz. '+ Peace + Father + Word + Son +. He is the remedy +. Holy Spirit + through whom all + things are done, + free your servant (name). So be it. Amen. In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Amen.' To domesticate an animal so it does what is wanted. Say these word in the ear of the animal that you want to domesticate and it will become quiet and more docile than at first and be the animal you want. First say the Pater Noster with the sign of the cross and say, 'God was taken and he was not offended. I wish the same to you. You do not want to offend me. In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Amen.' *Another to domesticate a pair of bullocks. Say this prayer 3 times in the right ear, viz. 'Saint Job was on the Mount of Olives and he was taming young animals. Jesus Christ was passing and Jesus Christ ordered the beast to behave, so he must not paw the earth, nor hit, nor make any trouble as did the friend of the Nestorian priest on the way to the inferno.' So these animals may be tamed at the pleasure of God.... 120 ---------- [Italian transcript] A morso velenoso o mangiata cosa velenosa o vermi o animali velenosi e a dolore di corpo. Prima dirai 3 pater noster e 3 ave maria, divotamente. Et torai una inchistara di aqua netta overo quanta tu voi o piu o meno, non importa. Et dirai, Oremus. ‘Preceptis salutaribus moniti et divina instuticione formati audemus dicere Pater Noster, dic totum. Domine exaudi orationem meam et clamor meus ad te veniat.’ Oremus. ‘Deus qui de beato patritio confessori tuo mirabilis magnam potentiam expellendi venenum gratiam contulisti tribue que sumus servo(a) tuo(a) ut servis tuis in te credenti ut credentibus concede propitius ut quis quis morsu vipereon serpentino sive canino, sive lupino, sive vermi con preocupatus fuerit per hec sacra nomina, hely, hely, salvator, est meritis beati patritii valeat liberari, amen. In nomine Patris + et filii + et spiritus + sancti, amen.’ Et dela ditta aqua benedetta dane a bere alo amalato di ditti veneni ditti disopra e presto guarirano, et sia di che sorte si voglia veleno che con lo aiutto di dio presto guarirano mediante il prego di santo patritiio con 3 pater noster e 3 ave maria, amen. A chi fusse morso dal cano rabiato, a guarirlo. Rx. centaurea minore m. uno tagliela minuta et fala bolire col vino novo tanto che diventa spesso como syropo. Levela dal foco et colela con diligentia. Et dane a bere onze 3 la matina per tempo a modo de syropo et presto guarira, cossi si dice che guarischano. Overamente, scriverai queste 4 parolle in una crosta di pane et dala a mangiare al paciente et etiam ne farai un altra et dala a mangiare al cane arabiato, vz. ‘Crona bis, crona si nobis, crona decida ardere + + + , amen.’ Et con lo aiutto di dio, presto guarira. * Et chi fusse morso dal cane rabiato et ala smania. Vz. Rx. il fiore del cardo salvatico seco al ombra e fatto in polvere et dalo a bere in vino bianco caldo ½ chugiaro et in 3 volte sera guarito. Contra al veleno dele ape, veste, galabroni e scropioni. Rx. subito o piu presto che tu poi dela porchacia, cioe porcelana, quella quantita che tu ne poi avere et pestela tra 2 pietre vive et quando tu ti sentirai ponto ne caverai quella spina del veleno. Et meterai sopra la ditta porcelana pista et la muterai 3 o 4 volte in termine di un ora et presto cessera quello dolore che non lo sentirai, ma li rimara il duro che anche quello in 2 di si rissolvera. Et se gli e di scropioni lo solicita piu spesso che anco quello guarira. Et se tu non potesti avere dela ditta erba, torai il suco di uno pomo appiolo overo de altri meli che siano dolci e fara el simile. Et piu volte e aprobato per me M[aes]tro An[drea]. *Item contra a animali velenosi. Subito che tu senti il veleno fali giozare sopra del latte di rami di fichi piu volti e presto guarirai. La senape con l’aceto fu il simile. Oratione contra a ogni veneno di cane rabiato, di serpe o di altro veneno. Scrive queste parolle sopra a una ostia semplice et dala a mangiare al paciente con 3 pater noster et 3 ave marie a riverentia di dio e di s[an]cto Paulo e di s[an]to vito. Et questo farai per 3 matine continue et per la virtu di dio presto guarirai. Queste sono le parolle, vz. ‘+ Pax + Pater + verbum + filium + e remedio + spiritus sanctus + per quem omnia + facta sunt + liberetur famulum(a) tuum(a) A et cossi sia, amen. [In nomine] patris, filii et spritus sancti, amen.’ A dimestichare uno animale e sia che si vole. Dirai queste parolle inel orechia di quello animale che tu vorai dimestichare et diventera humile mansueto piu di prima et sia che animale si vole. Prima li dirai il pater noster col segno di + e dirai, ‘Deus fuit captus et non offendit. Tibi modo cupio te noli me hoffendere. [In nomine] Patris et filii et spiritus sancti, amen.’ *Item a dimesticare um paro di jovenchi. Dirai 3 volte questa oratione nel orechia dritta, vz. ‘Santo job in sul monte oliveto stava et bestie giovani domava et yehsu christo dali passava bestia va dritta chel comanda yehsu christo che terra non debi torzere, ne sbattere, ne niuna molestia fare come l’amica del prete nestorzere dela via del onferno. Et cosi siano domati queste bestie in piacimento di dio.’