[English translation]


Unguent or poultice from the masters
Ganfredi
which is said to be powerful, by the grace of God, truly to cure all new and old wounds and to grow good flesh. It does not allow any corruption to enter nor permit any bad flesh to develop and it is powerful for all cut or shattered nerves and it is powerful against all venomous beasts and draws out the venom, and for scrofula and Saint Anthony's fire and many other ills that you will discover through more experience.
Take 1 ounce each of galbanum, opopanax gum, olibanum, bdellium, verdigris, mastic, myrrh, frankincense, long birthwort and colophony, that is Greek pitch, 1 ounce of gum ammoniac, 1 dram each of lodestone and tragacanth, 2 drams of hematite, 6 ounces of clean wax and 1 lb. each of olive oil and fine litharge. Make all into fine powder except the wax, galbanum, gum ammoniac and opopanax gum. First put the three gums to soften in strong vinegar for one whole day. Melt them in a pot with the vinegar on a slow fire, stirring continually so they do not stick and boil until the vinegar is consumed. Then mix with a little odoriferous wine and strain it and set it aside. Put the oil on the fire and make the wax melt in it. Put in the above powders and the litharge and stir continuously because it readily sticks to the bottom. Then the gums, little by little, then the verdigris, the myrrh, the birthwort, the mastic, the incense and the other things are put in little by little, always stirring so that it does not attach to the pot and with a little fire. Continue this until you see it change to a dark color. If you want to know when it is cooked, let a drop fall in cold water and if it becomes hard, it is cooked and if not, leave it a while on the fire and do not stop using the stirring rod. When it is cooked, remove the pot from the fire and put it in cold water until it is cooled in the water to a form that you can handle. Rub it with ordinary oil and when it is done, preserve it as a paste in a bottle. It will last 100 years and is always good. This has been tested.
These are its virtues. As is said above, it is powerful to heal every sore, old or new. It is precious above every other unguent. It joins better, modifies, generates and consolidates good flesh more in one day than others do in a week and still does this wonderful work without corrupting anything where it is used and will not generate putrefying flesh. It is powerful against every cut or swollen nerve and is powerful against every bite of venomous animals and even draws out the venom. It is powerful against any developing abcess, fistula, cancer and Saint Anthony's fire and for those abcesses that develop inside the body or in the head. When this unguent is put on, it immediately starts to resolve the infirmity. Doing this several times is approved for all the above infirmities with this, that the infirm one is kept from all things adverse to him. By observing the rules, he will be cured rapidly, through God's grace.
The cerate of optimum value, called God's Grace.
Take 1 handful each of burnet saxifrage, betony, burdock and valerian, all cut finely, and put them to soften in an earthenware basin with good, fragrant white wine for 4 whole days and boil this in a clean pot until it is reduced in half. Then strain and press the herbs in the press. Put in 1 lb. each of turpentine and strained pine tar, 6 ounces of white wax and a glass of urine from a little child. Return it to a slow fire for ½ hour and stir continuously because it may boil over. Remove it from the fire and stir until it is cold and can be made into a brick. Then put it again in a container and melt it on a slow fire and at once put therein 1 ounce each of well-pulverized mastic, olibanum, and myrrh and 3 ounces of mother's milk and put these together and stir until it has thickened. Shape it very well with the hands and you will have made the best cerate which has these virtues. It is powerful for cuts and for nerves, for any swellings and to draw out iron or wood from bad flesh, for dog bites or bites of venomous animals, to bring abcesses to a head, to clean up ulcers, fistulas and carbuncles and for every developing growth and for scrofula. It even has many other great tested virtues.

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[Italian transcript]

Unguentum sive cerotum magistri ganfredi quod dicitur gratia dei valet enim ad sanandum omnes plagas novas et veteres et generat bonam carnem et non permittit intrare a liquaram corruptionem nec permittit generare malam carnem et valet omnibus nervis incisis ut conquassatis et valet contra universas que libet bestie venenose et ad scrophulas et malum sancti antoni et multa alia provata per experientiam videtur.
Rx. galbani, opoponaci, olibani, bdelii, viridis eres, masticis, mirrhe, thuris, aristologie longie, colofonie i picis grece, ana onza j, armoniaci onza j, lapidis calamite, draganti, ana drama j, lapidis ematitis drame ij, cere nove onze vj, olei olivarum, litargirii subtilis, ana lb. j. Et tutte siano fate in polvere sutile excetto la cera, galbina, armoniaco, opoponaco. Prima meterai a mole queste 3 gomme in aceto forte per uno di naturale. Poi metteli a destrugiere inel tozzo cossi con l’aceto e a lento foco et sempre mestando che non si apiccano et tanto bolano che tutta l’aceto sia consumata. Poi le distempera con uno poco di vino odoriffero et colale et lassele cosi. Poi meterai l’olio al foco et fali distrugere drento la cera. Poi li meti drento le sopra dette polvere, il litargirio, et mestavi sempre perche voluntiere si ataca al fundo. Poi le gomme a poc a poco, poi il verderame e la mirra e l’aristologia, el mastice, el incenso et le altre cose metele a poc a poco et sempre li mesta drento chel non si atachi al tozzo et sempre con poco foco. Et lo continua fino che tu lo vedi a mutare colore nero. Et quando vorai sapere se gli e cotto fane cadere una gioza inel aqua fredda e se’l vien duro, eli e cotto e se non lasselo al quando al foco et non lo abandonare con la stecha et come egli e cotto leva il tozzo dal foco et mettilo inel aqua freda tanto chel sia raffredato in ditta aqua in modo che tu lo possi manegiare con le mane onte di olio comune. Et quando egli e fatto, conservelo in uno alberello fato in un pastone, il quale durera 100 anni, e sempre e bono . E de provato.
Et queste sono le sue virtu. Como e detto di sopra e vale a sanare ogni piagha vechia e nova oltra a ogni altro unguento questo sie preciossimo et magiormente a strenge et mondificha et genera bona carne et consolida piu in un di che non fanno li altri in una settimana et fa ancora questa opera mirabile, non si corrompe cosa dove si mette e non si pole generare carne putrefatta. Et vale contra ad ogni nervo tagliato overo enfiasone et vale contra ad ogni morsura di animali venenosi et subito tira fora il veleno. Et vale contra ad ogni generatione di apostema, fistule, cancri, fogo di santo antonio et a quelle aposteme che se ingenerasse di drento dal corpo overo inel capo, metendovi suso el ditto unguento fa rissolvere immediate et questo sie piu volte aprobato in tutte le predette enfermita con questo che lo enfermo si guarda da tutte le cose a lui contrarie. Et observando l’ordine lui presto guarira, per dei gratia.
Cirotto gratia dei de optima virtu.
Rx. pinpinella, bertonica, berbena, valeriana, ana m. uno, tagliale minute, meteli a mole in una catina di terra con vino bianco bono odoriffero per 4 di naturali e fale bolire in pignata nova che calino la meta. Poi cola et preme l’erbe ala stretoio. Poi meterai drento trementina, raxa di pino colata, ana lb. j, cera bianca onze vj e uno bichiere di orina di fanciullo piccolo. Poi lo rimetti al foco lento per ½ ora e sempre mestando perche trabocarebe et levelo dal foco et mestalo finche e fredo, il quale si fara in una formella. Poi la remetterai inela caza et fala disfare a lento foco et subito mettivi drento mastici, olibano, mirra e ben spolverizate, ana onza j, e latte di donna onze iij et meti insieme et sempre mesta finche a fatto corpo. Et ongete le mane et lo rimena molto bene e farassi optimo cerotto, il quale a queste virtu, chel vale a tagliature e ali nervi per alcuna enfiasone e tira fora carne cativa, ferro o sia legno, e a morso di cane o animali velenosi, matura ogni apostema, mortifica il cancro e le fistole e carboni e per ogni male nassente et vale scrophole. Et etiam a di molte altre belle virtu aprobate.