Compendium on the Soul

...several other works of that kind, both by the same Avicenna Ibn Sina (c. 980–1037), the Persian physician whose "Canon of Medicine" was the standard medical text in Europe for centuries. and other Arab authors, which were translated into Latin by my same uncle. These are, in my judgment, worthy of residing in the courts of Princes: namely, On Poisons, On the Correction of Errors that Occur in the Regimen of Health, On Medicines for Princes that are Not Repulsive, On Precious Stones, and many others. Expect these as a monument, such as it may be, of my devotion to you, which I understand I owe you in the greatest measure both in a public and private capacity. Farewell. Venice.

On the sudden death of Andrea Alpago of Belluno,

most excellent Physician; by Pierio

Valeriano of Belluno. Pierio Valeriano (1477–1558) was a famous Italian humanist and author of "Hieroglyphica."

When Atropos The Fate in Greek mythology who cuts the thread of life. grieved that the weapons were so often snatched from her hand,
and the threads remained unbroken for a long time
for all those whom Andrea of Belluno had visited—
so great was his knowledge of things and his skill.
All the Sisters The three Fates (Parcae): Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos., indignant that the fates were being cheated,
resolved to overwhelm the unsuspecting old man;
and so, while he was yet sound in his limbs and his whole body,
they carried him off as if by the strike of a sudden lightning bolt.
O ignorant, foolish Fates, what have you intended?
This man lives, and shall live forever in the mouths of men.
Moreover, his writings—which will forbid slaughter—shall overthrow you,
though you hasten to stain your hands at your whim.