THE POWER OF THE BUTTERCUP IS

SHARP AND ULCER-CAUSING TO BODIES, WHEREFORE

FOR THOSE UNJUSTLY? GIVEN IT TO DRINK, IT CAUSES A MOST MOCKING or "sneering" EXPRESSION. THEREFORE, THE JUICE OF ELECAMPANE original: "eleneiou"; a medicinal root used for respiratory issues.
BEING APPLIED BEFORE THE FOURTH likely referring to the fourth day of a fever cycle.

upon the?
sides?

patch IT EATS AWAY FURTHER THAN ...?
patch ...? IN APPEARANCE AND IS GIVEN IN GARDEN BEDS
AND INDEED IT AVOIDS THE OUTGROWTHS possibly referring to tumors or warts.
...? APPLIED TO THE NECK

A botanical illustration of a plant with thin, radiating green stalks. It features tripartite leaves with serrated edges and clusters of dark, spherical, multi-lobed seed heads or flower buds at the tips. Above the illustration is an Arabic gloss: al-khubbayzi, meaning mallow.

patch MORE BEAUTIFUL
OF THEM ...?

The Gazelle Arabic: al-zabi; possibly a local name for the plant variety.

OTHERS LIKE CROWFOOT original: "koronipos"
AND TO THIS
MUCH AND AND ...?
NEAR THE CORNER ...?
SOMETIMES
PURPLE
AND SOMEWHAT THICK
IN HEIGHT
A second botanical illustration to the right, showing a more robust plant with thicker, branched stalks and larger, deeply lobed and serrated leaves. It bears numerous small clusters of reddish-brown, spherical flowers or berries. Between the plants, an Arabic gloss reads al-zabi (The Gazelle).

ABOUT A CUBIT, HAVING A BITTER WHITE
ROOT, SUBSTANTIALLY BITTER LIKE
HELLEBORE. IT GROWS BY STREAMS.
THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER SPECIES MORE DOWNY
AND SMALLER-STALKED, HAVING MORE
CUTS IN THE LEAVES, GROWING MOSTLY
IN SARDINIA, BEING MOST SHARP,
WHICH THEY ALSO CALL WILD CELERY,
AND A THIRD WHICH IS EXCEEDINGLY SMALL AND

The Greek text corresponds to Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, Book II, Chapter 175, discussing various species of Batrachion (Ranunculus/Buttercup). The "mocking expression" refers to the 'risus sardonicus' or Sardonic grin caused by the plant's toxicity. The uncial script is characteristic of late antiquity (c. 6th century).