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De Pipere.

Irtutis ſicce piper aſſeritur calideqꝫ

EnglishMix pepper in together: and thus apply it to cancers, Experts say nothing is more useful than this powder.

Language
Latin
Date
15th century
Form
hexameter
Editorial status
Reviewed source page
Text
Source and English

Unit 1 · poem · hexameter · 25 lines

Latin

Block alignment is approximate: translation blocks are shown against their source line ranges, with untranslated gaps and overlaps surfaced rather than shifted into a verified line map.

Source lines 1-7

  1. 1

    Irtutis ſicce piper aſſeritur calideqꝫ

  2. 2

    Tertius eſſe gradꝰ huic concedit̃ in vtroqꝫ

  3. 3

    Tres huic ſunt ſpecies:album:longumqꝫ:nigrumqꝫ

  4. 4

    Sed quia ſunt gemine ſpecies tantummodo note

  5. 5

    De ſpecie nigra dicam quedam mihi nota

  6. 6

    Crudum vel coctum ſumptum vel melle ligatum

  7. 7

    Vim digeſtiuam ſtomaci iecoriſqꝫ iuuabit

English · verified range

Verified range

  1. 1

    Mix pepper in together: and thus apply it to cancers,

  2. 2

    Experts say nothing is more useful than this powder.

  3. 3

    No one can describe all the virtues of pepper.

  4. 4

    For almost all medicines require pepper,

  5. 5

    It is usually added to many precious antidotes.

  6. 6

    Hence I think so few praises of pepper have been spoken,

  7. 7

    And because it is worthy of praise in countless remedies.

Source lines 8-25

  1. 8

    Morſus peſtiferos curat:faſtidia tollit

  2. 9

    Occurrit variis toracis ſepe querelis

  3. 10

    Quodqꝫ nocere ſolet frigus periodica febris

  4. 11

    Compeſcit febrem ſi ſumitur ante tremorem

  5. 12

    Cum lauri bacchis:vel cum foliis bene tritis

  6. 13

    Cumqꝫ mero tepido potatum tormina ſedat

  7. 14

    Et ſcrofas reprimit ammiſtum cum pice dura

  8. 15

    Et ſuperappoſitum recte quoqꝫ iungitur illis

  9. 16

    Que purgare ſolent oculis caligine dira

  10. 17

    Ammiſtum nitro maculas cataplaſmate delet

  11. 18

    Stercoribus vſtis humanis puluere tritum

  12. 19

    Vna iunge piper: & ſic ſuperaddito cancris

  13. 20

    Experti nihil vtilius hoc puluere dicunt

  14. 21

    Nemo poteſt omnes piperis deſcribere vires

  15. 22

    Namꝙ piper ferme medicamina cuncta requirit

  16. 23

    Antidotis ſolet precioſis pluribus addi

  17. 24

    Hinc puto tam paucas laudes de pipere dictas

  18. 25

    Quodꝙ ſit in numeris hoc dignum laude medelis

English

No translation for source lines 8-25.