Bestiary: lizard, swallow, weasel, boar, serpent, panther
Six short entries on animal remedies and renewal
A full page of inverted mirror script listing six brief bestiary entries, each on how an animal heals or renews itself. The lizard eats sow-thistle when it fights serpents, the swallow restores its blinded young with celandine juice, the weasel eats rue before hunting rats, and the boar cures its ills with ivy. The serpent renews itself by sloughing its skin from the head in a day and a night, while the panther, disemboweled, still fights on against dogs and hunters.
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Herbal cures of the lizard, swallow, weasel and boar
The lizard eats sow-thistle to survive its fights with serpents; the swallow gives sight back to its blinded chicks with the juice of celandine. The weasel first eats rue before it hunts rats, and the boar heals its ailments by eating ivy.
The serpent's renewal and the panther's ferocity
The serpent, wishing to renew itself, casts off its old slough beginning at the head, transforming in a single day and night. The panther, even after its entrails have spilled out, keeps fighting against the dogs and hunters.