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For why all medicine is of (or from) God; and he shall take of the king (or he shall receive from the king) a gift. [Of God forsooth is all leeching; and from the king he shall take giving.]

The cunning of a leech shall enhance his head (The knowledge of a physician shall exalt, or shall lift up, his head); and he shall be praised in the sight of great men. [The discipline of the leech shall enhance the head of him; and in the sight of great men he shall be praised.]

The Highest hath made (out) of the earth medicine; and a prudent man shall not loathe it. [The Highest formed of the earth medicine; and the prudent man shall not greatly fear it.]

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