Wonders of the East and Astronomical-Calendrical Treatise

[Illustration: A medieval illumination of the zodiac sign Cancer. It depicts a multi-legged, crab-like creature with a segmented body and a human-like face, set against a green background within a square frame.]

... [Lib]er ... Referring to the god Liber, also known as Dionysus or Bacchus

[to] recover: he was seeking the oracle of Jupiter original: "Iouis" at Dodona An ancient Greek sanctuary where the god Jupiter was said to speak through the rustling leaves of sacred oak trees. When he [reached] a marsh original: "paludẽ" and was not able [to cross], [he took] one little donkey original: "asellũ" from the two [he encountered] and crossed over. In that temple, health original: "sanitate"; referring to his recovery from madness [was] restored.

By Liber, for this kindness original: "beneficio", [the donkey] was received into heaven original: "in celũ... receptũ". This [is] the L... Likely the start of "Leo," the next sign in the zodiac