Curse.

For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not,

this book from its owner, let it change into a serpent in his hand and rend him.

Let him be struck with palsy, and all his members blasted.

Let him languish in pain crying out for mercy, & let there be no surcease to his agony till he sing in dissolution.

Let bookworms gnaw his entrails … when at last he goeth to his final punishment, let the flames of Hell consume him forever.

Curse on book thieves

From the monastery of San Pedro

Barcelona, Spain