Note 7 — HYPNEROTOMACHIA (continued 5)

Hebrew text as printed, page 13:

שתהיה קח מן האוצר הזה כאות נפשך הסר הראש ואל תיגע בגופו היה מי אבל אזהיר אותך

Same text in Italian version:

היה מי שתהיה קח מן האוצר הזה כאות נפשך אבל אזהיר אותך הסר הראש ואל תיגע בגופו (Heye me shetihiye kach min ha’otzar ze ka’avat nafshecha aval azhir otcha haser harosh ve’al tiga begufo)

The translation of the Italian version is similar to the accompanying Greek and Latin; the English version is nonsense. Apparently the engraver did not know that Hebrew is written from right to left. The “last” (rightmost) two words of the first line were moved to the “beginning” (left edge) of the second line, and then the “last” (rightmost) three words of this line were moved down to make a new (left-justified) line.