Stumbled Upon a Curse

Its a good thing our Libraries don't take such a serious stance about thievery... or maybe they should???

For Him That Stealeth A Book from this Library, 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 aloud for Mercy and let there be no surcease to his Agony

till he sink in Dissolution.

Let Bookworms gnaw his Entrails in token of the Worm that dieth not,

and when at last he goeth to his final Punishment,

let the flames of Hell consume him forever and aye.

16th Century Spanish Curse