Italian Herbal - Manuscript Vermont MS: how to read the Ancient Italian cursive

I have to admit that when I started to read the text I had doubts if I colud ever reach the solution i.e. the reading of the text.
After some observations I started to recognize the words and being Italian I guessed them where it was very difficult.
Here some example and tips:

 

It is very important to consider that some letters when are together are written in a different way than when they are alone or that some words like "PER" or "E" are totally different written as one should think.

I hope it will help you to read a little the text.