The original Latin version was annotated and edited by Arnold of Villanova. The "Regimen" was contemporary with Secretum Secretorum, a health manual written by pseudo-Aristotle. However, the "Regimen" was more popular because the rhyming verses were easier to remember. The "Regimen" was translated into vernacular languages, including Irish, Bohemian, Occitan, Hebrew, German, Anglo-Norman, and Italian. Following its first appearance in print, the "Regimen" was translated into almost every European language, and the book achieved tremendous popularity and nearly forty different editions were produced before 1501. An English translation by Thomas Paynell was printed by Thomas Berthelet in 1528.