LORD CORNELIUS DE GRAEF,

Lord of the Manor of South-Polsbroek, etc.

LORD JOHANNES HUYDECOPER,

Knight, Lord of the Manor in Maarsseveen, Neerdijk, etc.

LORD HENDRIK SPIEGEL.

LORD SIMON VAN HOORN, Doctor of Both Laws In Latin, "I.V.D." (Iuris Utriusque Doctor), referring to a degree in both Civil and Canon law..

THE MOST MERITORIOUS AND WORTHY

CONSULS In the context of 17th-century Amsterdam, these were the "Burgomasters," the highest-ranking executive officials of the city. OF THE MOST POWERFUL AND WORLD-RENOWNED

CITY OF AMSTERDAM.

AS WELL AS TO

LORD NICOLAAS TULP,

Most celebrated Doctor of Medicine Nicolaas Tulp was a famous Dutch physician and magistrate, immortalized in Rembrandt’s painting "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaas Tulp.".

LORD CORNELIS WITZEN, Doctor of Both Laws.

THE MOST FAITHFUL TREASURERS AND FORMER CONSULS

OF THE SAME CITY.

Magnificent, Most Noble, and Most Ample Lords

Themistius, nicknamed Euphrades original Greek: εὐφραδὴς, meaning "eloquent" or "well-spoken." (which may be interpreted as PERSUASION original Latin: "Suadam," the personification of persuasive speech.), that most delightful sprout of the Golden Age, when he observed that the Emperor—as if he were a kind of [god] of the lands The text ends mid-sentence; the catchword "Deum" (God) indicates the sentence continues on the next page: "...as if he were a kind of God of the lands."