... [I] consider myself most highly obligated to praise and extol before the entire world the sublime grace of Your Imperial and Royal Majesty, which has been so richly bestowed upon my humble work. Therefore, I feel most deeply bound to dedicate this Second Part of the Theater of Hydraulic Machines original Latin: Theatri Machinarum Hydraulicarum to Your Imperial and Royal Majesty, along with my most devoted expressions of gratitude. I add my most humble plea that You might likewise look upon this undertaking with Your high Imperial favor, and graciously continue to grant me Your sublime Imperial protection and patronage. For which I remain, in the most profound humility, for the rest of my life,

Your Imperial and Royal Majesty's