Theater of Machines, Volume II

Ornate headpiece featuring a central human face surrounded by scrolling foliage and cherubic figures.

To the honorable, respectable, highly and well-wise Gentlemen, Councilors, and Masters of the Guilds and Communities of the city of Halle, my especially favored Gentlemen.

Ornate drop cap "D" Honorable, respectable, highly and well-wise, especially favored Gentlemen, following the offer of my entirely willing and diligent services, the common proverb is not unknown to your High and Well-wise selves: Omne promissum cadit in debitum Every promise falls into debt. Of which I have reminded myself all the more this time