Theater of Machines, Volume 3

according to the proverb: Latin: "Inventis facile est aliquid addere" It is easy to add something to what has been invented..
Thus, he can, according to the gifts granted to him by GOD, easily change, improve, and multiply one machine from another, and use it usefully as his situation allows. Which I wish for him from my heart, and herewith commend us all to God's protection. Given in Leipzig, the 1st of January, Anno 1612.

A decorative horizontal rectangular printer's ornament features a central shield flanked by two winged figures with foliate tails, surrounded by scrolling acanthus motifs.