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I have deemed it appropriate to dedicate and consecrate this to the glory of Your Name, as a pledge of due gratitude and to testify to future generations of my unwavering affection for Your Excellency. I hope that Your Excellency will accept it with the same affection with which the Author, overcome by the token of perpetual regard, has offered it. It will be my task to pray incessantly to God the Best and Greatest and His Most Holy Mother for the health and prosperity of your House, that you may be filled with a thousand blessings from both. Farewell, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, unique glory and ornament of the Bohemian Kingdom.
An ornate, symmetrical tailpiece features scrolling acanthus leaves, floral motifs, and a central oval cartouche containing a depiction of a celestial globe or armillary sphere.