DEDICATION.

with the good wine? Because of the great abundance, it is not valued at all. Could one not gather great treasures as a reserve for future evil years from the surplus that lies there and spoils? Although this has not happened until now, I still hope that in the future, good stewards will be found who, according to my teaching and instruction, will concentrate the surplus of grain and wine and preserve it for future expensive times. There will also be some who will use the remaining and worthless wood, which otherwise lies and spoils, to make saltpeter in abundance, in order to provide a sting against future enemies and to protect themselves with it.