Sympathetic Theater

It was dear above all to Strauss, a physician, and to the leader of physicians, Johannes Daniel Horstius, physician-in-chief to the Illustrious Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt, his son-in-law and beloved colleague. He clothed it in a French habit, adorned it with Latin, and exposed it to public view, adding at the same time an Epistle not unworthy of reading, written by his own hand to the Excellent and Illustrious Lord Count DIGBY. I deemed it not inappropriate to print these three subsequent Treatises, together with this Epistle, in our presses, due to the similarity of the subject matter, and to reduce them into one volume. I hope that through this labor of ours, whatever it may be, some measure of convenience and utility will be added to your studies, benevolent reader. Favor our endeavors, enjoy them, use them, and farewell.

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