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To the Honorable, Respectable, Highly

and Learned

Councilmen and

Masters of the Guilds and Communities of the

City of Halle, My especially great

gracious Masters.

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Honorable, Respectable, Highly and Learned, especially gracious Masters, following the offer of my entirely willing and diligent services, the common proverb is not unknown to your High and Learned Lordships: A promise creates a debt original: "Zusag macht Schuld". I am reminded of this all the more at this time because it has fared with my very good