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The Reverend Father

original: "R.P." for Reverendus Pater. This is a standard honorific for a priest in a religious order.

JACOB BALDE

of the Society of Jesus

The Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits, is a Catholic religious order known for its focus on education, missionary work, and the arts. Balde was a leading figure in the Latin literary revival of the seventeenth century.

COMPLETE

POETICAL

WORKS

The small ash of the world is a great thing

original: "Magnum parva mundi cinis." This motto suggests that even the humble or mortal remains of the world hold great significance, a common theme in Baroque religious thought.

from the MANUSCRIPTS of the AUTHOR

Now for the first time collected,

EIGHT VOLUMES

Distributed.

VOLUME II.

CONTAINS THE FOREST POEMS.

original: "Sylvas." In the classical tradition, "Sylvae" (Forests) refers to a collection of miscellaneous or occasional poems, often composed with a sense of spontaneity or variety.

BY PERMISSION OF THE SUPERIORS and with Privilege

This phrase confirms that the book passed ecclesiastical censorship and was granted legal printing rights by the government.

At the expense of

MARTIN HAPPICH

AND

FRANCIS XAVER SCHLÜTER

BOOKSELLERS.

MUNICH, Printed by Johann Lucas Straub.

Munich was a center for Jesuit activity and publishing in the eighteenth century. Johann Lucas Straub was a prominent printer in the city during this period.