<Sêmeiôtikê> sive ratio dignoscendarum sedium male affectarum, et affectuum praeter naturam, auctore Jacobo Alberto, medico physico, Vindone.

Therefore, since I am abundantly certain of your humanity, one thing remains: that I supplicate the Lord of lords for the preservation of your Republic and for it to be adorned with all the virtues of the Christian faith. This I do. At Lausanne of the Latobrigi A Roman name for the region of Lausanne, on the first of October, 1587.

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