EPITHALAMION

The bridegroom himself, and your bride, favors your undertakings with a sincere heart, and rejoices above many others,
O Sulcer, spectator of the love of CHRIST for Simon:
Sulcer, the rarest glory of the fatherland.
He studies with constant labor to amplify the heavenly kingdoms,
good at bringing forth fruits of sound doctrine, both old and new, like a steward.
From his mouth flow solaces in broad streams,
by which fearful hearts cast off the terrors of dire death,
relying solely on the favor of CHRIST.
CHRIST entrusted the first care of the flock to him,
because illustrious Basel rejoices in your guidance,
hōsōn mesōn nun phoibos ethēken anakta Now Phoebus has placed him as lord of the holy middle [places/people],
so that the venerable Lyceums schools are ruled by his judgment,
and the sacred hives applaud in a happy swarm.
Driven by the hard events of fortune, the exile rejoices in this, and not in vain:
no one has ever approached such an asylum without finally obtaining his vow.
Another, Coccius likely a colleague or church official, approves your beginnings, pious bridegroom, kindly,
and hopes that all things proceed with success:
Coccius, famous for his exceptional love of piety,
who recently governed the administration of the sacred assembly,
here where the sacred house towers above the turreted city of Peter Basel, perhaps referencing the cathedral, with watchful care and labor.
I myself, though hardly the last among your friends, congratulate you,
wishing that whatever you do, whatever your new bride does, may succeed under happy auspices.
To whom you recently said, "I am yours," and she herself replied:
"Let the right hand of marriage be the witness of faith, so that I may be yours."
Just as the power of the body is equal for one as for the other,
so may both, with hearts joined in a bond that is never loosened, serve the supreme Thunderer God equally.
For thus you will count years in a long order,