De politia judaica, tam civili quam ecclesiastica, jam inde a suis primordiis, hoc est ab orbe condito, repetita

—and handle them, behold, Sigonius, a most learned man and very skilled in both Roman and Greek history, promised a specific discussion of that subject. But when he brought forth nothing, and no one existed who would attempt such a thing, you, in turn, when a stir was being created by some regarding the discipline of our Churches—which is entirely linked to this question—cast the burden, which I was saving for stronger shoulders, upon me, however weak I might be. Therefore, I attacked this work under your auspices in such a way that I constantly used your counsel and your labor; not only while I was first contemplating the work I had undertaken, but also when I had finally brought it to its completion. So much so that I must confess that the things which have been gathered into this little book were not only approved by your judgment, but were also increased and accumulated by you; indeed, everything was so polished and adorned that I now recognize almost nothing in it as my own, but I openly proclaim that all of it is yours. This little book should not be said to appear under my name, but rather under yours. On this occasion, offered to me this very day, and for our Cornelius—my son born from your granddaughter—I shall never cease to both congratulate him and rejoice for myself, whereby I might leave behind, in the name of both of us, the respect which we owe to you. Whatever, therefore, Most Illustrious Man, there is of our work and labor in this book, which is joined and tempered with your industry and your judgment, we wish it to be dedicated to you in such a way that it may be, for us and ours in the remaining time, a certain mutual pledge and a perpetual monument of that love and benevolence with which we love one another. Farewell, on the day before the Calends of March, 1574.