Diexodus medica de hepatis

as you are the heir to the goods, duty, and paternal virtues, so you would be the prolonger of that same kindness, and that you would deem worthy of your favor and promotion those whom your father wished to be well provided for. And I do not doubt that I have conceived a hope that is not only very certain, but one that will someday bring light to my affairs. But because, Magnificent Lord, so many years have passed since I saw you—for I do not know if we have ever been together since your boyhood—I thought that my memory might have slipped from you, and that it should be recalled through this letter, and at the same time I should congratulate you on the most ample dignity of your father. But the shortness of time, during which my business was concluded, prevents me from doing so at length. Therefore, I will only pray to the most merciful God that He may be present with you by His Spirit, so that you may be able to administer that most ample office with the virtue that is required, and that your actions in exercising it may conform most exactly to the norm of Divine justice, and may result in the glory of the Divine name, the happiness of our country, and the prosperity of your life. And so that this congratulation might be fuller, I have issued this Excursion original: "Diexodon" of ours concerning the dispositions of the Liver under your name. Even if it does not correspond to its splendor—for nothing more learned or elaborate could be produced by me, now destitute of the books I need and hurrying on account of circumstances—you will nevertheless allow it to happen, so that you may consider the insignificance of a man most devoted to you and a good man, until an opportunity is given for me to greet you in a more worthy way while I am with the Muses. Farewell.
Given at Basel of the Swiss, on the third day before the Calends of September August 30th, 1580.