Epithalamia in nuptiis ornatissimi humanissimique viri domini m. Ioannis Stridacheri, Tettnangensis, in alma Friburgi Brisgoici schola artium decurionis dignissimi, ethicesque professoris ibidem: et honestissimae, pudicissimaeque virginis Agathae Schnelliae, Tettnangensis

revering the Gorgon’s snake-haired head with a savage aegis,
I do not carry a heart so dull, nor a spirit that is unkind.
Therefore, calm your heart, just now astonished by my arrival,
of your empty fear: safely hold me and look upon our gifts,
do not shudder, I do not hunt you like a nocturnal screech-owl,
nor do I disturb mortal hearts like the spirits of the dead lemures.
I am that winged God sent down from high Paphos,
august and powerful, and likewise unconquered and renowned,
realms, leaders, and towns with their citizens are subject to me,
all of whom I press under my command: and with the light arrows
that these horns, pulled by a taut string, hasten with a strike:
moreover, I inspire hidden fires in chaste minds,
I restore them peacefully and make them fit for loves,
but never for impure ones: the counselor of which, everywhere, is my
brother (for we are twins), whom the warlike hero gave
at his mother’s birth, together with me by King Jupiter:
his weapons are built of base, despised lead,
but these are even dark with rough rust:
whereas mine, crafted from solid silver, shine,
which I draw from my chased quiver;
with their yellow or sharp point I pierce the
chests of those whom I join in the bond of a lawful marriage.
He says this. And as I wish to ask the reasons for his coming,
immediately beginning to tell the reasons for his coming,
Cupid touched my words with wandering speech thus:
I am here, so that I may carry out the commands of my dear parent
who long ago sent me from my rich native Cyprus,
after she had considered a plan and used these words.
Child of my strength, my mind, my only pleasure,
I am burning