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

And the same was entrusted to the strong Mount Tettnang.
Virtue, doctrine, and very much knowledge of things,
the prudent skill of law and statutes
so ennoble him that those present marvel at the same man.
When Cytherea first saw him,
adorned with star-like necklaces of mixed berries,
and proud in her purple:
Come hither, she said, and O you who are most expected by us,
accept the consort of the bed whom I dedicate as a bride,
of whose life you will be the highest part, and companion of works:
The consensus of those present and the vows of the Gods
betroth her to you, and the president of the thrice-three sisters the Muses
assents, and he does not look at the covenant with opposing goats a superstition regarding unlucky omens.
Jupiter smiling is delighted by your love:
Before his altars also, with solemn rite,
you will lead the procession, with bending of knees,
you will seek help with suppliant palms stretched out with a gift,
where with the osier the priest will join you as partners, and with right hands grasped,
he will render you stable through mystical words.
You, O maiden, henceforth, chosen from our assembly,
demand a husband worthy of you, a Bridegroom,
demand a spouse worthy of you, a Bride,
what is granted to the Cecropian Athenian crow, grandfather,
live happy, grow rich with beautiful offspring:
And may you both be cultivated between yourselves with pious affection,
may nothing dissolve the bronze bond of your bed,
nothing, I say, except death and the final hour of burial.
With such words kind Venus ties their hearts
with her girdle, then she loosens her mouth further,