Theses inaugurales et medicae de podagrica affectione

As for what remains, I pray to God the Best and Greatest that He may keep your Magnificence and your most prudent colleagues safe for the Republic and our whole fatherland for as long as possible. Privately, however, I ask your Magnificence that you not only take it in the best part that I have dared to adorn this Medical Disputation with the lovable brilliance of your most lauded name, but also that you never abandon the patronage and most benevolent inclination toward me, which I have perceived on many counts until now. From the Academy of Basel, May 13th, in the year 83.

Most devoted to Your Magnificence,
Iohannes Berndes
of Hamburg.