Christo praeside et auspice: Theses hasce de Dolore Colico

A rectangular border composed of repeating floral and foliate ornaments surrounds the text.

To the men most outstanding in nobility of birth, virtue, learning, and prudence:

TO DN. GEORG GEORG EVCHARIUS MOSBACH,
SENIOR of the most honorable Council of the Thirteen of Worms:

And to the remaining CONSULS, MAGISTRATES, AND FATHERS OF THE FATHERLAND of that Republic:

His revered lords and patrons:

HE OFFERS THIS HIS INAUGURAL AGON contest or scholarly dispute
As a testimony of due respect and grateful spirit,

IOHAN. CONRADUS RATZIVS
D. D. D. He dedicates, donates, and devotes this.