... Hanc syllogen generalem materiae probatoriae

TO THE MAN

Of magnificent eminence, of a nobility praised for the splendor of an ancient lineage, of excellence in a refined and accurate judgment, of gravity of authority, and of most cultivated and illustrious experience in the conduct of affairs,

Lord CASPAR von Schönbergk in Pulßnitz and Güricka, most deserving Director of the Privy Council of the Saxon Electorate, and most eminent President of the Court of Appeals,

My Lord and Patron, to be uniquely and perpetually revered,

This pledge of most submissive devotion and reverence,

I present with dutiful mind and hand.

ZACHARIAS Schilter, Doctor.