... Hanc syllogen generalem materiae probatoriae

To the most learned and in every virtue most outstanding man,

MR. ZACHARIAS SCHILTER
of Leipzig,

publicly disputing for his Doctorate in both Laws,
offers applause, together with the Poetical Laurel,

JOAN. JACOBUS GRASSERUS
Count of the Sacred Palace, etc.

While Astraea, bearing the scepter, vies with the Aonian Muses,
And seeks with her Law to conquer the Ausonian lyre,
Apollo, the musician, having entered the Helvetic laurel-grove,
Composed the garlands of the Laurel with a facile hand;
And he commanded me, whom Caesar has blessed with the Palatine honor,
To bear the crown as a delight to his own.
"Let this Parnassian Laurel," he said, "clothe SCHILTER’S brow,
And duly crown the lyric ivory."
Soon Themis shall honor the poet with divine light,
Illuminating our gifts with her own titles.
Therefore, come, let the Pancratium crown, with its twin wreaths,
Arouse him, and let it supply ever-new strength.
O Graces, applaud the beloved, and O initiates, applaud the Muses,
For Themis sings in unison with Phoebus’s mouth.
Learned verses adorn the Law-bearing altars,
And the Judicial Forum resounds with the citharas.