On Subtlety

A POEM by Thomas Venatorius Thomas Gechauff (1487–1551) was a German mathematician and theologian who worked closely with the printer Johannes Petreius. in praise of Cardano.

He drank here from the fountains of Wisdom, and from the rivers of the Muses,
Things not unpleasant to Apollo, nor to learned men.
From these he mixes medicinal juices, and the bodies of kings
Are entrusted to him—his greatest concern is their Trust.
Then, the Mathematics of the Syracusan citizen original: "Syracusij... ciuis." A reference to Archimedes of Syracuse, the greatest mathematician of antiquity, with whom Cardano was frequently compared. are born again,
While all other things are known on earth and increased by the heavens.

A POEM by Laurentius Durnhofer Lorenz Durnhofer (1532–1594) was a Nuremberg scholar and poet who often contributed prefatory verses to scientific works. in praise of the same.

Neither flaming fires nor wave-sounding waters, Cardano,
Shall be able to extinguish your praise.
It is vast and powerful, resounding through the whole world,
Indeed, it reaches even to the high Pole of heaven.
While you reveal hidden things, covered by a certain darkness,
You open up various wonders and teach difficult matters.
While your medicine heals human pains,
And you treat the wounds of the heart with God’s help.
While you show the stars, and the constellations of the painted sky,
And the arts which the spacious world possesses.
While you bring all disciplines into common use,
Which makes for excellent and good craftsmen.