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D E D I C A T O R Y

(for indeed, so much leisure did not remain from my most pressing affairs)

but because you appeared to me sufficient to protect any branch of learning, and no other subject, whether more worthy or more honorable (setting aside its misuse original: "excluso abusu." Maier is likely defending the reputation of alchemy, suggesting that while many "abuse" or fake the art, the core science remains honorable.), occurred to me at the time. Whatever it may be, you will judge my efforts not by the cheapness of the paper, but by the sincerity of my mind (as I well know), and you will hereafter hold and count me among the most devoted of Your Honors original: "Amplituddd." This is an abbreviation for Amplitudines, a formal Latin title of address for high-ranking civic leaders or magistrates.. Farewell. Given at Frankfurt am Main original: "Francofurti ad Moenum." Frankfurt was the heart of the European book trade and the site of the famous Book Fair where Maier’s works were often sold., in the year 1617, in the month of August.

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