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HENRY JULIUS,

JOHANNES WECHEL SENDS GREETINGS. original: "S." (Salutem dicit), a standard Latin greeting meaning "wishes health" or "sends greetings."

Even pagan antiquity recognized how foul the crime of ingratitude is, most illustrious and reverend Prince. For this reason, even GIORDANO BRUNO The author, an Italian philosopher and former friar known for his theories on the infinite universe, who was eventually executed for heresy., when he considered how generously and honorably he had been treated by your Reverend Highness original: "R. C. tua" (Reverenda Celsitudine), thought he must not fail to display some proof of his gratitude toward your Reverend Highness publicly before the eyes of all men. Therefore, among the other monuments of his industry—some of which were already finished and others only conceived in his mind—he judged The original Latin "iudicavit" is split by the page break; "iu-" appears at the bottom as a catchword. these books On the Triple Minimum and Measure to be most worthy of your illustrious Highness...