TO THE MOST POWERFUL

AND MOST INVINCIBLE PRIN-

ce and Lord, Lord RUDOLF
II, Emperor of the Romans, ever August,
King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, etc.;
Archduke of Austria; Duke of Bur-
gundy, Silesia, etc.; Margrave
of Moravia, of both Lusatias Upper and Lower Lusatia, regions in what is now eastern Germany and western Poland., etc.;
Count of Tyrol, etc. To his
most merciful Lord. Greetings. original: "S.", shorthand for "Salutem," a traditional Latin salutation wishing health and prosperity.

Behold, my Muse brings forth Ripley George Ripley (c. 1415–1490) was an influential English alchemist and canon of Bridlington; his works were highly prized at the imperial court. speaking
in verse: who will be his guardian, or who will be his patron?