To the Most Reverend

Prince and Lord / Lord

George / Administrator of the Grand Mastership in

Prussia / and Master

of the Teutonic Order in German

and Italian original: "Welschen" - historically used to refer to Romance-speaking lands, particularly Italy lands / my

Most Gracious Lord.

A large ornamental woodcut drop cap 'H' decorated with scrolling foliage and floral patterns.
Most Reverend
Prince / Most Gra-
cious Lord / Your
Princely Grace
undoubtedly
possesses the most
gracious know-
ledge / of how all good things in this world share the
same fate / among
persons of both high and low station / that for the most part they
remain un-
regarded / and sometimes are even completely despised.
And although I could provide many exam-
ples of this / yet because out of high Prince-