Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

[...slight] will it seem; but if Your Majesty considers the spirit of the giver, you will call it very great, and on this account (such is your immense kindness) you will embrace me with your favor. If Your Majesty does this, as I hope, then besides the fact that you will stir up very many studious and learned men, you will indeed invite and entice me so far that I shall no longer allow greater and perhaps more desired works, which are continually being forged in our workshop, to remain hidden. If these should one day come forth into the light, all posterity will credit them to Your Most Serene Majesty. To whom I dedicate, give, and vow not only these things, but also myself and my service. At Gorizia, on the Calends of January, 1554.