Florum et coronariarum historia

DEDICATORY EPISTLE ###

...this history of ours, congratulating you on the favor and gifts of the greatest and most powerful King Philip II of Spain, and furthermore on the friendship of other noble and great leaders, while praying for all things auspicious and happy for you. It would remain for me to recommend this work further, were I not already certain that it would be welcome and pleasant to you. Therefore, I shall not add even a single word more; wishing only that it may be useful to all scholars and as well-received by them as it is by you.

Farewell, most distinguished Master Hopper. On the Nones original Latin: "Nonis" — the 5th day of January in the Roman calendar of January, in the year 1568. At Mechelen A city in the Spanish Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) where Dodoens lived and worked.