Commentary on Obadiah and a Philological Study of Enoch

...has so far admitted my modest services; under His auspices, it will be possible to proceed to greater things. Indeed, I shall reach the ultimate harbor of my desires if it should be my lot to always rejoice in the favor and grace of SUCH A GREAT PRINCE—than whom even the most careful prayers could not imagine a better—just as much as I admire his divine gifts.

GOD GAVE YOU! MAY GOD PRESERVE YOU! AUGUST HERO, THE IDEAL OF PRINCES, THE STAR OF THE PEOPLES, THE DELIGHT OF THE HUMAN RACE! MAY GOD PRESERVE YOU! May the PRINCE OF PRINCES original: "PRINCEPS PRINCIPUM." A reference to God as the King of Kings. most kindly grant to YOUR SERENITY AND YOUR MOST EXALTED FAMILY A PLEASANT LIFE, A SECURE EMPIRE, A SAFE HOME, A BRAVE ARMY, A FAITHFUL SENATE, AN UPRIGHT PEOPLE, A PEACEFUL REGION, A LONG LIFE, HAPPY DESCENDANTS, AND WHATEVER THE WISHES OF THE BEST PRINCE MIGHT BE! DIVINE PRINCE! MAY GOD PRESERVE YOU!

Written at Wittenberg, in the Year of the Christian Era 1670 original: "CIↃ IↃC LXX." An older form of Roman numerals where CIↃ represents 1,000 and IↃC represents 600., on the 4th day before the Nones of August August 2nd. The "Nones" was a marker in the Roman calendar falling on the 5th or 7th of the month., the day which is sacred to GUSTAVUS and brings to memory that GREAT GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS Gustavus Adolphus the Great (1594–1632), the King of Sweden and a hero of the Protestant cause in the Thirty Years' War, for whom the Duke was named., whose name and virtues YOUR SERENITY possesses: May GOD add years to your virtues and the fortune and successes of the GREAT GUSTAVUS, but, after a long series of years, a more peaceful departure to the heavenly dwellings!

YOUR SERENITY'S