DEDICATION.

original: DEDICATIO

Lordship, may your grace continue to cherish and protect me. For from this grace I hope to obtain an intimate recommendation, through which access may be granted to me to examine the Library of Buda original: Budensem Bibliothecas; referring to the famous Bibliotheca Corviniana in Buda, Hungary, which was one of the most significant libraries of the Renaissance. and other noble libraries. My hope is that, by this means, my editions of Lucretius and Longinus Ancient authors of philosophy and rhetoric; the writer is likely working on new, "refined" editions of their texts. may finally, despite a hostile fortune, present themselves to You in a more polished and adorned state; and that Sallust, Florus, Phaedrus, and Artemidorus may present themselves to the learned world in a more corrected form.

This, Most Serene Prince, is what I publicly request from Your Serenity. From Divine Providence, however, I privately ask with unceasing prayers that He keep You, your father the Elector, and the entire Brandenburg Dynasty original: Gentem Brandenburgicam; the House of Hohenzollern, the ruling family of Brandenburg-Prussia. safe for as long as possible, and allow You to govern the state with the greatest success. Farewell, Prince.