DEDICATION

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(since I am entirely unable to do so otherwise) I may show myself grateful toward your Highness, I inscribe, assign, give, and dedicate this little gift, such as it is, to you; humbly begging that you might permit it to go forth under your patronage, and that you would deign to defend the harmony of our divine science against the barkings and slanders of the enemies of chemistry misochymicorum: from the Greek roots for "hating" and "chemistry," referring to those who opposed the use of chemical or alchemical medicines with that authority in which you excel. I do not doubt that your Highness’s name—which is eternal even without this memorial—shall be preserved for all time when placed in the most illustrious libraries, and that you will be numbered among the most learned without fear of being forgotten. Farewell, Most Merciful Prince, and never cease to look upon me with your favor. Written at Frankfurt on the first of May original: "Calendis Maii," the Roman term for the first day of the month, in the year 1624.

D. HERMANNUS

Condeeſyanus.