DEDICATION.

original: "DEDICATORIA"

To the most Serene,

High-born Prince and Lord,

Lord Frederick the Fifth, Count Palatine on

the Rhine, Arch-Steward Arch-Steward: "Erbtruchsess," a high-ranking ceremonial office within the imperial court. of the Holy Roman Empire, and Prince-

Elector, Duke of Bavaria, etc. Count of Veldenz and

Sponheim, etc. my most gracious Prince-

Elector, and Lord.

Frederick V (1596–1632) was the Elector Palatine, later known as the "Winter King" of Bohemia. He was a leader of the Protestant Union.

To the Serene, High-born

Princes and Lords, Lord Maurice, Landgrave of

Hesse, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Diez, Ziegenhain and Nidda, etc.

Lord Christian, and Lord Augustus, brothers, Princes

of Anhalt, Counts of Ascania, Lords of Zerbst, and Bern-

burg, etc. my gracious Princes

and Lords in every respect.

Maurice "the Learned" of Hesse-Kassel and the brothers Christian I and Augustus of Anhalt were prominent intellectual and political figures of the era.

To the High- and Well-born Counts and Lords,

Lord Ernest, Count of Holstein, Schauenburg, and

Sternberg, Lord of Gemen, etc. Lord Christian,

Count of Waldeck, etc. my gracious

Counts and Lords.