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...sufficiently. How then should I doubt that
Your High-Princely Serenity High-Princely Serenity (Hoch-Fürstliche Durchlaucht): A formal honorific for a sovereign prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
will accept this bold undertaking of mine as I
wish, and most graciously deign to let a highly-prized
ray of Your high grace
shine upon this humble writing, which
I offer up to Your High-Princely
Serenity as a monument
of my humble respect and gratitude for the soul-saving
care [you have shown] over the heavily be-
leaguered Lutheranism This refers to the Duke's role as a "Defensor Fidei" or protector of the Lutheran faith during a time of political or theological pressure.?
The LORD of all Lords
may He, moreover, establish Your High-
Princely Serenity’s hallowed person, along with the en-
tire High-Princely FAM-
ILY, as a blessing for-