Dedication

to Duke

August

of Brunswick-Lüneburg (*)

Before You, Most Serene and most powerful Duke! one of the magnates of Germany, I appear, a German man; before the Lutheran prince, a Lutheran theo- The word is likely "theologian" (Theologe), interrupted by the page break.

(*) Transcribed from the handwritten copy of the biography of Johann Valentin Andreä original: "Joh. V. A." which he composed for his great patron in the year 1642. This dedication, originally composed in Latin original: "Lat. verfasste Dedikation", which is still found in the Wolfenbüttel Library, was shared by Mr. Nicolai from his collection of Andreäana with Pastor Burk.