DEDICATION
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TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS

AND TRULY PIOUS PRINCE AND

Lord, Lord Otto Henry, Otto Henry (1502–1559) was a major patron of the arts and sciences, famous for his library, the Bibliotheca Palatina. Elector of the
Holy Roman Empire, Count
Palatine of the Rhine, and Duke of
both Bavarias, his most worshipful
Lord, Guglielmo Grata-
rolo of Bergamo,

A large historiated woodcut initial 'A' depicting two figures, possibly scholars or teachers, in a room with classical architectural elements, signifying the beginning of the main text. That all men are drawn by nature to the desire for KNOWLEDGE|In the original Latin, cognitio refers to the act of learning or becoming acquainted with facts and SCIENCE|Here scientia refers to systematic knowledge or a branch of learning rather than modern laboratory science, most worthy Prince Elector, is not only something the most learned Aristotle asserted This refers to the famous opening line of Aristotle's Metaphysics: "All men by nature desire to know.", but no one of sound mind has ever, nor without cause, denied. For what is more worthy of man than that by which not only life is made more ornate, but even the mind...