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TO THE MOST CHRISTIAN KING.

...have bound me to Your Most Christian Majesty with lively love and perpetual faith; thus they have filled me with a deep desire to reveal to you through these works, as best I can, the inward gratitude of my soul. So much so that I, almost forgetting how much I owe you, have taken the boldness to present to you (whatever they may be worth) these few labors of mine: from which you may draw great enlightenment and service in any of your needs. I am well assured that Your Majesty, through that same likeness you share with the Supreme Monarch of HeavenGod, reflecting the 16th-century belief in the 'Divine Right of Kings' where a monarch's authority is mirrored by God's rule over the universe., will be satisfied (as I most humbly beseech you) with my most devoted and sincere intent: and with the customary benignityoriginal: "benignità" — kindness or graciousness, particularly from a superior to a subordinate. of your royal soul, you will accept them as willingly as I willingly consecrateoriginal: "consacro" — to dedicate something solemnly to a person of high rank or to a divine purpose. and give them to you. In the meantime, with the most ardent affection, I desire for you a long and happy life from the Lord God: whom I also pray that He may make Your Most Christian Majesty no less formidable and fearsome to your enemies than always most gracious and beloved to all your friends and faithful servants.

With which end, as most reverently and humbly as I am able, I bow before your Most Royal Highnessoriginal: "realissima Altezza sua" — a formal honorific addressing the King..

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