of all: lest it fail original: "quæ ne fallat", may GOD, Thrice Best and Greatest original: "DEus Ter Optimus Maximus"; a traditional formula addressing the deity, often abbreviated as D.O.M., command that YOUR SERENITY a formal title used for high-ranking royalty be safe and unharmed, and may He add new increases daily to those eminent virtues in which you already excel. Hesse original: "Hassia"; the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel prays for these things with me, the University of Marburg original: "Academia Marburgensis"; the university where Wolff taught prays for them, and all good men pray for them! But You, MOST GRACIOUS LORD, may You command that Your favor toward me be everlasting—a favor than which I realize nothing ought to be more precious to me original: "nihil antiquius"; literally "nothing more ancient," a Latin idiom meaning nothing is more important or takes higher priority.

OF YOUR SERENITY

CHRISTIAN WOLFF.