Diatribe de Prodigiosis Crucibus

...among very many [others], I owe more than I can [repay], and yet I would desire to give no less than I owe; the lesser fruits of my intellect, just as the greater—inasmuch as they are Yours, having been nurtured, to be sure, by the rays of Your munificence and that of Your kin—I dedicate and consecrate to You out of affection and out of duty. Meanwhile, O You celestial powers, endow, adorn, and enrich with years, honors, and merits the most excellent Patron, LEOPOLD, born for the public safety of the Empire and of all Europe; so that to him, whose excellent deeds You have favored with happiness, You may grant the perpetuity of that happiness. From the Roman College, the 25th of March, 1661.