DEDICATION.

...and commended. Second, so that
the everlasting memory of the infinite
benefits conferred by you upon me
might be testified to in this way. Finally,
so that I might remain safe and sound original: "sartus tectusque," literally "repaired and roofed," a common Latin legal idiom for keeping a property in good condition; here it signifies being well-protected from harm.
under your wings as if in a sanctuary,
away from those who would strive to gnaw
at these things with the tooth of Theon Theonino: Referring to the satirical poet Theon; to "gnaw with the tooth of Theon" is a classical idiom for malicious or slanderous criticism..
It is indeed a small and slight gift; yet,
if you look at the spirit of the giver and
the matter itself, it is not altogether to be
rejected. Cyrus, that famous king of the Persians,
declared that he had never drunk anything
sweeter than the muddy and turbid water
offered to him even by a common soldier.
Augustus did not refuse the stalks offered by
a peasant, and Louis XI accepted even a
withered radish from a peasant, and [wrapping it]
in precious fine linen... original: "byssoque pretioso obuo-". The text ends mid-sentence with a word that likely intended to be "obvolvit" (wrapped up) or "obvolutum" (wrapped).