A row of decorative printer's ornaments features stylized floral and heart-shaped motifs enclosed within a border.

TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS

AND MOST POWERFUL

PRINCE

AND LORD,

LORD

MAURICE, LANDGRAVE OF HESSE,

COUNT IN CATTIMELIBOCO, DIETZA,

ZIGENHAINA, AND NIDDA, ETC.

I pray for eternal salvation and happiness of soul and body from God, the Best and Greatest.

MOST ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE,

A decorative woodcut initial letter E features floral and foliage patterns.EAlthough the force and power of NATURE, the wealthiest parent of all things, appears everywhere, and often even in the smallest, most worthless, and most abject things,