Congratulations to the Most Learned and Humane Nicolaus Glaser on the Dignity of the Master's Degree

As much as we are pressed down, so much do we rise up: envious
enemy, I present you with this ball The "ball" (pila) is a common emblem for resilience: the harder it is struck against the ground, the higher it bounces back. This serves as a metaphor for Glaser’s success in the face of academic or personal challenges. as your reward.

A decorative horizontal woodcut divider featuring a central grotesque mask A "grotesque" in Renaissance art is a stylized, often distorted or fantastical face used for ornamentation. flanked by scrolling foliage and floral motifs, with two profile masks at the far ends.

TO THE SAME original: "Π Ρ Ο Σ Τ Ο Ν Α Υ Τ Ο Ν" (Pros ton auton). This is a standard heading in Greek and Latin collections meaning the poem is addressed to the same person as the previous one (Nicolaus Glaser).

Greetings to me, oh friend! Greetings, greatest of youths,
for having seized the prize, which the Immortal One granted
to be honored among many mortals, whenever they reach the summit,
having traveled the path of virtue and precious wisdom.
Indeed, it is a glorious prize, whose fame shall never perish,
of the kind that God sells to mortals in exchange for hard labor A reference to a famous maxim by the Greek poet Hesiod: "The gods sell all good things for the price of labor.".
Let the fool be indignant at you; let the better man hasten to emulate you.
For few of the younger men are like you;
the majority belong to vice, and few are better than you.

To the same.

An ornamental woodcut drop cap P decorated with scrolling vine patterns.

Phoebus A title for Apollo, the god of the sun, light, and the arts., twin of the night-wandering one Referring to Apollo’s twin sister, Diana (Artemis), the goddess of the moon.:
So may your hair befit you,
so may your beautiful sisters The nine Muses, who were often associated with Apollo. serve you,
so may your tripod original: "cortina," referring to the sacred vessel or seat at the Oracle of Delphi from which prophecies were delivered. always reveal the truth:
Scorn, come now, scorn Delos The island birthplace of Apollo.; and likewise
Thessalian Tempe A valley in Greece sacred to Apollo., and the Thessalian retreats;
and [behold] the goddess with your calm eyes