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

Look upon that daughter of Julus original: "Iuliada". This refers to the Academia Julia (the University of Helmstedt), personified as a noble lady or Muse. The university was Glaser’s alma mater, named after its founder, Duke Julius of Brunswick-Lüneburg. of the golden mouth,
who offers incense to you hour by hour,
with incense, I say, both Arabian and of the finest sort original: "masculoq;" (masculine). In ancient natural history, "male frankincense" was the term for the highest quality, purest, and most effective grains of resin..
She is dying for love of you: and for you alone
she is prepared to serve continually through the years.
Come, direct your steps here, and honor your initiate original: "mystam" (mystic or initiate). This suggests Glaser is an initiate into the sacred mysteries of higher learning.,
your Nicolaus—and my friend—
with the glory original: "adorea". In ancient Rome, this was a reward of grain given to soldiers for bravery; here it represents the "harvest" of academic honors. long sought through his merits:
paying him the generous reward due to his relentless labor,
as was fitting.
As soon as his mother brought him into the realms
of light A poetic idiom for birth., your charming sisters The Muses, the goddesses of the arts and sciences.
received him in their sacred bosom, and for their own
infant and ward, they utterly lost their hearts
in a competition of overwhelming love.
From that time, they washed his lips—
bravo!—his rosy lips,
more than enough in the Aonian lake The spring of the Muses on Mount Helicon, symbolizing poetic and intellectual inspiration.; until soon
holy and sacred Justice original: "Themis". Themis was the Greek Titaness of divine law and order, suggesting Glaser’s transition from general studies to the higher faculty of law or his dedication to truth. snatched her beloved
to herself; and for a long time now
she has held him in her soft lap, and will continue to hold him.
Indeed, hereafter she will elevate Nicolaus more and more
with honor, with enduring honor.

Theodorus Potinius.

TO THE SAME original: "AD EVNDEM". This heading indicates that the following content—likely continued on the next page—is also addressed to Nicolaus Glaser.