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

A historical printed page containing two laudatory poems. The first poem is in Italian and begins with a large decorative woodcut initial 'C'. The second poem is in Latin, preceded by the heading "TO THE SAME" and starts with a large initial 'Q'. An oval library stamp from the "Bavarian State Library MUNICH" is visible on the right side of the page between the two poems.

He who has borne the great burden and the toil,
To him belongs the honor and the triumph;
Nor should a crown of gold be placed
Upon the head of the lazy and the idle,
Or any other fragrant flowers.
But the laurel belongs only to those
Who are well-refined by ample virtues.
Just as the brave and warlike soldier,
Once the great war is finished, receives his reward
According to his conduct and his strength:
So now such a reward is given to us,
Which is deservedly given to such a soldier
Only by a generous hand.
Which seeks to bring back, little by little,
The great virtues that were first banished
By the great mob, intent on vile gain.

Oval library stamp: Bavarian State Library MUNICH

TO THE SAME original: "AD EVNDEM". Referring back to the recipient, Nicolaus Glaser.

When, Glaser, you are girt about your learned
temples with the beautiful laurel of the daughters
of Aganippe original: "Aganippidum". These are the Muses, named after the Aganippe spring on Mount Helicon, sacred to them.;
then my heart clothes itself in cheerful joy.
Then the mind's intent and my very color
depart from their old seat; and a heat
and fire steal into my heart, proving
how wonderfully I look up to your Genius.
I marvel, whether the Nymphs of Helicon The Muses.
have dictated to you diverse poetic meters,
or whether you already desire to pass on
those letters which Greece once cherished.
O, if you would listen to my prophecies,
may you dwell forever in the Socratic fortress A metaphor for the heights of philosophy and wisdom associated with Socrates.;
which the Aonian spring Another reference to the home of the Muses; the "Aonian stream" represents poetic and intellectual inspiration. washes
with the fertile flood of its own river.
Happy three times and more are those
whom the sincere love of the Leucadian original: "Leucadij". An epithet for Apollo, the god of light, music, and knowledge, who had a famous temple on the cliffs of Leucas. holds,
and those who have happened to visit the
Castalian pool A spring on Mount Parnassus, sacred to the Muses, where pilgrims came to be purified. and the entrances of the Muses.