Ioannes Litauicus Vuonnegger to the Reader, greetings.

An ornate initial 'I' depicts a classical landscape scene with figures.
Such is the state of mortals, best of readers, in this sorrowful prison:
Men fare equally poorly, when
The most bountiful horn of plenty
Pours forth its mildest gifts from the lofty heavens, as the poet says.
I say equally, just as when those things which seem necessary to us are lacking. Before this age, or even another,