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Epithalamion in nuptias eruditi et pii iuvenis Ioannis Oldendorpii secundi, celeberrimi huius temporis iurisconsulti, & consiliarii principis Hassiae primarii, doctoris Ioannis Oldendorpii, filii: et castissimae virginis Christinae, reverendi viri Ioannis Soniceri theologiae doctoris, et linguarum in celebri Academia Marpurgensi professoris, filiae : indictas ad 14. diem Octobris, anno 1566
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across multiple catalogs (local, Google Books, Internet Archive) yielded no evidence of any English translation of Wendelin Helbach's 1566 epithalamion. The work is a specific occasional poem in Latin, and no records of it being translated into English were found.
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Wendelin von Helbach’s 1566 wedding poem turns a private celebration into a high-stakes lesson on morality and social order. Readers will discover how the Muses themselves intervened to warn a prominent legal dynasty about the dangers of lust and the transience of beauty.