Dialexis de novae et prius incognitae stellae inusitatae magnitudinis & splendidissimi luminis apparitione, & de eiusdem stellae vero loco constituendo ...

...to satisfy [the learned], because they seem to possess genius, and therefore will endure: yet since some things had been treated more fully by me: if those were put forth by me, with the writings of other learned men added who do not disagree with our thoughts, I considered they would bring a great deal of weight to posterity for establishing the truth. For consensus NB. in the doctrine of truth is a probable argument, though not a necessary one. There are, however, far more who disagree vehemently not only with me but also with these most famous Mathematicians: whose opinions I necessarily had to refute: not, however, that this was done by me out of a desire to contradict: but I have brought forth these things for all students of philosophy, to be judged by all most learned men, which cannot be clear except by their own work. I wished, however, to inscribe this labor of mine to your Majesty, most powerful Caesar, and I am confident that it will be entirely pleasing and acceptable to you. For since God and nature have subjected me to you, and moreover have willed that I be a servant of the same, albeit an unworthy one, and a physician of your court: what, I ask, can there be in me which your Majesty should not, or could not, deservedly claim for yourself? Or conversely, what do I not acknowledge as being bound to your Majesty, and that I ought to serve your interests? For I owe not only all my things, but more so myself to you. For this reason, therefore, this thin fruit of my leisure and studies I have [dedicated] to your Majesty For the sake of dedication.