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Frischlin, Nicodemus · 1577

Ready to help the wretched with counsel, and with things:
Thus all prosperous things will come to your house.
Be also strong, O Quernus a play on Aichmann/Oak; "Quercus" is Latin for oak man, in harsh matters:
May that be your ratio which is wont to be of strength.
The tall Oak grows green late with leaves, and fronds:
But it brings forth its fruits abundantly.
So do not rush your meditated things: but cook them with the strengths
Of the mind: and they will bring forth fruits abundantly from there.
And just as the same oak is hard, sublime, and tall
And no less a friend to the great Jupiter
So also you be constant, unbroken, and tall:
You will be no less a friend to Christ always.
As the oak also lasts through many aged years:
So I wish for you long-lived days, O Quernus man
Who once saved a citizen: and overwhelmed an enemy:
To him a crown made from the oak was given.
O Quernus man, and to save citizens, and to kill enemies
Strive with your genius, and with your counsel.
Thus not an oaken, but a heavenly crown will have circled your Aichmann,
A crown indeed unfading for his head.
This is clear to whoever looks at your Act:
Thus the city applauds, thus the whole School to you.
Because it is happy, Aichmann, for you, and auspicious, and good,
May grace and peace, and health be to the new Doctor.