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The sound of chattering is displeasing: place it with dexterity.
You hold everything flee, devouring Envy almost alone to the fingernail a Latin idiom, "ad unguem," meaning perfectly or with absolute precision:
And with easy chattering you teach the boys.
Your diligence, Virtue, and doctrine are now spread throughout the world
To all Aonian poetic/learned; referring to the Muses men.
You compile learned books: and the great THEATER
Proves that you, though slender, possess a great heart.
Your Library is constantly in labor: and your great faith
Does not delay the duty of reading.
With you as leader, Basel becomes famous, even more famous to the world:
Whose fame you spread to every side.
Like a bee happily sipping from all Writings,
Like a learned bee, you fashion a noble work.
And the Roman Muse favors you much as you speak:
And especially the Greek Camena Muse favors you.
Commonplace: The long life of learned men is of great benefit to the literary cause and to the Church, as we see in Augustus, Luther, Philipp [Melanchthon], and others.
May the most placid ether grant you long years:
Thus it shall have given a thousand benefits to good studies.
Enough has been said of you: now show a joyful face,
And I pray, spend the present day cheerfully.
The series of this time, and the nuptial feast
Demands it: as you, being prudent, can remember.
And your own affair is at stake: through close blood relation
With your own, let the Bride be a gentle friend of the marriage bed.
But you yourself as a kinsman: rejoice as a spouse with the spouse:
And vow prosperous prayers for the new couple.
Encomium of Dr. Isaac Cellarius, Dean at St. Peter's: who is the UTERINE brother of the Bridegroom.
ISAAC CELLARIUS: not the last of the medical art
A cultivator: and a great pillar of the Aonian forum:
Come, eloquent man: and do not disdain to stand
The word "Stare" (to stand) appears at the bottom, indicating a carry-over.