Epithalamion protreptikon

In our place: thus my Muse commands.
Enough praise has long been yours: you have a breast rich in honesty:
And a heart fruitful with ingenuous piety.
Whatever root is for aid, or sap, and herb of healing:
You know how to explain with a learned sound.
And although you do not practice: yet you know everything,
That must be held by a good Doctor.
You are courteous, easy, pleasant: eloquent of speech:
And your deeds and faith are not hidden from us.
Whence in the wealthy Choir, with the Senate anticipating the matter,
You hold the legitimate reins as Dean.
Here where the sacred House towers over the great city:
Which holds its name from the hill of Peter.
Why should I recount the rest? Your house is painted with figures
Noble: and it teems with noble sayings.
Which educate the heart: which are able to admonish you of ancestral Virtue,
If there is a mind to learn.
With the keys accepted, Cellarius, unlock the joyful
Hearts: act today, not feignedly, like sheep The Latin here uses a pun: "o-u-es" (sheep) versus "qu-a-er-endo" (searching/asking), playing on the Greek-derived name/title..
From the cellar, draw out for us soft lyaeum wine:
Such wealth as bountiful Autumn produces.
Give birds, give fruits, and finally give a good mind:
And now perform the duties of the Bridegroom officiously.
For the Bridegroom is your brother: (a great thing, a brother:)
So that there may be two fathers: there was one mother.
Until now you have conspired well with alternate love:
One was much in the honor of the other.
Now it is especially right that you show that love:

To be derived from "searching," not from "sheep." Do not laugh, good and friendly Reader.

Psalm 133: Behold how good and how pleasant it is: for brothers to dwell together. Sirach 25. Three, etc.