De restitutione minorum conclusiones

THE MOST HUMANE AND WISE MAN, MR. IOANNES Pagenstecker, secretary of the distinguished Republic of Münster, Patron and honorable kinsman:
An Epigram by BERNHARD HOYGER.

O first part of my soul, most learned cultivator of the laws: loved in the place of a dear father.
Accept what I give, yet may the chorus of the Graces arrive on peaceful wings, if it becomes a gift to return what is yours.
My age was given first to be guided by your precepts: may a milky gem mark this light.
With you as leader, by whom the ships touched port, you were the faithful pilot in our craft.
This piety, this ancient faith, this virtue harmful to none: these are the companions of your spirit.
Decorum itself and gravity follow your steps, whether they wish to learn (which is doubtful) or to teach.
To wish to deny that all things which are present are yours, is to deny that the sun bears the rays of Phoebus i.e., the sun god Apollo.
Shall I be unmindful of this? The moon would sooner deny its light to the earth, the sun would sooner be driven by black horses.
Yet so that these things may be, my light shall see no such crime in me: I ask only one thing: may it be permitted that I am yours.
Live long, happy guardian of my affairs, and since you are shining, the fates are worthy of shining things.