Theses ex materia successionis ab intestato

in the future also be pleased to govern all my actions and thoughts to the glory of His name and the salvation of my neighbor with His holy Spirit. Under His guidance, I turn to you, most illustrious men, who have always been in the place of parents to me, humbly requesting that if at any time that most beautiful hope which the Just Emperor referring to Justinian I promises to students of the law—that with the work completed, one might even be able to govern the Republic in the duties entrusted to it—could be derived in me under your auspices, you would not disdain to assist me with your help and counsel. If I obtain this from you, of which, however, I have no doubt, I shall strive to preserve the memory not only of this, but of countless other services, with a grateful recollection of the mind. As for the rest, I ask you in the highest degree that you treat these, my positions, of whatever kind they may be, with fairness and favor, and that you look upon a mind most dedicated to you rather than the matter itself, and that you always hold me commended to you, as you have done until now. Given at Basel, on the day before the Nones of August, in the year of our salvation 1580.

Your Excellencies'
Most observant,
Rodolphus Bonrieder.