In Epistolam D. Pauli Apostoli ad Galatas notae

—those who proclaim that nothing has been said by you that cannot be sought elsewhere. To them, I respond at least with that old saying, "It is a grace original: "χ ἴρις" (a play on 'charis' or grace) to repeat good things." For it would truly shame us if, while the enemies of the truth do not cease to persistently voncizare babble/drone on, we do not inculcate those same truths. In this Epistle, not only is that primary tenet of our religion—concerning our gratuitous justification in Christ, apprehended by faith alone—most divinely explained, but it is also set forth more clearly than anywhere else: what each covenant has in common, in what way one differs from the other, and in what matter the old has been superseded by the new. This controversy is of such importance that the Christian religion cannot stand unless these things are explained, yet the Church still struggles with it, even if under different names. Furthermore, I ask, what weapons are provided for us here to slaughter that Antichrist who, falsely claiming the primacy of Peter, sets himself up in the temple of God above every deity? There is also an illustrious passage on the use of allegoriae allegories, by which some, abusing them, have exposed the entire Scripture to the mockery of all. Therefore, I ask two things of you, my brother: one, that you do not disapprove of what I have dared to do with this little writing of yours; the other, that you apply yourself entirely to meditating on such matters, seizing this occasion of a little more leisure that is now granted to you, and indeed by the very importunity of those who abuse the kindness of princes, armed by the power of our God, as it befits us to do. Thus it will happen that they obtain nothing less than what they strive for, and you will seem to imitate Paul himself, to whose very chains we owe almost more than to his liberty. Fare well, my brother. May the Lord Jesus preserve you and your family, and bless most abundantly the guests of the scattered churches. Geneva, February 17, in the year of the last time, 1578.