De pignoribus et hypothecis theses

even to instruct him most diligently in the information of legal business, as much as could be done amidst frequent occupations. I have experienced each of these things from you most humanely at that time, and indeed now in your absence. Therefore, I have thought that these first fruits of my labors should be dedicated uniquely to you, most distinguished man, in accordance with the received custom of this renowned University of Basel. Because whatever knowledge has come to me from this thorny and perplexing matter of pledges—a subject very frequent in our time in the forum—I wished to refer this entire total to your Magnificence in compensation for the services rendered to me. Relying on this absolute confidence, that this little which exists, although it does not respond in every way to your dignity, much less to your lofty erudition, you will nevertheless accept it for this turn as equitable and good according to the measure of my talent, and at the same time repay a prompt willingness for the work itself.