Praestanti viro, dn. Andr. Ruinellae Ioannis f. Praegallo Rheto, philosophiae & medicinae doctori ad solennem actum XIII. Cal. Maii gratulantur amici

Thence you return happy to the auspicious thresholds of Vienna,
Which was long the pride of the Teutonic people.
In this place, too, you earned it with your magnificent mind, because the Emperor himself
Creates you a Scribe, and not without praise.
From there you seek Wittenberg and seek new women likely referring to "seeds" or "subjects" of study, semina
No less to be subjected to your genius.
Soon you approach the venerable Erastus at Heidelberg,
So that he might become the proximate cause of your capture.
Just as the ant is accustomed to scrape together food for the year,
Lest it perish when the sad winter wanders by.
So you, through noble study and great labor,
Seek the easy food of genius everywhere.
Lest, if a sad winter of the causes of evil diseases
Should rush in, there be no hand in medical art.
Thus it would be for you and for others to perish more sadly,
Than if a harsh winter should crush the ants three times.
But meanwhile, a new honor has succeeded,
Indeed, the rank of Master, full of honor.
Not content with that title, you proceed to climb to the ample
Summit of Doctor, and to the highest path.
You leave nothing unexperienced, nothing untouched,
Until the highest honor, like a goal, was attained.
Therefore, come now, you possess the title, the name, the place,
And the power of a Doctor, of which you are well worthy.
Would your lineage not have been celebrated enough, even if
It were not made much more splendid by you?
Do you think it not enough that your father once
Shone as Chancellor in all of Rhætia?
That many lawyers, magistrates, and ambassadors
Were from one family is enough.
Nor can you renew the Salicean honors of your mother’s lineage,
Since they are of the highest order.
But it is well: you, born of clear and great parents,
Desire to live by no less than your own praise.
Therefore, I congratulate you, and I congratulate your future endeavors,
And I congratulate your homeland. Therefore, FAREWELL.

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