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Schickfus, Jacob · 1614

The family is always ready and diligent to serve everyone.
Beside this is attached a faithful wish: May the Allerhöchste the Most High most graciously protect and preserve everyone for a long time from such house crosses domestic trials or deaths in the family. May He give and grant to each person what can be desired and prayed for as beneficial in this temporal life, and as blessed in the eternal one.
A decorative woodcut serves as a tailpiece. It features a central mask of a bearded man, known as a mascaron. The face is surrounded by symmetrical patterns of leaves, scrolls, and geometric strapwork common in 17th-century printing.