DEDICATION.

...may He Referring to God guard both your life and Royal Majesty safely, even until that longed-for outcome.

Meanwhile, I humbly ask Your Most Reverend Majesty to look upon this work of Harmony original: Harmonices, referring to the title of the book Harmonices Mundi, dedicated to your Name, with a serene countenance, and to consider this expression of my most devoted affection toward you as just and good. Indeed, may you delight your royal mind in the contemplation of the Works of God, as much as the necessary occupations of the Kingdom permit. And by the examples of Harmony shining forth from the visible works of God, may you confirm and stir up within yourself a zeal for Harmony and for Peace, both Ecclesiastical and Political. Finally, may you deign to favor me and my studies with your most merciful Royal patronage. Given at Linz original: Lentiis Noricis; Linz was the capital of Upper Austria where Kepler worked at the time on the banks of the Danube, on the Ides of February February 13th, in the Year of the Western Era 1619.

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