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SERENISSIME PRINCEPS
DOMINE DOMiNE CLEMENT1SSIME!
X delitiofo Gratiarum Tuarum Viridario Ger-
men> Serenicaii Tu%,crigo a t q ; porrigo, Germen D u c i - bus a t q ; Principibus n o n ingratum. Etenith qvid iis eorurtiq; D o m i b u s gratins^ qVid amceniusS qvid exopta-
bilius, qvam ftabiliter vifere: ideoq;praemeditata m e n - . te emillibus aliarum Graciarum Tuarum floribus <Sempcr~
Vivum Ftrdinandäum Serenitäii Tu<e deferendurn elegi, u t f u b accommodatifii- r n a S y m b o l ä P r i n c i p e m N o m i i l i s & O m i n i s Fui V irrutem>qvam m a x i m e a d - u m b r a r e h i ) ipsaq; u m b r a SerenitatiÄe? congruentisfimum darem decotem.
Dianeris> Serenisfnne Trincepsac DomitieClementisßmty exile h o c Epicharma pa-
t i e n c e r iufcipcre? irUerqj odoriferos favorum T u o r u m
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F E R D I N A N D U M .
O medulla raritatiä G e r m i n u m cupita fedeis Seena Ixtatitis Priapi,
Chloridisq, ventilabrurri Stirps ämica femper aftris
Stirps amaca Flolculis Artifex ameenitatis
Architeäe mire Horum, Q v e m ferocis ardor E u r i Sacviensq; per corufei
Delicata R u r a Paefti
T u r b o qvaCTac mollitcfe Absq; Flore Flor es tota
C o n d k r i x Etefiarum*
Mille nexns mille cextus Mille f r o n d i u m Virores Gratiarum ac favorum
Najadi progerminans.
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T u lubetitefti) tu dec'entem A d qvietis officinam
Frondeam retexis u m b t a m U n d e Cynthias Sagitta§
Innocenti temperanti Pellis arte f o r n i d s T e r Sertnips frigor Hortis P h a t m a c u m lalubre mortis Adminißras ac adauges Per Minerva laeta Regna
Per (Dian* den ja tesqva Vera Florae gaudia.
APODOSIS
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Serenisfimum Principem ac Dominum
DN. FERD1NANDUM
In Livoniä per Curlandiäm Sc Semgalliam Duceiti.
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i i f p D T e jaw5 Semwfime Princeps, fefe famula penna inclinat p r o f u n -
^difCme. Stabilem fuam, per anniia aetatis tempora, Viriditatem d b - Ifeqviosä venerationis faepia circumicnbere adnitens. A verno igi-
"cur vivacisßmiSanguinis Vtrore exoruior. ö b l e r v a n t u r c t i a m n u m in- fatiato c o n f p e ä u i noftro Speciof<e Icones & m a p p ^ q v i b u s teneüa corporis Tui c o m p a g o per Artificem Apellis m a n u m nrnmadvertitur t o t l u b h m i a f r o n d m m cacuminä, cor fragrantes foliörum apices> toc niveos iiliörum ca- lices, t ö t R o f a r u m murices> verbo t o t delitiofaS P om ona: progermiriaffe cu- pedias, qvoc tum in eburnea fronte Charites, i n g e m i n o öculdfutp Sidere Gratias? in aurea Cxfärie Favores>in meliea voce Muriera,in ätnplexn Aino-
res, pr^-Te-tulifti. T a e e b o capacifTimx mentis lndolem> ihdetelfam in ftadiis /Emulationem^ acerrimam incrtls O t i i liigam> qvae o m n i a vivaM/t- toceTu# Stirpls viva fueräric fimulachra. Qvid dicam de i n c o r r u m p - n a aflivi nutumnalis jj c u rr u s Tut viriditdte, q v $ a d e o e ra t i n fl 3 c p b i 1 i s> u c nee p er Martiales a p u d BataVos>Scythas> Thraces> ac Pannonds aeftus &c algoies i u e - tic arefaäa. Gerte fi, T e f t e V a i t o n e , Viror a p r o f u a m derivat E t y m o l o - giam> firmiffimum hinccruitur argurtientumy T e » Trmceps ac Dommc Sü e-
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nisfime, Virorm esse a m x n i f f lm u m . Verum cnira vero Viri FiriditM in e o col- locatur, qvod adverfitatibusagitatus, animum fervet zecjvanimum,fciat^;,
dominari aftris. Qvis inficias i b k Te perftitiife Hetlorem inter igncs & Lin
das. inter d a n d e s & acinaces, inrcr qv^sqvas novercantis Soli poliq; m m a - ces tempellates? N o l o in vota m e a accicre coronatos Auguftiflmiorum M o - n a rc ha r u m Vertices. N o i o , in lingvas diffluant lfter & Bory(theneS) Savus c u m T r a v o , u r b e s & c a m p i , caftra & moenia) qvibus lern per tenacifilmus
maananimi Tut Virorü videbavis Mhilks. Reftar, viriditatem Tuam lc, Serenis- ßmeTrincepb nec in Candida hyeme ( c y g n e a m hic intclligo caniciem) f o r e a - m i f l u r u m . Vaticinium hoc non cx mendaci jovis T r i p o d e , verum e x p e - ricilTimorum M a c h a o n u m Aphorismo polliceor. Audiatur /Efculapius Medicorum Antefignanus. Sobricta<$, inqvit> vitam feros extendit in annosy i?
mehore jacit Jertilitate fruu Cingent itaq; Serenitatis 1 u# t e mpor a cani» ied eburnei>cani led fine nacvo & caric. l i e b e t a b i t ur pupillarum aciesded acue- t u r a n i m i peripicacia. Conftringetur Vocis amplimdo> ied dilatabitur cor*
d i s plemtudo. DelalTabuntur prx Iaboribus actus» led ftabilientur in affeäi- b u s favores. In ofleam vallem venufta labecur Vultusmalacia, led in ofleä qvoq> yalle lapiiim non timebic. A b hoftis truci fallacia Serenum o b f c u r a -
b i t u r lucis Speculum > ied Serctiior illu ftiabitur gloriae Specula. Paucis his lineolis imperio Serenitatis Tu * i u m o b f e q v u t u s , laconica panegyri l o n g o
velut prarconioprarogativdrii^loriam contendens adornare.
Vive, excrefce, virefce jugiter* Sereritsßme T'rinceps a c •Domine. D e m u m exileiftud mei debiti m o m m e n t u m innatä H u m a n i t a t e dignare ampledi*
m e q ; f u b frugiferä Gratiarum T u a r u m u m b r ä patere c o m m o r a r i diutis- Urne.