Dedication, 1561-01-25, Adam von Bodenstein to Wilhelm Böcklin von Böcklinsau
From Theatrum Paracelsicum
Reverendissimo Principi ac Domini, Domino VVilhelm Beckli ab Becklißouu [n1], primarij Archiepiscopatus Magdeburgensis Canonicorum pr#aeposito dignißimo, principi clementißimo, Adam à Bodenstein philosophi#ae & medicin#ae Doctor, Salutem per iesvm christvm precatur.
Constat uetustissimam esse consuetudinem & ubique gentium à bonis uiris non sine magnis causis comprobatam, amplissime princeps, ut libros #aedituri in lucem, dedicarent & ascriberent hominibus, qui uirtute, authoritate & potentia longè c#aeteros pr#aestarent. Primi enim homines rudes & simplices, sparsim cùm habitarent, quoties uel res diuinas, uel naturales, uel mores honestos docerent, suam doctrinam confirmabatn magnorum uirorum authoritate, quos [sig. α2r]
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- ↑ Wilhelm Böcklin von Böcklinsau, Court Marshal (Hofmarschall) and Cathedral Provost Domprobst) of the archdiocese of Magdeburg, born ca. 1500, died 14 October 1585 in Freiburg im Breisgau