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PHILOSOPHI^. 



'TT Ncyclopxdiam hanc SaplentHm dico Theatrumi 

 Lj Tftrbjm Pbilofiphum quamque vocare licec. 

 Quicquid Anfloteles.PtolomxuSjquicquid & Her- 



Ohm l"cripferunt,explicat lik Liber. (raes 



Quicquid ab cxortu mundi fcripferc Poctx, 



Hiftorici,PhyficJ,Rhetores,&Logici: 

 Hic nucleum illorum legis, Exa^dmjue Mednllam 



BiUiothecarHm totius orbis habcs. 

 Vt Liher hic metara,fic mundi ediirerit ortum, 



ProgrelTufque, vicesmultiplicelque docet. 

 Ciimqueipfo mundo duiabit( vt augULorJvfque,& 



Can?fcet ledis innumerabilibus. 

 Plura ego nolo.Sua hoc nam poUet laude Theatrii;, 



Nec Liber hoc noftro carmine tantus eger. 

 More Pocitarum nil fingimus : Orania sique 



Atrcnta relegas mente,fateris idem. 

 ^lFiedio verb grates age Teutona pubes, 



Qui tibi tam facile, & tam breuc monftrat itcr. 

 Haclenus audifti difpetfa volumina,iun6tos 



Non ita lcgifti lcd tamen ante libros. 

 Hic cxplanaturLatij lermonis oiigo, & 



Ducitur ad fontcs linguaPelafga fuos. 

 Hic artes methodo fcriptas breuiore videbis, 



Pluraque,qux ftudiiscmolumenta dabunt. 

 Curriculum i'»;)^«>,filcgeris omnia, dextre 



Ablohies, dabitur palmaque grata tibi. 

 Pulchra magiftcrij tandem tua temporacinget 



Laurea,&: in primo conftituere gradu. 



GEorkivs Pasor, Gricarum 

 literaruni Profciror in Acadcmia 

 Franekerana. 



A L I V D. 



QVifquis inexhftuftos cupit explorare fophoru 

 Thefauros , prarfens hocmeditcturopus. 

 Ordine diuino& facili compleditur artes 



Cundas : vcl titulus cun6ta docJcrc potcft. 

 Nunquam difcurfus deerit, fccretaque nulla 



Te fugicnt, fi, quid CiRCVi-VS ante fcias: 

 HjECcinc miraris ? {"ed ego mirabor, ad vnguen^ 



Vnius ingenium quod trnetilla viri. 

 Quumquc nouu, Alfledi, mufarum feccris Otbcm, 



Tu prxceptorum fis mihi, iure, Deus. 



Vrro incomparabili D. loanni Hcnrico 

 Alftcdio,/«o heneficiis, inftitutione, 

 amore,& necejft/udiae parenti charif- 

 /imotd^Hotum accinebatt 



lOAMNES HeHRICVS 



BlS TERIEIDIVS, Phi- 



lolbplii.T Profcflor in illuflri 

 fehola HcrborncnC. 



IN REVERENDI AC CLARISSIMI VIRI, 



D. lOANNIS HENRICI 

 ALSTEDIl, 



Fautoris mei plurimum Konorandi 

 Nomcn &; Encyclopcediam. 



I. 



NOmm ah aiti^ui ejttareflatione notetnr 

 Alftedio,c<2«/2(<r/? expedienda fnihi, 

 TeDeus aufuflii Sophix tuflatione locauit: 



Non cejjatura laiide tnerts eam. 

 Omnis gaZ't ttbi SophU patet, hmc & in aiiroi 



AdMna animi prefiers dexteritate tm: 

 Vtpr£jens teflatur opus. Studiofia iuuentHS 

 Volnat id ajfiidna nocie dietjue mann. 



11. 



HAiiV vAv &hi -^ovi W « yvavnt Anrmvtn, 

 StS KlX.ifaV ^ctlfH iu xj i^tth' '£h^*i-i.ivns, 

 ^'^KUKMTTdtSiin Ti J^iJ^sim» yvavu aTTxvr», 

 K<<'M'S"' a /UKJ-fflii ciyyiKt jjg» SnfetTOV. 

 Tlw y7v 'tyfyiiXias dvayvtod^i t vowTe , "xji-vvt* 



lOANNES GEYSIVS. 



^ N I G M A. 



NOuciu pucUx ftirpc nataj fplendida 

 Virum potentis diligebant ingcnl, 

 Cupitvocari dumque fponfa qua;libec 

 Litem direraithac Venus fcntentia: 

 Nubantamatopace fada protinus, 

 Vni nouera ; iubente fic Cupidine. 

 Hxc funt earura ( noife fi vis ) nomina: 

 ./^mcrna piiraa , Zibcralis altera, 

 Succedit inde quxvocatur^edula, 

 Prognata partu Terfa quarto p6ft raear, 

 Hanc f rudita calcc fubfequens teiit, 

 Vadit Diferta poft eam Hngua potens, 

 Ignara fuci curfitat mox /ntcgra, 

 Tandem pedera fcrt f^tilis penultima, 

 Chorumpudicum nonaclaudit 5obria. 



Sotutio. 



His fi coronas omniljus dctiaxeris, 

 Sponfipatebitnomeneveftigio. 



JOAN-PETRVS 

 fnttt Ctfiirtui. 



BAVB-E-B.Vi 



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