TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS, 

 VENERABLE, SAINTLY, AND BLESSED 



MEN, 



ADEPTS OF THE TRUE PHILOSOPHY, 



LOVERS OF VIRTUE, 



LORDS OF FORTUNE, 



DESPISERS OF THE WORLD, 



WHOSE LIFE IS HOLINESS IN HOLINESS, 



KNOWLEDGE IN KNOWLEDGE, 



AND WHOSE WORK CONSISTS IN THE 



RELIEVING OF THE SICK 



AND POOR. 



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