Si amicitiae nostrae potius affinitatisque quam personae tuae tempus ordinem statum cogitaremus, iure vobis in hoc opere, quantulumcumque est, primae titulorum rubricae, prima sermonum officia dedicarentur.
Had I considered the chronology, history, and standing of our friendship and kinship rather than your personal career, rank, and status, the first red-letter title and the first epistolary greeting in this work of mine, however unimportant, would justly have been dedicated to you.
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