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DAS. GESCHACH. DEn. iZ. HORnunGS. DAG. GOTS. ALLmACHT. nOCH. ViEL. mEHR. VERmAG. zu. LETZ. im. JAHR. nEunTZIG. unD. DREi. AnnA. mARGARETHA. KAm. AuCH. HERBEi. DEn. ZWOLFFTEn. FEBRuARiuS. DAMiT. iCH. DiSSE. SACH. BESCHLUSZ. O. iHR. HERTZ. LiEBE. KinDTER. mEIn. iCH. LASZ. EuCH. miR. BEFOHLEn. sEin. BEHTET. ALLEns. mORGENS. OHn. unDER. LASZ. in. FROLiGKEiT. HALT. GnAE. mASZ. ACH. iHR. HERTZ. LiEBE. KinDTER. mEin. mACHT. EUCH. miT. GOTTES. WORT. GEmEin. SO. WiRT. EUCH. GOT. DER. HER. ERHALTEn. DAS. iHR. EWEREm. VATER. nOCH. miT. EHRn. [some letters wanting] DiSEN. SPRUCH. mERCKT. EBEn. SO. WiRT. EUCH. GOT. GLiCK. unD. SGEn. GEBn.

"Now follows here my own birthday. When one wrote 1552 my mother's heart was gladdened by my first cry. In the year 1585 I gave birth myself to a daughter. Her name is Emilia Catharina, and she has been a proper and praiseworthy child. Two years later, in a cold January, has God again gratified me with a daughter tender and fine, she drinks water and no wine, her name is Magdalena Elizabeth. In 1588 my son Richard came into this world, whose birth gave great pleasure to his father. In the following year, in February, I gave birth to my twins, Hans Caspar and Emich (Erich?). At last, in 1593, on the 12th of February, my daughter Anna Margaretha was born.—O you truly beloved children, I commend myself to your memory. Do not forget your prayers in the morning. And be temperate in your pleasures. And make yourselves acquainted with the Word of God. Then God will preserve you, and will grant you happiness and bliss."

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