To The Most Serene, Most Invincible, and, Most Illustrious Lady Reason:

Emperess of the East, West, North and South: Hereditary Director of Mankind: Guide of the Passions: Lady of the Vast Continent of Human Understanding: Mistress of all the Islands of Science: Governess of the Fifteen Provinces of Speech: Image of, and Ambassador Extraordinary from, the Maker of all Things: The Almighty’s Representative and Resident in the Souls of Men, and one of Queen NATURE’s most Honourable Privy Council.