Ad Catharinam uxorem (1589-1604)
Ne mihi <næ> canos decerpas, tu mea, malis
Calvum quam canum, mi Catharina, virum!
To my wife Catharina
You, my darling, should rather like a bald-head than a grizzled man, so that you, my Catharina, will not have to tear out grey hairs on me.
næ: Ms. ne