Curiosa: Won't someone think of the oboes?

[nebroadwe]

As a rare books cataloger, I know I've seen one too many 17th-century German legal pamphlets when I read

Serenissimi RUDOLPHI AUGUSTI
CONSTITUTIO
Wie es mit Reparation und Reinigunge der
Steinwege, auch der Karrenführer, und der be=
schmiedeten Karren-Räder halber zu=
halten.

and wonder why the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg feels compelled to offer reparations to grand pianos.

What's worse is that I've only been working on these pamphlets since noon. Help me, somebody ...