Et si quidem bene, et ut historiæ competit, hoc et ipse velim: sin autem minus digne, concedendum est mihi.
Which if I have done well, and as it becometh the history, it is what I desired: but if not so perfectly, it must be pardoned me.
Et si quidem bene, et ut de historia compete, ipso et vol hoc: sin autem minus digne, concede es ad me.