Obsecro autem eos qui hunc librum lecturi sunt, ne abhorrescant propter adversos casus: sed reputent ea quæ acciderunt, non ad interitum, sed ad correptionem esse generis nostri.
Now I beseech those that shall read this book, that they be not shocked at these calamities, but that they consider the things that happened, not as being for the destruction, but for the correction of our nation.
Obsecra autem illos qui hoc libro lege es, ne abhorresce propter contra casus: sed reputa illa que accide, non ad interitu, sed ad correptione es de genere nostro.