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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Roman Books, Satires by Horace

Satires by Horace is in Roman Books.

Roman Books, Satires by Horace, Satires Book 1

Roman Books, Satires by Horace, Satires Book 1 Poem 1

                    Praeterea ... Ne sic, ut qui iocularia, ridens
                
                    Percurram; - quamquam ridentem dicere verum 
                
                    Quid vetat? ut pueris olim dant crustula blandi 
                
                    Doctores, elementa velint ut discere prima;
                
                    Sed tamen amoto quaeramus seria ludo. 
                
                    Furthermore... Not in such a way that I may run through jokingly, laughing. 
                
                    What forbids us to speak the truth while laughing?
                
                    Just as teachers once give sweet treats to children,
                
                    so that they may want to learn the first elements.
                
                    But nevertheless, with the playful elements removed,
                
                    let us seek serious matters."

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