At this point therefore let us begin our narrative, without
adding any more to what has already been said; read more

At this point therefore let us begin our narrative, without
adding any more to what has already been said; for it would be
foolish to lengthen the preface while cutting short the history
itself.

And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.

And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.

Why do you laugh? Change but the name, and the story s told of
yourself.
[Lat., Quid rides?]
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Why do you laugh? Change but the name, and the story s told of
yourself.
[Lat., Quid rides?]
Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.]

Out of their saddles into the dirt--and thereby hangs a tale.

Out of their saddles into the dirt--and thereby hangs a tale.

But that's another story.

But that's another story.

For seldom shall she hear a tale
So said, so tender, yet so true.

For seldom shall she hear a tale
So said, so tender, yet so true.

A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!

A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!

If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.

If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.

Soft as some song divine, thy story flows.

Soft as some song divine, thy story flows.