The Plays of Roswitha: Roswitha's Preface to the Complete Works
I FOUND all the material I have used in this book in various ancient works by authors
of reputation, with the exception of the story of the martyrdom of St. Pelagius, which has
been told here in verse. The details of this were supplied to me by an inhabitant of the
town where the Saint was put to death. This truthful stranger assured me that he had not
only seen Pelagius, whom he described as the most beautiful of men, face to face, but had
been a witness of his end. If anything has crept into my other compositions, the accuracy
of which can be challenged, it is not my fault, unless it be a fault to have reproduced
the statements of unreliable authorities.
Source.
Hrotsvitha, ca. 935-ca. 975. The Plays of Roswitha. Translated by Christopher
St. John, with an introduction by Cardinal Gasquet and a critical preface by the
translator.(London, Chatto & Windus, 1923)
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