Anyone who wishes to read and hear the true history of the noble and valiant King Edward, presently reigning in England, should read this little book I've begun, and ignore the great book written in verse that I've seen and read, which some imaginative soul has concocted in rhyme, full of nonsense and wild invention: the first part of it, down to the beginning of the war that the said king undertook against King Philip of France, is littered with errors and lies. Thereafter it's a mixture of truth and falsehood, with a good deal of contrivance and repetition to embellish the verse, and such an abundance of feats of prowess attributed to certain knights and other persons that they test credulity, bordering on the impossible! Such a fanciful versified history is unlikely to please or appeal to people of wit and reason; for, by writing so extravagantly, it's possible to claim such outlandish deeds of prowess by certain knights and squires that their valour is diminished, for their true feats are less likely to be believed. That's a great shame for them; and it's why it's essential to speak with as much accuracy and precision as possible.