" But, for my pari, which write the English story, I acknowledge 



that no man must looke for that at my hands, which 1 have not 



received from some other : for I would bee unwilling to write anything 



untrue, or uncertaine out of mine own invention ; and truth on every 



part is so deare unto me, that I will not lie to bring any man In love 



and admiration with God and his works, for God needeth not the lies 



of men. ' 



Topsell's Apologia (1607). 



