SOURCE: A Preface to De Nugis Curialium, by Walter Map, translated by Montague R. James, edited by E. Sidney Hartland, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1923, pp. ix-xi.
In the following preface to his English translation of De Nugis Curialium, James argues that Map lacked proficiency in Latin and that, thus, his word choice is sometimes inaccurate and his sentences are cumber-some.
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