The Annals of Loch Cé - A Chronicle of Irish Affairs From A. D. 1014 to A. D. 1590 #270249

They expressed their approbation of the proposal that each Chronicle and historical document should be edited in such a manner as to represent with all possible correct ness 'the text of each writer, derived from a collation of the best MS S., and that no notes should be added, except such as were illustrative of the various readings They suggested, however, that the preface to each work should contain, in addition to the particulars proposed by the Master of the Rolls, a biographical account of the author, so far as authentic materials existed for that purpose.