Excerpt from Morgante the Lesser: His Notorious Life and Wonderful DeedsWE owe, perhaps, an apology to the public. And especially to its infallible and unprejudiced advisers in all matters of taste - the critics - for having presumed to undertake this ambitious literary work. Knowing but too well the vast in¿uence exercised by Morgante over mankind, we are repeatedly haunted by an uneasy suspicion of the just in dignation which will probably be aroused against us for this our temerity. Assuredly, we shall be told that so notorious a history ought to be written by some person of recognised scientific and literary status, not by an unknown individual incapable of investing with due authority and importance so weighty a subject. And at all events in sad danger of exposing the same to a share of ridicule, by the fact that he, the author, is never safe from the crushing taunt of being called an amateur.Therefore by way of excuse we may crave indulgence to put forward the following explanations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.