Andivius Hedulio

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By no means absurd, it seems to me, but altogether reasonable, is the impulse which urges me to write out a detailed narrative of my years of adversity and of the vicissitudes which befell me during that wretched period of my life.  My adventures, in themselves, were worthy of record and my memories of them and of the men and women encountered in them are clear and vivid.  It is natural that I should wish to set them down for the edification of my posterity and of any who may chance to read them.