ABSTRACT
Hans Staden, who now offers this history in print, has asked me to read his work, to revise it and where necessary to correct it. I have complied with his request for various reasons. Firstly, I have known his father for upwards of fifty years, for he and I were born and taught in the same town, namely Wetter. Both in his home and in Homberg in Hesse, where he now lives, he is looked up to as an upright, pious and worthy man and not unversed in the arts. As the proverb says: “The apple tastes of the tree.” It is to be expected, therefore, that the son of so worthy a man should resemble his father in virtue and piety.
