The first of the seven volumes of the Latin text of Gerald,
published in the Rolls Series, appeared in 1861. The first four
volumes were edited by Professor Brewer; the next two by Mr.
Dimmock; and the seventh by Professor Freeman.

W. LLEWELYN WILLIAMS. January 1908.


The following is a list of the more important of the works of
Gerald:-

Topographia Hibernica, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae,
Descriptio Kambriae, Gemma Ecclesiastica, Libellus Invectionum, De
Rebus a se Gestis, Dialogus de jure et statu Menevensis Ecclesiae,
De Instructione Principum, De Legendis Sanctorum, Symbolum
Electorum.



FIRST PREFACE - TO STEPHEN LANGTON, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY



As the times are affected by the changes of circumstances, so are
the minds of men influenced by different manners and customs. The
satirist [Persius] exclaims,


"Mille hominum species et mentis discolor usus;
Velle suum cuique est, nec voto vivitur uno."