FABRICIUS’S PREFACE.

...having brought [this sample] of his talent into the light of day, he passed away. He left his book On the German Gods original: "de Diis Germanis" to be published by his father—the most grieving father of an only son—Georg Schedius, who at that time was serving with distinction as the Rector of the School of Güstrow original: "Scholae Gustroviensis".

There is no need to recount how favorable a reception these treatises term: "syngrammata" | A Greek-derived term used here to describe Schedius’s formal written compositions or books. found among readers when they were first brought into the open air of light by his father. This was due to their fairness and refinement, the skillful talent of the writer, and the variety and abundance of matters pleasant to know, which were treated diligently and richly illustrated from ancient monuments of every kind. [John] Selden himself, who used this work on more than one occasion, by no means begrudged its author the praise of being a "most learned writer" in Book 1 of his work On the Sanhedrins original: "de Synedriis" | Selden’s massive study on the high councils of ancient Israel., page 417 of the first edition.

Since, however, the history of the ancient Germans before the saving light of Christ was brought to our lands is shrouded in no less—and perhaps even greater—obscurity than the ancient history of the Syrians and other Eastern peoples, it is no wonder that Schedius, just like Selden, quite often had to rely on conjectures; or even that, as noted in the Thomasian Library... original: "Bibliotheca Thomasiana" | Likely a reference to the scholarly catalogs or works of Christian Thomasius.