if it please God. I began it in the year 1554 on the 12th day of August and finished it in the year 1555 on the 12th day of August. If perchance mistakes have been made in any part, I pray and beg of those who are more learned than I to correct them. For I should not be surprised if I have made mistakes, this being the very first work, great and difficult to render into our language. Those who printed it had great difficulty and thus could not fail to make mistakes, for I was not able to be with them all the time. Running a church, I had to serve in two places. And now I beg of you all to pray to the Lord on my behalf. See also History of Albania Albanian language Albanian literature References External links Meshari i Gjon Buzukut The colophon in English The colophon in Albanian The whole text in Old Albanian Further reading Albanian literature Albanian language 16th century in Albania 1555 books 16th-century Christian texts Missals