Citing external quotes, etc

1. Citing external quotes, etc

   #1

   The submission,Posey and the Red Ring, includes a direct reference to a real person and an quote from the dark ages:
   
       "How many valiant men, how many fair ladies, breakfast with their kinfolk and the same night supped with their ancestors in the next world! The condition of the people was pitiable to behold. They sickened by the thousands daily, and died unattended and without help. Many died in the open street, others dying in their houses, made it known by the stench of their rotting bodies. Consecrated churchyards did not suffice for the burial of the vast multitude of bodies, which were heaped by the hundreds in vast trenches, like goods in a ships hold and covered with a little earth."
   
   -Giovanni Boccaccio  (http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/Quotes.html)
   
   Now, many works of fiction use historical figures and put words into their mouths, so I'm not sure if this is a big deal or not.  At first I looked at the sub and thought it was good writing, but then I did a quick google on the text and found it mostly was not written by him.
   
   Do we care? It is a good sub idea and ties in nicely, and indirectly by using the actual author as a character in the sub he has attributed it in a way...
   
   
   
   
   

2. Re: Citing external quotes, etc

   #2

   I don't care too much too much about it. As long as the source is referred to in some way, with a link if possible, I'm happy.
   
   Thoughts?

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