2 Maccabees 2:26-28

Wycliffe Bible

²⁶ And soothly we took to us-selves [or to ourselves] that received this work, by cause (or because) of abridging, not (an) easy travail, but soothly a work full of wakings (or of watching) and [of] sweat.

²⁷ As these that make ready a feast, and seek for to please to the will of other men, for (the) grace of many men, we suffer willfully travail (or willingly we suffer this travail);

²⁸ forsooth we grant the truth of all authors, but we us-self study to shortness, by the form given. [forsooth granting the truth of all authors, but we ourselves studying to shortness, after the form given.]