1 Maccabees 12:1-3

Wycliffe Bible

12 And Jonathan saw that the time helped him; and he chose men, and sent them to Rome, for to ordain and renew friendship with them.

² And to (the) Spartans (or to the Lacedaemonians), and to other places, he sent epistles by [or after] the same form.

³ And they went to Rome, and entered into the court, and said, Jonathan, (the) highest priest, and the folk of (the) Jews, sent us, for to renew friendship and fellowship, by, [or after], (or as in) the former (times).