2 Maccabees 2:22-24

Wycliffe Bible

²² and recovered the most famous temple in all the world; and delivered the city, (so) that the laws that were done away were restored; for the Lord was made helpful to them, with all peaceability.

²³ And also we attempted, or assayed for to abridge in one book, (all the) things comprehended of (or by) Jason of Cyrene in five books.

²⁴ Forsooth we beheld [or we beholding] the multitude and (the) hardness (or the difficulty) of books, to men willing (or desiring) for to begin the tellings of stories, for (the) multitude of things;