2 Maccabees 2:23-25

Wycliffe Bible

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;

²⁵ and soothly we had busyness, (or concern), [or soothly we cared], that it were delectation, or liking, of soul to men willing (or desiring) for to read; forsooth to studious men, that they might lightlier (or easier) betake to mind; forsooth that to all men reading profit be given.