2 Maccabees 2:26
“Therefore to vs that haue taken vpon vs this paineful labour of abridging, it was not easie, but a matter of sweat, and watching.”
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2 Maccabees 2:26 Context
24For considering the infinite number, and the difficulty, which they find that desire to looke into the narrations of the story, for the variety of þe matter, 25We haue beene carefull, that they that will read might haue delight, and that they that are desirous to commit to memorie, might haue ease, and that all, into whose hands it comes might haue profit. 26Therefore to vs that haue taken vpon vs this paineful labour of abridging, it was not easie, but a matter of sweat, and watching. 27Euen as it is no ease vnto him, that prepareth a banquet, and seeketh the benefit of others: yet for the pleasuring of many we will vndertake gladly this great paines: 28Leauing to the authour the exact handling of euery particular, and labouring to follow the rules of an abridgement.
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Therefore to us, that have taken upon us this painful labour of abridging, it was not easy, but a matter of sweat and watching;
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