2 Maccabees 2:27-29

Wycliffe Bible

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.]

²⁹ Forsooth as it is to the chief carpenter of a new house, to be busy of (or for) all the building [Forsooth as it is for to care, or (to be) busy, to the wright of the new house, of (or for) all the building]; to him soothly that busyeth for to paint, those things be to be sought out, that be covenable to (or suitable for) adorning; so it is to be guessed also in (or with) us.