2 Maccabees 2:32
“Here then will we begin the story: onely adding thus much to that which hath bene said, That it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story it selfe.”
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2 Maccabees 2:32 Context
30To stand vpon euery point, and goe ouer things at large, and to be curious in particulars, belongeth to the first authour of the storie. 31But to vse breuitie, and auoyde much labouring of the worke, is to bee granted to him that will make an abridgement. 32Here then will we begin the story: onely adding thus much to that which hath bene said, That it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story it selfe.
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Here then will we begin the story: only adding thus much to that which hath been said, that it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself.
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