2 Maccabees 2:31
“But to vse breuitie, and auoyde much labouring of the worke, is to bee granted to him that will make an abridgement.”
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2 Maccabees 2:31 Context
29For as the master builder of a new house, must care for the whole building: but hee that vndertaketh to set it out, and paint it, must seeke out fit things for the adorning thereof: euen so I thinke it is with vs. 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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But to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgment.
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