2 Maccabees 2:23

All these things, I say, being declared by Jason of Cyrene in five books, we will assay to abridge in one volume.

All these things, I say, being declared by Jason of Cyrene in five books, we will assay to abridge in one volume.

These things which have been declared by Jason of Cyrene in five books, we will attempt to abridge in one book.