1 Maccabees 15:14-16

Wycliffe Bible

¹⁴ and he compassed the city, and ships came from the sea; and they travailed the city by land and (by) sea, and suffered (or allowed) no man for to enter, either [or] go out.

¹⁵ Forsooth Numenius came, and they that were with him, from Rome, and had epistles written to (the) kings and countries [or having epistles written to kings and countries], in which these things were contained.

¹⁶ Lucius, consul, or chief governor, of (the) Romans, to king Ptolemy, health.