copies

Also that the copies thereof should be laid up in the treasury, to the end that Simon and his sons might have them.

Because I have heard of some who say; unless I find it written in the originals, I will not believe it to be written in the Gospel. And when I said, It is written; they answered what lay before them in their corrupted copies.

And so I have inserted copies of the memorial and the letters, the number of the presents sent and the nature of each, since every one of them excelled in magnificence and technical skill.

I shall give you a full account of the workmanship after I have set before you copies of the letters. The letter of the king ran as follows: