For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell 'us' in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
For, briþeren, we wolen þat ye wite of oure tribulacioun, þat was don in Asie; for ouer maner we weren greued ouer myyt, so þat it anoiede vs, yhe, to lyue.