But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;

But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,

Again, considering how that the princes that are borderers and neighbours unto my kingdom wait for opportunities, and expect what shall be the event. I have appointed my son Antiochus king, whom I often committed and commended unto many of you, when I went up into the high provinces; to whom I have written as followeth: