Lc 1:1-4 (King James)

¹ Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
² Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
³ It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
⁴ That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

Lc 1:1-4 (Vulgate)

¹ Quoniam quidem multi conati sunt ordinare narrationem, quæ in nobis completæ sunt, rerum :
² sicut tradiderunt nobis, qui ab initio ipsi viderunt, et ministri fuerunt sermonis :
³ visum est et mihi, assecuto omnia a principio diligenter, ex ordine tibi scribere, optime Theophile,
⁴ ut cognoscas eorum verborum, de quibus eruditus es, veritatem.