Now it came to pass in the land of Russ that all the people cried out against the king because of his tyranny.
2 And they did come upon him suddenly, and they did take him. And they cast him into prison, so that he no longer ruled over them.
3 And they straightway set about it for to make all men equal throughout the land. Yea, rich and poor, the wise man and the fool, the workers and the sluggards, the good men and the evil. All these did they strive to make equal together.
4 ¶ And they did divide the land into pieces, being a piece unto each one of them. And the money that was in the treasury, that also did they share amongst them.
5 Nevertheless, there were some, being the nimble ones, that did profit by it exceedingly. And every man's hand, it was turned against his neighbour, for they feared very dreadfully lest he had too much.
6 ¶ And a legion of devils broke loose amongst the people, and they did contend together concerning the equal division of power, so that it was a time of confusion, no man knowing what he would get of it.
7 Verily, it was like unto a cauldron of boiling broth wherein the meat cometh up according to the seething of it; and whosoever did clutch at a piece, he adventured to find it too hot.
8 And some did make peace, and some did make war; and some did borrow money, but none did repay it unto the lenders.
9 And every man in the land, he was equal unto his fellows; and more so was it so with them that did rightly choose the leader to be over them.
10 ¶ Yea, the wise of an high estate, they were brought down very low; and the foolish of low degree, they were lifted up higher than these.