CHAPTER VI.
1 The rulers send unto Artemas. 4 He seeketh the Lord High Physician. 22 And findeth him. 23 One carrieth a multitude of papers. 27 A man of fat hoppeth wonderfully. 31 The scribe performeth also. 37 Wherefore he is sent away.
Now it came to pass that the rulers sent word unto me, saying, Stand forth, and show thyself unto a physician, for we have need of thee to smite the men of Hu.
2 And I rose up from my bed and anointed myself with sweet oil and did shave the hair from off my face with a razor.
3 And I did don my richest apparel and did put in the pocket of it a brush for the teeth, fearing lest they should straightway send me into battle, and mine habitation, I should see it no more.
41 ¶ And after I was made ready, I did hie me unto the place appointed.
5 Now when I was come there, I saw a man; and he was one of the fighters of En, being also a scribe.
6 And I drew nigh unto him, and I did salute him saying, Peace be unto thee, brother, and peace be upon thy father's house. Nevertheless, he heeded me not, but did continue in the task that he was doing.
7 And after he had writ all that which he was minded to write, and more also, then lifted he his eyes towards me. And he spake unto me in a voice of thunder, saying, Wots-yer nime?