CHAPTER I.
1 Artemas writeth again. 3 Concerning a journey. 7 And the things that he did learn. 13 One confesseth a secret. 17 And imparteth it. 20 His mendacity condemneth him. 22 The scribe revealeth himself.
The words of Artemas of the scribes that were in Lon in the land of En, being those words that he did write him also;
2 Of the things that were and of the things that were to be: concerning men and the things that men did do.
3 ¶ Now it came to pass on an occasion that I, being Artemas, the scribe, did journey in a certain carriage unto the city of Lon.
4 And it was a carriage that was full of a multitude, such being the wont in those days, so that I did perforce stand me up on my feet.
5 And, behold, there was a man; and he did sit upon my right hand. And there was another man also; and he did sit upon my left hand.
6 And they did hold speech, the one with the other. Yea, even as I stood up between them did they speak familiarly across me.
7 ¶ Wherefore I did learn many things concerning them, and concerning the course of the war, and concerning the rulers of the land,
8 And concerning the wives of the rulers and their children also, and concerning the money that they were possessed of, and concerning their wickedness in secret places.