20 ¶ Now Simon was a man that was strange in his beliefs, neither was he an help in time of trouble. And there were some that, seeking the reason for his falling away in the time of his country's tribulation, did say he was possessed of a devil.
21 And he was a man peaceable beyond all reason, so that he did put himself against the patriots of the land of En when they did set them out for to wage war in a cause that was just.
22 And because he and those that were with him were as a voice that crieth in the wilderness, therefore he did get him out from the inner chamber wherein did sit the rulers of the land, and he did make one cause with them that did for ever carp and cavil.
23 And when the counsellors assembled together for to make them ordinances for the salvation of the country, then would Simon rise upon his feet and he would make him an objection; therefore was he an hindrance unto them that did strive against the perils that beset the land.
24 And Simon was not loved in the country of En. Yet was he earnest in the things that he did do, being a man with a conviction that is founded amiss.
25 ¶ And he that was chief amongst all the rulers did say, on an occasion, Find thou me the man; then will I find the office. So they found him Masterman. And when the time came, he did go.
26 ¶ Now Augustine was a great sage, and there was no man in all the land of En that did surpass him in the knowledge that is gotten of books. Therefore they did make him to rule over the land of Ire.
27 And on a time when he was deep in engagement with the words of the ancient Greeks, behold, the men of Ire stole up secretly and they fell upon his servants so that many of them did die.
28 And when it was told unto Augustine what the men of Ire had done unto his servants, he was filled with a great wonder and his breast was torn with sorrow. And because it was a thing that liked him not, therefore did he remove himself from amongst the seats of the rulers, neither returned he thither again.
29 ¶ Now the chief of the scribes that did write unto the rulers of the nations concerning matters, his name was Grey, And he did send him epistles unto the four corners of the earth, saying this and saying that.