40 And the people rejoiced them exceedingly, thinking it not good for one that had been in with the men of Hu to hold an high position in the land.
41 ¶ Now Tennant was adroit of the tongue. And when certain of the counsellors questioned him closely, seeking that they might entrap him, he would answer them with a multitude of words; nevertheless would he not say anything. And when the time came, he did go.
42 ¶ And concerning the other rulers of the land of En at the beginning of the Great War, is it not written in the Book of Stubbs? Both their names and the streets wherein they did have their habitations, thou shalt find them in that Book in the order that is of the alphabet.
CHAPTER IV.
1 The caution of the rulers. 4 They make them a censor. 11 The people complain. 14 They tell the people more. 15 And appoint Balf to speak concerning the navy. 20 He doeth so. 26 And becometh a laughing stock.
Now when the rulers of the land made them a war, they became very wary, fearing lest their enemies should discover those things that they had in store for them.
2 And they said, the one unto the other, It were prudent to say nothing unto the common people concerning what we have done. In this manner shall we preserve their peace of mind, and it will be a means also whereby we may throw dust in the eyes of the men of Hu. But after it is all over, then will we tell the people.
3 And because the thing that they did contemplate was not possible, therefore were they constrained to tell unto the people certain things concerning the war and how went the day.
4 ¶ Nevertheless, they were affrighted lest the people should learn too much, and so they made them a censor. And this was one that would say, This is so, and this only; the rest, it is not so.