21 Then the choice of the people fell upon David, and they did send him unto the land of Ire for to speak the soft word that charmeth away wrath.
22 And David went. And after he had finished speaking unto the men of Ire, he returned him unto his seat amongst the rulers.
23 And because he was the first man that did go for to pacify the men of Ire, yet stirred not up further strife, therefore was his name honoured above any, and poets did sing his praises on the feast days of the Eisteddfod.
24 If And the rulers did choose him to succeed unto a great soldier, and they did place him over the hosts of En, making of him a mighty captain. And because the people would have none other, therefore was he chosen.
25 And the work that was already begun, that did he continue. And he did make the hosts of En great beyond all conception, and the strength of En was as the foundations of the earth.
26 And his popularity with the people did grow day by day, wherefore men said, in jest, Behold, here cometh David, George that is the Sixth. And they that had hated him before did worship him as a god.
27 ¶ But the Pharisees knew not what to do, for he was become as a revelation unto them. Therefore did they say very little concerning him; and when it happened that they had occasion to utter his name, then would they do so with a sniff upon the word.
28 For such is the way of the Pharisees. And these do place peace above the honour of a nation and an unctuous word before the doing of a thing that is right. And in them there is no stomach for the fray.
29 ¶ But David cared not at all for such as these, and there was no man greater in all the land. And when the time came, he did sit upon the highest seat amongst the rulers of the land, because he was the chosen of the people, and they would have none other.