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 20. And James, who is called the Deluded, looked forth upon the multitude which was gathered beneath the Banner of "," and when he saw their numbers, his heart was filled with pride, and he said unto the Captains and Leaders who stood around him:

21. "Behold! our enemies have delivered themselves into our hands—see ye not that our host greatly exceedest in number the host which hath come up against us—lo! their array is scattered, and their battalions are but few.

22. "Wherefore let as straight way render answer unto the messengers of James our adversary, and say that their words are acceptable to our ears, and have found favor, and that we have agreed to that which they have set forth."

23. So Henry the Captain of the Host of Disunion, did even as James, the Deluded, had counselled, and the messengers returned to James the Courteous who had sent them; and all the multitude of the one host and of the other, put off their armour and made themselves ready for the day of gathering.

24. And in the ninth month of the second year of the Reign of Andrew the King, and on the sixth day of the month, the elders and the counsellors, and the wise men, and all the people of the city, were commanded to gather together to judge between Henry and James, even as it had been agreed between them.

25. And the day whereon they were commanded to assemble, is called the Day of Election.

26. Now when the day of Election was near at hand, James, who is called the Deluded, sent forth spies over all the city, privily to hear all that was said amongst the people, and to bring to them tidings of all those in whose sight Henry the High Priest had found favor.

27. And when the spies had brought their tidings, the chief leaders in the host of Henry the High Priest, sent forth men with shekels of gold and shekels of silver, to wager the same, that Henry would be made Ruler over the city.

28. And a certain man of small stature, put forth five thousand shekels of silver; and many weak men were led over to become followers of the host which was made to seem the stronger.

29. And they also caused the young and the unthinking to be gathered together at the feast throughout the city, and when they became heated with drinking, they kindled their hearts against James the Courteous.

30. Now Henry the High Priest, was himself not slack in his own behalf—for day by day he offered unto the people hundreds and thousands of the sheets which had been sacrified at his altar; and the sheets were filled with praises to himself, and with slanders against James the Courteous.

31. And James was reviled as a Publican and a Sinner, and his followers were called Tories and Yankees, and they were said to be in league with the enemies of the South.

32. And John the Conjurer sent to the aid of Henry the High Priest a certain devil called Asmodeus, who went about the city taking off the coverings of the dwellings, and exposing the inmates thereof.

33. But when Asmodeus saw that James, who is called the Deluded, was the chief counsellor of Henry the High Priest, he returned unto