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692-701

  • Do not come without shield against this adamant (keen blade), for the sword is not ashamed of cutting.
  • For this cause I have put the sword in sheath, that none who misreads may read contrariwise (in a sense contrary to the true meaning of my words).
  • We come (now) to complete the tale and (speak) of the loyalty of the multitude of the righteous,
  • Who rose up after (the death of) this leader, demanding a vicar in his place. 695
  • The quarrel of the amírs concerning the succession.
  • One of those amírs advanced and went before that loyal-minded people.
  • “Behold,” said he, “I am that man's vicar: I am the vicar of Jesus at the present time.
  • Look, this scroll is my proof that after him the vicarate belongs to me.”
  • Another amír came forth from ambush: his pretension regarding the vicegerency was the same;
  • He too produced a scroll from under his arm, so that in both (amírs) there arose the Jewish anger. 700
  • The rest of the amírs, one after another, drawing swords of keen mettle,