Piran Dictates a Plea for Peace

From C3.20, Piran’s Letter to Gudarz. It illustrates C3.20.1–5:

C3.20.1
To Piran came the news of Iran’s might,And how its chief had set his plans for fight.
C3.20.2
His heart grew fearful; then he turned to guile,To seek escape through cunning, fraud, and wile.
C3.20.3
He sought his wise adviser to prepareA path through all this vengeance and despair.
C3.20.4
Then he called a practiced scribe to writeGudarz a plea for peace and end the fight.
C3.20.5
First he praised God, the mighty refuge near,Who shelters all men from Divs and their fear.