And now I, M’raman, make a record of the things which I have both seen and heard, and call it The Book of M’raman. And about the time that Ammaron hid up the records unto YHWH, he came unto me, I being about ten years of age — and I began to be learned somewhat after the manner of the learning...

And now it came to pass that in the three hundred and sixty and third year, the Nefites did go up with their armies to battle against the Lamanites, out of the land of Desolation. And it came to pass that the armies of the Nefites were driven back again to the land of Desolation. And while...

And now I finish my record concerning the destruction of my people, the Nefites. And it came to pass that we did march forth before the Lamanites. And I, M’raman, wrote a letter unto the king of the Lamanites, and desired of him that he would grant unto us that we might gather together our...

Behold, I, M’roni, do finish the record of my father M’raman. Behold, I have but few things to write, which things I have been commanded of my father. And now it came to pass that after the great and tremendous battle at Kumorah, behold, the Nefites who had escaped into the country southward...