448 sesuto praises. 



Praises of Batlokwa and of Lechesa. 



■Chief, liow do I go ? 



I am still one who holds himself with the shield above. 



Shields — he bare them, he took them to the Matabele, 



Lechesa, when he ate them up, men forgat him : 



They remember him when the shields are seized (when they need 



him) , 

 The ox (when the cattle go), son of a chief, 

 Has not yet lost its old hair, it is lean : 

 Chief Rampefetsi (presser) of the hosts, 

 The hosts are jammed together at the drift, 



Eater up of the white men (or man of the snow-white kilt, Musha), 

 Spouse of Sebedi of the Bataung (Lechesa's wife). 



XII. 



TSA KHANYE. 



K. a maroala a bots'abelo, 

 nka, bana, u ba ise likhaeng, 

 a ee lule le bona likhaeng. 



Of Khanye, His Father. 



Khanye of the Crowned (regiment) of the Refuge, 

 Take the children and carry theni to where they build, 

 Go and stay with them where they build. 



XIII. 

 LEBAKA. 



Lebaka, child (bellv) of Musa, dance at Ramotsehare-o-Moholo'^ 

 mor'a maMohlahloe, 



ke Sekholomi isaisane ea mofuta oa batho, 

 o ea ba isa a ba balehele. 



Of Lebaka. 



Lebaka, child (belly) of Musa, dance at Ramotsehare-o-Moholo's- 



(Father of Midday), son of Mohlahloe (sister of Lebaka). 



I am the Speaker, the Bringer (regimental name) of the sort of 



men, 

 He will bring them and run away from them. 



