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Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 
No. 10. Molikwe's Praises : 
Phekola ea sebata, 
moloko oa banna, ga te itse go leka : 
nwana oa Matlhali ka tsa bogale, 
ba nchupetsa mankwe : 
nwana kanthe kgwali kwa bosa eabo 
ga li fele. 
ke phuphutla thamaga, 
moshemane o tswetswen le Moemise. 
Phata ea likgwali ka gobala, 
phatagali likgwali ka gobala. 
No. 11 : 
Mo Thubatse motho o tswaii mo 
tlhake[n] 
motl[h]ak'a morota wa masebutla sa 
limo : 
motho wa bolabola, molonwana wa 
maitsibolla : 
o seba ga le mmone, go sa le [le-] 
phetha a le tjeki. 
Charm of a beast, v 
I belong to virile men, I know not 
to attempt : 
a child of the M. regiment that came 
with valour, 
a man that can fight with tigers, 
child that is like a partridge in the 
morning when it trips along. 
I prod the red and white ox (after 
which one of the regts. was called), 
the boy that was born with M. 
I was wounded (but still went on, 
with my wound, fighting), 
striped with great wounds like a 
partridge. 
There at the Steelpoort River is the 
man that comes forth from the 
reeds, the reedbed 
of the kloof of him who can face 
giants : 
the man talks and talks, the little 
mouth that talks first : 
he reproaches, but you do not see 
him, he is like a bead so small 
(you do not see it on the ground). 
We now turn to the North Bakwena, and first we have the praises of 
Mocwasele II (killed c. 1820). 
No. 12: 
Pholoholo ea Bo-tlhapa-tlou, ea noka ea Metse-motlhaba, ke e tsetlha, 
The beast of the elephant-bath of the river of troubled waters is yellow, 
ee metse e li matla : e tlhotse e gwelelwa ke lichaba, e gwelelwa, 
whose mane is stiff : the livelong day it is shrieked at by the tribes, 
e phamotse maralu. Lira tsa ga Kgari linyana ? 
it seized the milch kine. Are the foes of K. (old Kg. of Nwato) few ? 
a fha lira li roba magolelo, 
when the foes crush the herbs, 
fha temon ea ga Ramatokwane ? 
in the garden of R. ? 
Nna le boPolile re bo-eben : 
I. and P.'s men are in a quandary 
