Sesuto and Sechwana Praises. 
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xe lebalanye : 
and forget each other (? lebelanye, look at each other). 
fhala le mo pinen : 
only you are in the dance : 
pelo go setse go utlwagala 
in the heart there still is heard 
mogatlhare wa ga Tsamaa-gotlhe, 
the chatterer who goes everywhere, 
Raseitlhamo aKwena 
Seitlhamo's sire and Kwena's son (i.e. Mocwasele II.). 
No. 13. Praises of Sechele I, son of Mocwasele II (a plea for the 
reception of the baHurutse, baKgatla, etc., when fleeing from the Boers 
in 1852) : 
Re na le motho, o Ncokencoke : 
Eare fa lekwalo le tla le befile, 
Le eene a kwale la gagwe, a re : 
Tsa[e]a, o le ise, Masholobotlho, 
Batho se bao : a ga ba bone barwa 
rrabo BaHurutse ? 
Batho ba ea re[ng] ba[a] noa kofi, 
Ba ba nee morogo ba o nwe. 
■Shupegetsa ba-bina-kgabo botshelo, 
Ba tie ba tshele ka wena : 
Ba go thele * madi a kgofa (ba fete 
mogocoana), 
E be e re dimo a sale a ya wena nosi. 
We have a man N. (the Subtle, i.e. 
Sethele). 
If there come a letter with bad talk, 
He also writes his letter, and says : 
Take it and carry, M. (S.'s old 
servant). 
Here are people : don't they see 
their friends the BaH. ? 
(There are) people who, when they 
drink coffee, 
give them (baH.) dregs to drink. 
Show mercy to the monkev-dancers 
(id.). 
That they may live by thee ! 
To bring on thee blood of the Bush- 
louse (i.e. Boer) — Let them pass 
the cupping bowl. 
Let the cannibals (id.) eat thee up 
alone. 
N.B. — The baTlokwa, baHurutse, bagaManana (sometimes ranked with 
the baKgatla), bagaMalete, bagaMokibilu, and baTlhako all took refuge 
with the baKwena under Sechele from the Boers. 
No. 14. Lesike's Praises of Sebele I, fighting the Bamangwato under 
Macheng (soon after 1860), at Kgama's request : 
Kwena matuduanye wa ga Sechele, The diver crocodile of Sechele (fr. of 
Sebele), 
Matuduanye wa ga rraSebogiso, The diver of Sebogiso's sire, 
* Thela, seKwena dialect for tshela, to pour (broad e ; with shut e, means to lives* 
phela). 
