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Before the Battle

           "Ochiefs,captains,soldiers,andpeople,yehaveheardmywords. Nowmustyemakechoicebetweenmeandhimwhositsuponmythrone,theunclewhokilledhisbrother,andhuntedhisbrother’schildforthtodieinthecoldandthenight. ThatIamindeedthekingthese"pointingtothechiefs"cantellyou,fortheyhaveseenthesnakeaboutmymiddle. IfIwerenottheking,wouldthesewhitemenbeonmysidewithalltheirmagic? Tremble,chiefs,captains,soldiers,andpeople!IsnotthedarknesstheyhavebroughtuponthelandtoconfoundTwalaandcoverourflight,darknesseveninthehourofthefullmoon,yetbeforeyoureyes?" 

           "Itis,"answeredthesoldiers. 

           "Iamtheking; Isaytoyou,Iamtheking,"wentonIgnosi,drawinguphisgreatstaturetoitsfull,andliftinghisbroad-bladedbattle-axeabovehishead. "Iftherebeanymanamongyouwhosaysthatitisnotso,lethimstandforthandIwillfighthimnow,andhisbloodshallbearedtokenthatItellyoutrue. Lethimstandforth,Isay;"andheshookthegreataxetillitflashedinthesunlight. 

           Asnobodyseemedinclinedtorespondtothisheroicversionof"Dilly,Dilly,comeandbekilled,"ourlatehenchmanproceededwithhisaddress. 

           "Iamindeedtheking,andshouldyestandbymysideinthebattle,ifIwinthedayyeshallgowithmetovictoryandhonour. Iwillgiveyouoxenandwives,andyeshalltakeplaceofalltheregiments; andifyefall,Iwillfallwithyou. 

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