Then I came back to the kraal with the few that were left alive of the two regiments.
After that the two kings quarrelled more and more, and I weighed them both in my balance, for I would know which was the most favourable to me.

In the end I found that both feared me, but that Umhlangana would certainly put me to death if he gained the upper hand, whereas this was not yet in the mind of Dingaan.

So I pressed down the balance of Umhlangana and raised that of Dingaan, sending the fears of Umhlangana to sleep till I could cause his hut to be surrounded.

Then Umhlangana followed upon the road of Chaka his brother, the road of the assegai; and Dingaan ruled alone for awhile.

Such are the things that befall princes of this earth, my father.