"My Lord, war draws near.

The Black Kendah are gathering all their strength to attack us and we must have your aid.

I go down to the River Tava to see to certain matters, as to the reaping of the outlying crops and other things.

Within a week I will be back; then we must talk again, for by that time, if you will use the ointment that I have given you, you will be as well as ever you were in your life.

Rub it on your leg, and mix a piece as large as a mealie grain in water and swallow it at night.