own mother. Therefore he will give it out that he did not kill her,

but that she perished in the fire which was called down upon your

kraals by witchcraft; and, though all men know the lie, yet none shall

dare to gainsay him. As he said to you, there will be a smelling out,

but a smelling out of a new sort, for he and you shall be the witch-

finders, and at that smelling out he will give to death all those whom

he fears, all those whom he knows hate him for his wickedness and

because with his own hand he slew his mother. For this cause, then, he