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OlbrechtsJ THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 227
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Now, then!
wa't'l-e'Gwo'!i
Measure worm, big, Loc,
quickly thou hast come to listen
a'ntDa""we" tsu"'n*Astf'
they wizards they little
you all fail
Ga'iits(r'wa
underneath
niGe* so'iia
never
Ge'SQ"'
it is, T. L.
DlVlse-GO"'GtSfGa' | I
they have come to conquer him
De''G0"Sl'stSG-O-'.i I
they have been gathered,
T. L.
n9-Vo't't-N*3°' tG5°''li'
to cure with, and fern
uwo-'sGilt-N'o"' tst'ki
soft and it which is
Go-'ts5tHi'
it put in (along
with the others)
I
Dtts'j'tlt'o'ts'ti 't'skiiya' tsune*'G9
thou art staying thou Man thou White
Go'u'sti tsuny'lti
something thou failest
D€"tsot'itu'"wistt'De'Ga'
they surround theo as thou
goest about
Ga niS9 wa tsDDu'kt'ano'H
underneath
it has been decided
DaDW'kt'anfOa'
it has become decided
utsi''-na\va^
beyond it, stretched
this chill
SO.l
the other
tGO'
fern
k'3"'G-askyDa'Ge
ground hog, his forehead
I
G aN!s ta'
switch(es)
aDO^'lU'Ga'
it has been said
This is the Medicine for the Chill
FREE TRANSLATION
iitGe' SQTa I
never
I
Go'u'sti
something
Ge's€-°(i76)
it was, App.
DiGf'GaGethey
are red
to cure anyone with
uyc'lo'tt"'" tst'ki
it naked it which is
yo''n-!)Dze*st5"'
bear for him to lay on
Now, then! Thou Red Man of the Sun Land, quickly thou hast
come to Hsten. Thou never failest in anything. The Little Wizards
surround thee as thou goest about. You all never fail in anything.
It has been decided underneath, it seems. (And it is the truth :) it has
been decided underneath. Underneath relief be caused constantly.
Now, then! Thou Blue Man of the Cold Land (etc. . . .).
Now, then! Thou Black Man of the Night Land (etc. . . .).
Now, then! In the South thou art staying, thou White Man;
quickly thoa hast come to Usten. Thou never failest in anything.
The Little Wizards surround thee as thou goest. You all never fail
in anything. Underneath it has been decided, it seems; (and it is a
fact:) it has been decided underneath. They have come to conquer
him with the red switches. Relief has been caused.
Where (the directions) have been assembled: this is the medicine
for the chill. And the medicine is fern; (and also) the other fern,
the one that is naked; and the one v/hich is soft; the ground hog's
forehead (fern) and the bear's bed (fern); this all put together.
explanation
This is another formula for the cure of chills, a disease which,
although attributed to the ghosts, is said to rise up "from under-
^8 Emendation by editor.
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