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“I entreat peace from you — you have shown your power — you have chastised — let it be enough, I pray you; and let me be no longer considered an enemy to the Queen.”
Source: Letter to Governor Sir George Cathcart, Thaba Bosiu, 20 December 1852
Context Written on the night of the Battle of Berea, where his forces had held off Cathcart's army; the governor accepted the offer and withdrew.
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