Here I invoke you both, as one like a distressed woman made great. O lord of speech, lay these words as if supporting me—speak forth my uplifted claim.

I bind you here, like the two extremities of the bow the bowstring; restrain them, lord of speech, thatthey may speak humbly to me.

Here, verily, I bind you fast, as the two bow-ends with the string. Press down these men, O Lord of Speech, that they may humbly speak to me.