Firstly, HADA no Kuma, wearing only tokubi (tokubi-kon, a loincloth shaped like a cow's nose), ran his horse to the enemy's camp, the west of Asuka-dera Temple, and said as follows.
まず秦熊が犢鼻（牛の鼻に似た形のふんどし）をつけて馬に乗り、飛鳥寺の西にあった敵陣に馳せつけて、下記のように言った。