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Rh I therefore, by virtue of authority in me vested, have the pleasure and honor to place upon your brow the Crown of Egypt; to. place within your hand the Scepter of the Pharaohs, and to invest you; for;the time being, with the, illimitable power and authority of the Throne of the great Rameses.

—Egyptian Ta-Nefer, Prophet of Horus, instruct the King in the secrets of the Mysteries.

—O King, live forever! The jewel of our Order is an ancient Egyptian cartouche, which expresses in ancient, hieroglyphic form the great motto of the Order, namely:

"LET US BE SWIFT TO BATTLE WITH AND' OVERCOME EVIL IN THE WORLD; THAT, WHEN VICTORIOUS, WE MAY RECEIVE THE REWARDS OF IMMORTAL LIFE -CONSEQUENT THERETO."

Egyptian Heru-Set, present the cartouche to the Pharaoh;

This .is taught by. the. hieroglyphs. Thus, in Jthe figure of the. Man in the sitting ' posture, Vthe