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 LITERATURE OF THE EAST 209

COMING FORTH BY DAY

ANOTHER CHAPTER.

" I have sacrificed unto An-heri-ertaitsa, and I am decreed to be strengthened in heart, for I have made offerings at the altars of my divine father Osiris ; I rule in Tattu and I lift myself up over his land. I sniff the wind of the east by its hair; I lay hold upon the north wind by its hair, I seize and hold fast to the west wind by its body, and I go round about heaven on its four sides; I lay hold upon the south wind by its eye, and I bestow air upon the venerable beings who are in the underworld along with the eating of cakes."

IF THIS COMPOSITION BE KNOWN BY THE DECEASED UPON EARTH HE SHALL COME FORTH BY DAY, AND HE SHALL HAVE THE FACULTY OF TRAVELING ABOUT AMONG THE LIVING, AND HIS NAME SHALL NEVER PERISH.

COMING FORTH BY DAY 49

THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY. The libationer, the lord of reverence, Nebseni, saith :

" Hail thou hawk who riseth in heaven, thou lord of the goddess Meh-urt! Strengthen thou me according as thou hast strengthened thyself, and show thyself upon the earth, O thou that returnest and withdrawest thyself, and let thy will be done.

" Behold the god of One Face is with me. I am the hawk which is within the shrine ; and I open that which is upon the hangings thereof. Behold Horus, the son of Isis.

" Behold Horus, the son of Isis ! Strengthen thou mo, according as thou hast strengthened thyself, and show thyself upon earth, O thou that returnest and withdrawest thyself, and let thy will be done.

" Behold, the god of One Face is with me. I am the hawk in the southern heaven, and I am Thoth in the northern heaven ; I make peace with the raging fire and I bring Maat to him that loveth her.

From the Papyrus of Nebseni. VOL. II. 14.