e to my throne which is in the boat of Ra. I shall not be molested,
and I shall not suffer shipwreck from my throne which is in the boat of
Ra, the mighty one. Hail thou that shinest and givest light from
Hent-she!"

Coming Forth By Day

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 7).]

THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY. The overseer of the palace, the
chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:

"The doors of heaven are opened for me, the doors of earth are opened for
me, the bars and bolts of Seb are opened for me, and the first temple hath
been unfastened for me by the god Petra. Behold, I was guarded and
watched, [but now] I am released; behold, his hand had tied cords round me
and his hand had darted upon me in the earth. Re-hent hath been opened for
me and Re-hent hath been unfastened before me, Re-hent hath been given
unto me, and I shall come forth by day into whatsoever place I please. I
have gained the mastery over my heart; I have gained the mastery over my
breast(?); I have gained the mastery over my two hands; I have gained the
mastery over my two feet; I have gained the mastery over my mouth; I have
gained the mastery over my whole body; I have gained the mastery over
sepulchral offerings; I have gained the mastery over the waters; I have
gained the mastery over the air; I have gained the mastery over the canal;
I have gained the mastery over the river and over the land; I have gained
the mastery over the furrows; I have gained the mastery over the male
workers for me; I have gained the mastery over the female workers for me
in the underworld; I have gained the mastery over [all] the things which
were ordered to be done for me upon the earth, according to the entreaty
which ye spake for me [saying], 'Behold, let him live upon the bread of
Seb.' That which is an abomination unto me, I shall not eat; [nay] I shall
live upon cakes [made] of white grain, and my ale shall be [made] of the
red grain of Hapi (_i.e._, the Nile). In a clean place shall I sit on the
ground beneath the foliage of the date-palm of the goddess Hathor, who
dwelleth in the spacious Disk as it advanceth to Annu (Heliopolis), having
the books of the divine words of the writings of the god Thoth. I have
gained the mastery over my heart; I have gained the mastery over my
heart's place (or breast); I have gained the mastery over my mouth; I have
gained the mastery over my two hands; I have gained the mastery over the