waters; I have gained the mastery over the canal; I have gained the
mastery over the river; I have gained the mastery over the furrows; I have
gained the mastery over the men who work for me; I have gained the mastery
over the women who work for me in the underworld; I have gained the
mastery over [all] the things which were ordered to be done for me upon
earth and in the underworld. I shall lift myself up on my left side, and I
shall place myself on my right side; I shall lift myself up on my right
side, and I shall place myself [on my left side]. I shall sit down, I
shall stand up, and I shall place myself in [the path of] the wind like a
guide who is well prepared."

IF THIS COMPOSITION BE KNOWN [BY THE DECEASED] HE SHALL COME FORTH BY DAY,
AND HE SHALL BE IN A POSITION TO JOURNEY ABOUT OVER THE EARTH AMONG THE
LIVING. AND HE SHALL NEVER SUFFER DIMINUTION, NEVER, NEVER.

Coming Forth By Day

[From the Papyrus of Mes-em-neter (Naville, op. cit., Bd. I. Bl. 81).]

ANOTHER CHAPTER.

"I am the Fire-god, the divine brother of the Fire-god, and [I am] Osiris
the brother of Isis. My divine son, together with his mother Isis, hath
avenged me on mine enemies. My enemies have wrought every [kind of] evil,
therefore their arms, and hands, and feet, have been fettered by reason of
their wickedness which they have wrought upon me. I am Osiris, the
first-born of the divine womb, the first-born of the gods, and the heir of
my father Osiris-Seb(?). I am Osiris, the lord of the heads that live,
mighty of breast and powerful of back, with a phallus which goeth to the
remotest limits [where] men and women [live]. I am Sah (Orion) who
travelleth over his domain and who journeyeth along before the stars of
heaven, [which is] the belly of my mother Nut; she conceived me through
her love, and she gave birth to me because it was her will so to do. I am
Anpu (Anubis) on the day of the god Sepa. I am the Bull at the head of the
meadow. I, even I, am Osiris who imprisoned his father together with his
mother on the day of making the great slaughter; now, [his] father is Seb,
and [his] mother is Nut. I am Horus, the first-born of Ra of the risings.
I am Anpu (Anubis) [on the day of] the god Sepa. I, even I, am the lord
Tem. I am Osiris. Hail, thou divine first-born, who dost enter and dost
speak before the divine Scribe and Doorkeeper of Osiris, grant that I may
come. I have become a _khu_, I have been judged, I have become a divine