being, I have come, and I have avenged mine own body. I have taken up my
seat by the divine birth-chamber of Osiris, and I have destroyed the
sickness and suffering which were there. I have become mighty, and I have
become a divine being by the side of the birth-chamber of Osiris, I am
brought forth with him, I renew my youth, I renew my youth, I take
possession of my two thighs which are in the place where is Osiris, and I
open the mouth of the gods therewith, I take my seat by his side, and
Thoth cometh forth, and [I am] strengthened in heart with thousands of
cakes upon the altars of my divine father, and with my beasts, and with my
cattle, and with my red feathered fowl, and with my oxen, and with my
geese, and with my ducks, for Horus my Chieftain, and with the offerings
which I make to Thoth, and with the sacrifices which I offer up to
An-heri-ertaitsa."

Coming Forth By Day

[From the Papyrus of Mes-em-neter (Naville, op. cit., Bd. I. Bl. 82).]

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 TRAVELLING ABOUT AMONG THE
LIVING, AND HIS NAME SHALL NEVER PERISH.

Coming Forth By Day

[From the Papyrus of Nebseni (British Museum No. 9,900, sheet 16).]

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

"Hail, thou hawk who risest 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 me, according as thou
hast strengthened thyself, and show thyself upon ear