he offal of Osiris, and I have written thereon. I
have made (_i.e._, copied) the words of the great and beautiful god each
day fairly. O Heru-khuti, thou didst order me and I have made (_i.e._,
copied) what is right and true, and I do bring it unto thee each day."

Of Being Nigh Unto Thoth

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

THE CHAPTER OF BEING NIGH UNTO THOTH. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu,
triumphant, saith:

"I am he who sendeth forth terror into the powers of rain and thunder, and
I ward off from the great divine lady the attacks of violence. [I have
smitten like the god Shat (_i.e._, the god of slaughter), and I have
poured out libations of cool water like the god Ashu, and I have worked
for the great divine lady [to ward off] the attacks of violence], I have
made to flourish [my] knife along with the knife which is in the hand of
Thoth in the powers of rain and thunder."

Of Being Nigh Unto Thoth

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheets 19 and 20).]

THE CHAPTER OF BEING NIGH UNTO THOTH AND OF GIVING GLORY UNTO A MAN IN THE
UNDERWORLD. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:

"I am the god Her-ab-maat-f (_i.e._, 'he that is within his eye'), and I
have come to give right and truth to Ra; I have made Suti to be at peace
with me by means of offerings made to the god Aker and to the Tesheru
deities, and by [making] reverence unto Seb."

"[The following] words are to be recited in the _Sektet_ boat: [Hail,]
sceptre of Anubis, I have made the four _Khu_s who are in the train of the
lord of the universe to be at peace with me, and I am the lord of the
fields through their decree. I am the divine father Bah (_i.e._, the god
of the water-flood), and I do away with the thirst of him that keepeth
ward over the Lakes. Behold ye me, then, O great gods of majesty who dwell
among the Souls of Annu, for I am lifted up over you. I am the god Menkh
(_i.e._, Gracious one) who dwelleth among you. Verily I have cleansed my
soul, O great god of majesty, set not before me the evil obstacles which
issue from thy mouth, and let not destruction come round about me, or upon
me. I have made myself clean in the Lake of making to be at peace, [and in
the Lake of] weighing in the balance, and I have bathed myself in
Netert-utchat, which is under the holy sycamore tree of heaven. Behold [I
am] bathed, [and I have] triumphed [over] all [mine enemies] straightway
who