the Matchabet; so likewise [the boat] is a
type of my sailing onward to the pool. Let there be given unto me vessels
of milk, together with cakes, and loaves of bread, and cups of drink, and
pieces of meat in the Temple of Anpu," or (as others say), "Grant thou me
[these things] wholly. Let it be so done unto me that I may enter in like
a hawk, and that I may come forth like the _Bennu_ bird, [and like] the
Morning Star. Let me make [my] path so that [I] may go in peace into the
beautiful Amentet, and let the Lake of Osiris be mine. Let me make my
path, and let me enter in, and let me adore Osiris, the Lord of life."

Of Entering Into The Great House

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

THE CHAPTER OF ENTERING INTO THE GREAT HOUSE. The overseer of the palace,
the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:

"Homage to thee, O Thoth. I am Thoth, who have weighed the two divine
Fighters (_i.e._, Horus and Set), I have destroyed their warfare and I
have diminished their wailings. I have delivered the _Atu_ fish in his
turning back, and I have performed that which thou didst order concerning
him, and afterward I lay down within my eye. [I am he who hath been
without opposition. I have come; do thou look upon me in the Temple of
Nem-hra (or Uhem-hra).] I give commands in the words of the divine aged
ones, and, moreover, I guide for thee the lesser deities."

Of Entering The Presence

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

THE CHAPTER OF GOING INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE DIVINE SOVEREIGN PRINCES OF
OSIRIS. The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu,
triumphant, saith:

"My soul hath built for me a habitation in the city of Tattu; I sow seed
in the city of Pe, and I plough my field with my laborers(?), and for this
reason my palm tree is like Amsu. That which is an abomination unto me,
that which is an abomination unto me I shall not eat. That which is an
abomination unto me, that which is an abomination unto me is filth. I
shall not eat thereof; by sepulchral meals and food I shall not be
destroyed. [The abominable thing] I shall not take into my hands, I shall
not walk upon it in my sandals, because my cakes are [made] of white
grain, and my ale is [made] of red grain, and behold, the _Sektet_ boat
and the _Matet_ boat bring them to me, and I eat [thereof] under the
branches of [the trees], the beautiful arms [of which] I know. Oh, let
sp