-chief, triumphant, is
glad because he is one of those beings, and his enemies have been
destroyed by the divine princes. I am a follower of Ra, and [I have]
received his iron weapon. I have come unto thee, O my father Ra, and I
have advanced to the god Shu. I have cried unto the mighty goddess, I have
equipped the god Hu, and I alone have removed the Nebt god from the path
of Ra. I am a Khu, and I have come to the divine prince at the bounds of
the horizon. I have met and I have received the mighty goddess. I have
raised up thy soul in the following of thy strength, and my soul [liveth]
through thy victory and thy mighty power; it is I who give commands in
speech to Ra, in heaven. Homage to thee, O great god in the east of
heaven, let me embark in thy boat, O Ra, let me open myself out in the
form of a divine hawk, let me give my commands in words, let me do battle
in my _Sekhem_(?), let me be master under my vine. Let me embark in thy
boat, O Ra, in peace, and let me sail in peace to the beautiful Amentet.
Let the god Tem speak unto me, [saying], 'Wouldst [thou] enter therein?'
The lady, the goddess Mehen, is a million of years, yea, two million years
in extent, and dwelleth in the House of Urt and Nif-urt [and in] the Lake
of a million years; the whole company of the gods move about among those
who are at the side of him who is the lord of divisions of places(?). And
I say, 'On every road and among these millions of years is Ra the lord,
and his path is in the fire, and they go round about behind him, and they
go round about behind him.' "

Of Bringing Men Back To Earth

[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheet 18).]

THE CHAPTER OF CAUSING A MAN TO COME BACK TO SEE HIS HOUSE UPON
EARTH.(117) The Osiris Ani saith:

"I am the Lion-god coming forth with extended strides. I have shot arrows
and I have wounded the prey; I have shot arrows and I have wounded the
prey. I am the Eye of Horus, and I pass through the Eye of Horus at this
season. I have arrived at the furrows; let the Osiris Ani advance in
peace."(118)

Of Making Perfect The Khu

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 16).]

THE BOOK OF MAKING PERFECT THE _KHU_, WHICH IS TO BE RECITED ON THE DAY OF
THE MONTH. The Osiris Nu, the overseer of the palace, the
chancellor-in-chief, triumphant, saith:

"Ra riseth in his horizon, and his company of the gods follow after him.
The god cometh forth out of his