e drew every year from the mines of Egypt, amounting to the sum of
sixteen millions.(408)

Not far from hence was seen a magnificent library, the oldest mentioned in
history. Its title or inscription on the front was, _The office, or
treasury, of remedies for the diseases of the soul_. Near it were placed
statues, representing all the Egyptian gods, to each of whom the king made
suitable offerings; by which he seemed to be desirous of informing
posterity that his life and reign had been crowned with piety to the gods,
and justice to men.

His mausoleum displayed uncommon magnificence; it was encompassed with a
circle of gold, a cubit in breadth, and 365 cubits in circumference; each
of which showed the rising and setting of the sun, moon, and the rest of
the planets. For so early as this king's reign, the Egyptians divided the
year into twelve months, each consisting of thirty days; to which they
added every year five days and six hours.(409) The spectator did not know
which to admire most in this stately monument, whether the richness of its
materials, or the genius and industry of the artists.

UCHOREUS, one of the successors of Osymandyas, built the city of
Memphis.(410) This city was 150 furlongs, or more than seven leagues in
circumference, and stood at the point of the Delta, in that part where the
Nile divides itself into several branches or streams. Southward from the
city, he raised a lofty mole. On the right and left he dug very deep moats
to receive the river. These were faced with stone, and raised, near the
city, by strong causeys; the whole designed to secure the city from the
inundations of the Nile, and the incursions of the enemy. A city so
advantageously situated, and so strongly fortified, that it was almost the
key of the Nile, and by this means commanded the whole country, became
soon the usual residence of the Egyptian kings. It kept possession of this
honour till Alexandria was built by Alexander the Great.

MOERIS. This king made the famous lake, which went by his name, and whereof
mention has been already made,

(M65) Egypt had long been governed by its native princes, when strangers,
called Shepherd-kings, (Hycsos in the Egyptian language,) from Arabia or
Phoenicia, invaded and seized a great part of Lower Egypt, and Memphis
itself; but Upper Egypt remained unconquered, and the kingdom of Thebes
existed till the reign of Sesostris. These foreign princes governed about
260 years.

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