e with thee in this Hall of Truth, who keep
ward over sinners, and who feed upon their blood on the day when the
lives of men are taken into account in the presence of Un-Nefer (_i.e._
the Good Being or Osiris).... Verily, I have come unto thee, I have
brought truth unto thee. I have destroyed wickedness for thee. I have
not done evil to men. I have not oppressed (or wronged) my family. I
have not done wrong instead of right. I have not been a friend of
worthless men. I have not wrought evil. I have not tried to make myself
over-righteous. I have not put forward my name for exalted positions. I
have not entreated servants evilly. I have not defrauded the man who was
in trouble. I have not done what is hateful (or taboo) to the gods. I
have not caused a servant to be ill-treated by his master. I have not
caused pain [to any man]. I have not permitted any man to go hungry. I
have made none to weep. I have not committed murder. I have not ordered
any man to commit murder for me. I have inflicted pain on no man. I have
not robbed the temples of their offerings. I have not stolen the cakes
of the gods. I have not carried off the cakes offered to the spirits. I
have not committed fornication. I have not committed acts of impurity in
the holy places of the god of my town. I have not diminished the bushel.
I have not added to or filched away land. I have not encroached upon the
fields [of my neighbours]. I have not added to the weights of the
scales. I have not falsified the pointer of the scales. I have not taken
milk from the mouths of children. I have not driven away the cattle that
were upon their pastures. I have not snared the feathered fowl in the
preserves of the gods. I have not caught fish [with bait made of] fish
of their kind. I have not stopped water at the time [when it should
flow]. I have not breached a canal of running water. I have not
extinguished a fire when it should burn. I have not violated the times
[of offering] chosen meat-offerings. I have not driven off the cattle
from the property of the gods. I have not repulsed the god in his
manifestations. I am pure. I am pure. I am pure. I am pure."

[Footnote 1: The Forty-two gods represent the forty-two nomes, or
counties, into which Egypt was divided.]

[Illustration: Her-Heru and Queen Netchemet standing in the Hall of
Osiris and praying to the God, whilst the Heart of the Queen is being
weighed in the Balance. _From a papyrus (about 1050 B.C.) in the Briti