iful Face, making the
breast festal,* Image ... with the lofty Mehen crown.* The two
serpent-goddesses fly before him.* The hearts of the Pat beings leap
towards him.* The Hememet beings turn to him.* Egypt rejoiceth at his
appearances.* Homage to thee, Amen-Ra, Lord of the throne of Egypt.* His
town [Thebes] loveth him when he riseth.*
HERE ENDETH * [THE HYMN] IN PEACE,*
ACCORDING TO AN ANCIENT COPY.*

The following extract is taken from a work in which the power and glory
of Amen are described in a long series of Chapters; the papyrus in which
it is written is in Leyden.

"[He, _i.e._ Amen], driveth away evils and scattereth diseases. He is
the physician who healeth the eye without [the use of] medicaments. He
openeth the eyes, he driveth away inflammation (?)... He delivereth whom
he pleaseth, even from the Tuat (the Other World). He saveth a man from
what is ordained for him at the dictates of his heart. To him belong
both eyes and ears, [he is] on every path of him whom he loveth. He
heareth the petitions of him that appealeth to him. He cometh from afar
to him that calleth [before] a moment hath passed. He maketh high
(_i.e._ long) the life [of a man], he cutteth it short. To him whom he
loveth he giveth more than hath been fated for him. [When] Amen casteth
a spell on the water, and his name is on the waters, if this name of his
be uttered the crocodile (?) hath no power. The winds are driven back,
the hurricane is repulsed. At the remembrance of him the wrath of the
angry man dieth down. He speaketh the gentle word at the moment of
strife. He is a pleasant breeze to him that appealeth to him. He
delivereth the helpless one. He is the wise (?) god whose plans are
beneficent.... He is more helpful than millions to the man who hath set
him in his heart. One warrior [who fighteth] under his name is better
than hundreds of thousands. Indeed he is the beneficent strong one. He
is perfect [and] seizeth his moment; he is irresistible.... All the gods
are three, Amen, Ra and Ptah, and there are none like unto them. He
whose name is hidden is Amen. Ra belongeth to him as his face, and his
body is Ptah. Their cities are established upon the earth for ever,
[namely,] Thebes, Anu (Heliopolis), and Hetkaptah (Memphis). When a
message is sent from heaven it is heard in Anu, and is repeated in
Memphis to the Beautiful Face (_i.e._ Ptah). It is done into writing, in
the letters of Thoth (