y person that atchieved to
the order but once: wherefore thou maist thinke thy selfe happy for
so great benefits. And know thou that the religion which thou must
now receive, is right necessary, if thou meane to persever in the
worshipping of the goddesse, and to make solempnity on the festivall
day with the blessed habite, which thing shalt be a glory and renowne to
thee.

After this sort, the divine majesty perswaded me in my sleepe, whereupon
by and by I went towards the Priest, and declared all that which I had
seene, then I fasted ten dayes according to the custome, and of mine
owne proper will I abstained longer then I was commanded: and verely I
did nothing repent of the paine which I had taken, and of the charges
which I was at, considering that the divine providence had given me such
an order, that I gained much money in pleading of causes: Finally after
a few dayes, the great god Osiris appeared to me in the night, not
disguised in any other forme, but in his owne essence, commanding me
that I should be an Advocate in the court, and not feare the slander and
envie of ill persons, which beare me stomacke and grudge by reason of my
doctrine, which I had gotten by much labour: moreover, he would not that
I should be any longer of the number of his Priests, but he allotted me
to be one of the Decurions and Senatours: and after he appointed me
a place within the ancient pallace, which was erected in the time of
Silla, where I executed my office in great joy with a shaven Crowne.

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