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Chap. LXXVI . THE CHAPTER OF A MAN TRANSFORMING HIMSELF INTO WHATEVER FORM HE PLEASETH . From the Papyrus of Nu

Vignette : This Chapter is without a vignette in the Theban Recension,
but in the Saite Recension a figure of the deceased is given above the
Chapter (see Lepsins, op . cit., BI . 87) .


Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF A MAN TRANSFORMING HIM-
SELF INTO WHATEVER FORM HE PLEASETH. (2) The chancellor-
in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :-

"I have come into the House of the King by means of the
"mantis (obit) which led me hither. Homage to thee, (3) 0
"thou who fliest into heaven, and dost shine upon the son of
"the white crown, and dost protect the white crown, let me
"have my existence with thee! I have gathered together the great
"god[s], I am mighty, I have made my way and I have travelled
"along thereon ."
The Source: The Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
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