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Chap. XI. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH AGAINST ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Vignette : This Chapter is without a vignette in both the Theban and
Salte Recensions .


Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF [A MAN] COMING FORTH AGAINST
HIS ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD . The overseer of the palace,
the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :- (2)

"O thou god who eatest thine arm, I have departed from thy
"road. I am Ra, and I have come forth from the horizon against
"my enemies and he hath granted to me that they shall not
"escape from me . I have made an offering, and my hand is
"like that of the lord of the [beret crown . I have lifted up my
"feet even as the uraei goddesses rise up . My overthrow shall
"not be accomplished, (4) and as for mine enemy he hath been
"given over into my power and he shall not be delivered from
"me. I shall stand up like Horus, and I shall sit down like Ptah,
"and I shall be mighty like Thoth, (5) and I shall be strong
"like Tem . I shall, therefore, walk with my legs, I shall speak
"with my mouth, I shall go round about in quest of mine enemy,
"and [as] he hath been delivered over to me he shall not escape
"from me."

The SourceThe 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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