“Hail, thou god Shu! Behold Tattu! Behold Shu! Hail Tattu! [Shu] hath the head-dress of the goddess Hathor. They nurse Osiris. Behold the twofold being who is about to eat me! Alighting from the boat I depart(?), and the serpent-fiend Seksek passeth me by. Behold _sām_ and _aaqet_ flowers are kept under guard(?). This being is Osiris, and he maketh entreaty for his tomb. The eyes of the divine prince are dropped, and he performeth the reparation which is to be done for thee; [he] giveth [unto thee thy] portion of right and truth according to the decision concerning the states and conditions [of men].” Driving Away Apshait [From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 8).] THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING AWAY APSHAIT. Osiris Nu, the chancellor-in-chief, triumphant, saith: “Depart from me, O thou that hast lips which gnaw, for I am Khnemu, the lord of Peshennu,(33) and [I] bring the words of the gods to Rā, and I report [my] message to the lord thereof.”(34) Driving Back The Merti [From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 8).] THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING BACK THE TWO MERTI GODDESSES. Nu, the chancellor-in-chief, triumphant, saith: “Homage to you, ye two _Rekht_ goddesses,(35) ye two Sisters, ye two _Mert_ goddesses, I bring a message to you concerning my magical words. I shine from the _Sektet_ boat, I am Horus the son of Osiris, and I have come to see my father Osiris.” Living By Air [From the Papyrus of Nebseni (British Museum No. 9,900, sheet 12).] THE CHAPTER OF LIVING BY AIR IN THE UNDERWORLD. The scribe Nebseni, the lord to whom veneration is paid, saith: “[I am the god Tem], who cometh forth out of Nu into the watery abyss. I have received [my habitation of Amentet, and have given commands] with my words to the [_Khu_s] whose abiding-places are hidden, to the _Khu_s and to the double Lion-god. I have made journeys round about and I have sung hymns of joy in the boat of Khepera. I have eaten therein, I have gained power therein, and I live therein through the breezes [which are there]. I am the guide in the boat of Rā, and he openeth out for me a path; he maketh a passage for me through the gates of the god Seb. I have seized and carried away those who live in the embrace of the god Ur (_i.e._, Mighty One); I am the guide of those who live in their shrines, the two brother-gods Horus and Set; and I bring the noble ones with me. I enter in and I come forth, and my throat is not slit; I go into the boat of Maāt, and I pass in among those who live in the _Atet_ boat, and who are in the following of Rā, and are nigh unto him in his horizon. I live after my death day by day, and I am strong even as is the double Lion-god. I live, and I am delivered after my death, I, the scribe Nebseni, the lord of piety, who fill the earth and come forth like the lily of mother-of-emerald, of the god Hetep of the two lands.” Living By Air [From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 12).]