Let me be a second to Isis; and let her glorified ones give me strength. Let me fasten my tackle, let me stop the adversary, and force him to turn back his steps. Let Rā lend me his two hands, let not his divine Boatmen prevent me. Let my strength be that of the divine Eye, and conversely. [As to the sundering of me in the Bark of Rā, let the sundering be as that of the Egg and the Tortoise.(2.)] _Said over the Figure in the Text, which is written upon clean paper, with artist’s ink, fresh and mixed with essence of Ānta; let the dead person have it put upon his body without inserting it into his limbs; he will enter into the Bark of Rā at the round of each day, Thoth will appreciate him, on his coming forth or entering, undeviatingly for times infinite._ NOTES. This chapter appears a second time in the Turin _Todtenbuch_ as chapter 129. But in the papyrus of Nebseni it is found no less than three times. 1. _Caverns_ of Hāpu. Two of the copies of this chapter in the papyrus of Nebseni give the interesting variant ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. ⁂ is the well known equivalent of ⁂⁂, and the fountains of the Nile are also indicated by the group ⁂. 2. This passage does not occur in chapter 129, and is apparently an interpolation, which however is already found in ancient copies. ------------------------------------ CHAPTER CI. _Chapter of the Safeguards of the Bark of Rā._ O thou who art devoid of moisture in coming forth from the stream; and who restest upon the deck of thy Bark: as thou proceedest in the direction of Yesterday, and restest upon the deck of thy Bark, let me join thy boatmen. I am a powerful Chu. O Rā, in that thy name of Rā, since thou passest through an Eye of seven cubits, whose pupil is of three: do thou then make me sound, I am a powerful Chu, let thy soundness be my soundness. O Rā, in that thy name of Rā, since thou passest through those who are perishing headlong: do thou then keep me standing on my feet. I am a powerful Chu, let thy soundness be my soundness. O Rā, in that thy name of Rā, since thou openest the secrets of the Ammehit, which gladdeneth the hearts of the Divine Circle: do thou then give me my heart. I am a powerful Chu, let thy soundness be my soundness, and the soundness of thy limbs be the soundness of my limbs.