I am with the mourners and weepers who wail over Osiris in (10.)Rechit, and who effect the triumph of Osiris over his adversaries. Rā issued the mandate to Thoth, that he should effect the triumph of Osiris against his adversaries, and the mandate is what Thoth hath executed. I am with Horus on the day of covering (11.)Teshtesh and of opening the fountains for the refreshment of (12.)the god whose heart is motionless, and closing the entrance to the hidden things in (13.)Restau. I am with Horus, as the avenger of that left arm of Osiris which is in (14.)Sechem. I enter in, and I come forth from the (15.)Tank of Flame on the day when the adversaries are annihilated at Sechem. I am with Horus on the day when the festivals of Osiris are celebrated, and when offerings are made [to Rā], on the Feast of the Sixth day of the Month, and on the Feast of Tenait(16.) in Heliopolis. I am the Priest(17.) in Tattu and exalt him who is on the Height.(18.) I am the Prophet in Abydos on the day when the earth is raised. I am he who seeth what is shut up at Restau.(19.) I am he who reciteth the liturgies of the (20.)Soul who is Lord of Tattu. I am the Sem-priest in all that pertaineth to his office. I am the Arch-Craftsman, on the day in which the Ship of Sokaru is laid upon its stocks.(21.) I am he who seizeth the mattock, on the day of the Feast of Hoeing in Suten-henen.(22.) O ye who bring beneficent souls into the house of Osiris, do ye bring the soul of _N_ together with you into the house of Osiris; let him see as you see, let him hear as you hear, let him stand as you stand, and sit as you sit [in the house of Osiris]. O ye who give bread and beer to beneficent souls in the house of Osiris, do you give bread and beer at the two periods to the soul of _N_ who is with you. O ye who unclose the ways and open the roads to beneficent souls in the house of Osiris, unclose then the ways and open the roads to the soul of _N_ who is with you, let him enter boldly and come forth in peace at the house of Osiris, without hindrance and without repulse. Let him enter at his pleasure and go forth at his will, triumphantly with you; and let that be executed which he shall order in the house of Osiris. No lightness of his in the scale has been found and the Balance is (23.)relieved of his case. PLATE I. BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illustration: CHAPTER I. Papyrus in the British Museum. No. 9901. _See_ NAVILLE, “Book of the Dead,” I, Pl. I and II. ] NOTES. The text taken for the basis of the translation of Chapter I is that of the papyrus of Huneferu; _Ag_ of M. Naville’s edition.