7. _Whose face is in his own lap_, ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. _Cf._ Note 5. 8. _The Amsu staff._ The name of it is phonetically written ⁂⁂⁂⁂ in the later texts. It is the emblem both of Osiris and of Horus, and is constantly represented along with bows, arrows, and other weapons, in the oldest coffins, as belonging to the celestial armoury of the deceased person. 9. _Who issueth his decrees. See_ Maspero, _Bibl. Egyptol._ II., p. 3 (note) and 39. 10. _Green._ The Egyptian ⁂⁂ is probably nearer in meaning to the Greek χλωρός, ‘pale green, yellowish-green.’ 11. The Rubric ends here in _Pb_. _Lc._ adds, _“They shall offer bread, beer, and all good things_ on the Birth-day of Osiris. _And if these rites are performed for him, his soul will rise up and live for ever; he will not ever die a second time in the divine Nether world._” The later texts add the information that the text was discovered in the great hall of the palace in the time of king Septa, and that it was found in a pit or chamber in the rock, ⁂⁂⁂. It was made by Horus for his father Osiris Unneferu. Septa is the fifth royal name on the great tablet of Abydos. ------------------------------------ CHAPTER CXXXI. _Chapter whereby one proceedeth into Heaven by the side of Rā._(1.) Oh Rā(2.) who art shining this night: if there be any one among thy followers, let him present himself living as a follower of Thoth, who causeth Horus to come forth this night. The heart of the Osiris is glad, because he is one at the head of them. His adversaries are brought to a stop by the warriors(3.) of the Osiris _N_, who is a follower of Rā, and hath taken his arms of steel. He cometh to thee, his father Rā, he followeth Shu and calleth for the Crown. He putteth on Hu(4.) and is arrayed with the Lock which is on the path of Rā and is his glory. And he arriveth at the Aged one, at the confines of the Mount of Glory, and the crown awaiteth him. The Osiris _N_ raiseth it up. Thy Soul is with thee, and strong is thy Soul through the terror and the might which belong to thee, Oh Osiris _N_, who utterest the decrees which Rā hath spoken in Heaven. Hail to thee, great god in the East of Heaven, who enterest into the Bark of Rā in the form of the Divine Hawk and executest the decrees which have been uttered; thou who strikest with thy sceptre from thy Bark. The Osiris _N_ entereth into thy Bark and saileth peacefully to the Fair West; and Tmu saith to him: Art thou coming in? Mehenit is millions upon millions in length from Amur to Ta-ur(5.) an endless river wherein the gods move. (6.) ... whose path is in the fire; and they travel in the fire who come behind him. NOTES.