NOTES. The text here translated is that of the Papyrus of _Nu_, with a few variants taken from contemporary texts. 1. The ⁂⁂ here mentioned is the abode of the ⁂, where it is worshipped and receives offerings. In the vignette of Pap. Busca (Ik), the plan of this abode is like the funerary constructions discovered at Nagadah and Abydos. 2. The goddess ⁂ is often connected with building (Chapter 52). 3. Here the deceased begins to speak himself. 4. I translate ⁂⁂ the beating in measure as the musicians do, the regular applause so often heard in the East. 5. The person changes, as is often the case in such texts. The deceased speaks of himself in the third person. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE LV. BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illustration: CHAPTER 153A. =Louvre, III, 93.=] [Illustration: CHAPTER 153A. =Louvre, 3084.=] [Illustration: CHAPTER 153A. =B.M., 9900.=] [Illustration: CHAPTER 161. =Louvre, III, 93.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER CLIIIA. _The Chapter of coming out of the net._(1.) O he who turns backwards, mighty of heart, who spreads his net before him, who entereth the earth! O you the fishermen sons of their fathers(2.), who go round in the midst of the stream, you will not catch me in your net, in which you catch the disabled, and you will not carry me away in your canvas, in which you take away the evil ones in the earth; the frame of which reaches the sky, and the weights of which are on the earth. For I will come out of its meshes and shine like Hunnu (Sokaris). I will come out of its bars(3.) and shine like Sebak. I shall fly against you like a fisher whose fingers(4.) are hidden. I know the fork(5.) which belongs to it. It is the great finger of Hunnu (Sokaris). I know the stake(6.); it is the leg of Nemu(7.). I know its pointed head, it is the hand of Isis. I know the name of its blade; it is the knife of Isis with which she cut the meat for Horus. I know the name of the frame and of the weights. They are the feet and the legs of the Sphinx(8.). I know the name of the ropes with which fishing is done; they are the bonds of Tmu. I know the names of the fishermen who are fishing. They are the worms(9.), the ancestors of the blood drinkers(10.), who pour their flow on my hands, when the great god the lord listens to the words in Heliopolis, in the night of the 15th of the month(11.), in the temple of the moon. I know the marked space(12.) in which they are enclosed. It is the soil of iron on which the gods stand. I know the name of the divine supervisor who takes hold of the fishes, and marks them on the tail. He is the supervisor of the divine property. I know the name of the table on which he lays them (the fishes); it is the table of Horus.