He sits alone in the night; nobody sees him; the future ones(13.) see him, and the present ones give him their acclamations. I shine like Horus; I govern the land, and I go down to the land in the two great boats. Horus introduces me into the house of the Prince(14.). I have come as a fisher; the fork has been given into my hand; my blade is in my hand, my knife is in my hand. I come forth; I go round about, and I entangle in my net. I know the name of the fork which closes the mouths vomiting (fire?). It is the great finger of Osiris. The fingers (prongs) which hold fast, they are the fingers of the ancestors of Rā, the claw of the ancestor of Hathor. I know the strings which are on this fork, they are the bonds of the lord of mankind. I know the name of the stake; the thigh of Nemu. Its point is the hand of Isis, its coil, the cord of the first-born god, its cordage the rope of Rā. I know the name of the fishermen who are fishing; they are the worms, the ancestors of Rā, the creatures(15.), the ancestors of Seb. When what thou eatest is brought to thee, what I eat is brought to me. Thou eatest what is eaten by Seb and Osiris. O(16.) thou who turnest backwards, mighty of heart, who fishes and entangles him who enters the earth; O you fishers, sons of their fathers, and ye fowlers who are in Nefer-sent; you will not catch me in your nets, and you will not entangle me in your meshes, wherein you catch the disabled, and where you catch those who are in the earth; for I know it (the net), its frame above, and its weights below. Behold, I come, my stake is in my hand; the point is in my hand, the blade is in my hand. I come, I arrive to my ... (?) I have come myself; I have come to bind it, to put it in its place. My knife is sharpened. I put it in its place. The stake which is in my hand is the thigh of Nemu; the fork which is in my hand is the fingers of Sokaris; this point which is in my hand is the claws of Isis; the blade which is in my hand is the knife of Nemu. Behold I have come, I sit in the boat of Rā, I sail on the lake of Cha(17.) and on the lake of the Northern sky. I hear the words of the gods. I do what they are doing, I give praises to their persons, I live as they live. _N._ appears on the ladder which was made for him by his father Rā, when Horus and Sut take hold of him. NOTES. In the Theban version the Chapter of the Net is divided into two, 153A and 153B, which have different titles and different vignettes. 153A is called the “_Chapter of coming out_,” or, as might be translated, “_of escaping from the net_.” The vignettes represent a clap-net, used for waterfowl. The second Chapter is called “_the Chapter of escaping from those who catch_ ⁂⁂⁂⁂,” which, from the etymology, might be translated _foul_ or _fetid fish_. There the vignette represents a drag-net containing fishes, and drawn by apes.