Oh Chepera, who are in the midst of thy bark and whose body is the cycle of the gods for ever; deliver me from those inquisitorial Wardens to whom the Inviolate god, of Glorious Attributes, hath given guard over his adversaries, and the infliction of slaughter in the place of annihilation, from whose guard there is no escape. May I not fall under your knives, may I not sit within your dungeons, may I not come to your places of extermination, may I not fall into your pits; may there be done to me none of those things which the gods abominate; for I have passed through the place of purification in the middle of the Meskat, for which are given the Mesit and the Tehenit cakes in Tanenit. =The Meskat is the place of scourging in Sutenhunen, the Tehenit is the Eye of Horus.... Tanenit is the resting place of Osiris.=(20.) Tmu buildeth thy dwelling, the Lion-faced god layeth the foundation of thy house, as he goeth his round. Horus offereth purification and Sut giveth might, and conversely. I have come upon this earth and with my two feet taken possession. I am Tmu and I come from my own Place. Back, oh Lion with dazzling mouth, and with head bent forwards, retreating before me and my might. I am Isis and thou findest me as I drop upon my face the hair which falleth loosely on my brow. I was conceived by Isis and begotten by Nephthys. Isis destroyeth what in me is wrong, and Nephthys loppeth off that which is rebellious. Dread cometh in my train and Might is in my hands. Numberless are the hands who cling fast to me. The dead ones and the living come to me. I defeat the clients of mine adversaries, and spoil those whose hands are darkened. I have made an agreeable alliance. I have created the inhabitants of Cher-âbat and those of Heliopolis.(21.) And every god is in fear before the Terrible, the Almighty one. I avenge every god against his oppressor, at whom I shoot my arrows when he appeareth. I live according to my will. I am Uat’it, the Fiery one.(22.) And woe to them who mount up against me! What is this? “Of unknown attributes, which Hemen(23.) hath given” is the name of the Funereal Chest. “The Witness of that which is lifted” is the name of the Shrine. The Lion with dazzling mouth and with head bent forwards is the Phallus of Osiris [_otherwise_ of Râ]. And I who drop the hair which hath loosely fallen upon my brow—I am Isis, when she concealeth herself; she hath let fall her hair over herself. Uat’it the Fiery is the Eye of Râ. They who mount up against me, woe to them, they are the associates of Sut as they approach.(24.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE VI. BOOK OF THE DEAD. CHAPTER XVII. PAPYRUS, TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, IV. [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE VII. [Illustration] BOOK OF THE DEAD. CHAPTER XVII.