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Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter III
Ancient Egyptian trans. P. Le Page Renouf & E. Naville • c. c. 1550 BCE
1.
Oh Tmu, who proceedest from Ur-henhenu, who art resplendent as the Lion-faced, and who strewest thy words to those who are before thee
2.
Here cometh the faithful N , from the band of those who do the bidding of thy words
3.
O ye seamen of Râ at the gloaming of the day, let N live after death, like Râ daily
4.
Here the helmsman : As Râ is born from Yesterday, so he too is born from Yesterday, and as every god exulteth in life, so shall N exult even as they exult in life
5.
I am Thoth as he goeth forth from the House of the Prince in Heliopolis