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Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter XXXII
Ancient Egyptian trans. P. Le Page Renouf & E. Naville • c. c. 1550 BCE
1.
Osiris standeth up upon his feet; his company of gods raise him up
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O Son who conversest with thy father, do thou protect this Great one from these four crocodiles here who devour the dead and live by the Words of Power
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I know them by their names and their way of living, and it is I who protect his own father from them
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Back, thou Crocodile of the West, who livest on the Setting Stars. What thou execratest is upon me. Thou hast devoured the head of Osiris, but I am Rā
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Back, thou Crocodile of the East, who livest upon those who devour their own foulness. What thou execratest is upon me. I have come, and I am Osiris
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Back, thou Crocodile of the South, who livest upon impurities. What thou execratest is upon me. Let not the red flame be upon thee. For I am Septu
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Back, thou Crocodile of the North, who livest upon that which lieth between the hours. What thou execratest is upon me. Let not thy fiery water be inflicted upon me. [For I am Tmu
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All things which exist are in my grasp, and those depend upon me which are not yet
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I am arrayed and equipped with thy Words of Power, O Rā; with that which is above and with that which is below me
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I have received increase of length and depth, and fulness of breathing within the domain of my father, the Great one
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He hath given to me that beautiful Amenta in which the living are destroyed. But strong is its possessor though he faint in it daily
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My face is unveiled, and my heart is in its place
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I am Rā, who protecteth himself, and no evil things can overthrow me