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Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter CXXXI
Ancient Egyptian trans. P. Le Page Renouf & E. Naville • c. c. 1550 BCE
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one proceedeth into Heaven by the side of Rā
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Oh Rā who art shining this night: if there be any one among thy followers, let him present himself living as a follower of Thoth, who causeth Horus to come forth this night
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The heart of the Osiris is glad, because he is one at the head of them
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His adversaries are brought to a stop by the warriors of the Osiris N , who is a follower of Rā, and hath taken his arms of steel
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He cometh to thee, his father Rā, he followeth Shu and calleth for the Crown. He putteth on Hu and is arrayed with the Lock which is on the path of Rā and is his glory
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And he arriveth at the Aged one, at the confines of the Mount of Glory, and the crown awaiteth him
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Thy Soul is with thee, and strong is thy Soul through the terror and the might which belong to thee, Oh Osiris N , who utterest the decrees which Rā hath spoken in Heaven
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Hail to thee, great god in the East of Heaven, who enterest into the Bark of Rā in the form of the Divine Hawk and executest the decrees which have been uttered; thou who strikest with thy sceptre from thy Bark
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The Osiris N entereth into thy Bark and saileth peacefully to the Fair West; and Tmu saith to him: Art thou coming in?
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Mehenit is millions upon millions in length from Amur to Ta-ur an endless river wherein the gods move
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whose path is in the fire; and they travel in the fire who come behind him