by your means. O declare ye me true of voice in the presence of
Neb-er-teber, because I have done that which is right and true in
Ta-mera (_i.e._, Egypt). I have not cursed God, therefore let not evil
hap come upon me through the King who dwelleth in his day.

"Homage to you, O ye gods, who dwell in the Hall of the Ma[=a]ti
goddesses, who are without evil in your bodies, and who live upon
right and truth, and who feed yourselves upon right and truth in the
presence of the god Horus, who dwelleth in his divine Disk; deliver ye
me from the god Baba [Footnote: The first born son of Osiris.] who
feedeth upon the entrails of the mighty ones upon the day of the great
reckoning, O grant ye that I may come to you, for I have not committed
faults, I have not sinned, I have not done evil, I have not borne
false witness; therefore let nothing [evil] be done unto me. I live
upon right and truth, and I feed upon right and truth. I have
performed the commandments of men [as well as] the things whereat are
gratified the gods; I have made God to be at peace [with me by doing]
that which is his will. I have given bread to the hungry man, and
water to the thirsty man, and apparel to the naked man, and a boat to
the [shipwrecked] mariner. I have made holy offerings to the gods, and
sepulchral meals to the beatified dead. Be ye then my deliverers, be
ye then my protectors, and make ye not accusation against me in the
presence of [Osiris]. I am clean of mouth and clean of hands;
therefore let it be said unto me by those who shall behold me, 'Come
in peace, come in peace.' I have heard the mighty word which the
spiritual bodies spake unto the Cat [Footnote: _i.e._, R[=a] as the
slayer of the serpent of darkness, the head of which be cuts off with
a knife. (See above, p. 63). The usual reading is "which the Ass spake
to the Cat;" the Ass being Osiris and the cat R[=a].] in the house of
Hapt-re. I have testified in the presence of Hra-f-ha-f, and he hath