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Plates VII.-X.
What then is this? They who preside at the altars are the similitude of the eye of Ra and the similitude of
the eye of Horus.
"O Ra-Tmu, lord of the Great House, prince, life, strength and health of all the gods, deliver thou [me]
from the god whose face is like unto that of a dog, whose brows are as those of a man, and who feedeth
upon the dead, who watcheth
[1. Many papyri read, "Nefer-Tmu, son of Bast, and the tchatcha."
2. Or instruments of death.
3. I.e., the "Oppressor."]
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at the Bight of the Fiery Lake, and who devoureth the bodies of the dead and swalloweth hearts, and who
shooteth forth filth, but he himself remaineth unseen."
Who then is this? "Devourer for millions of years" is his name, and he dwelleth in the Lake of Unt.[1] As
concerning the Fiery Lake, it is that which is in Anrutf, hard by the Shenit chamber. The unclean man
who would walk thereover doth fall down among the knives; or (as others say), His name is "Mathes,"[2]
and he is the watcher of the door of Amenta; or (as others say), His name is "Heri-sep-f."
"Hail, Lord of terror, chief of the lands of the North and South, lord of the red glow, who preparest the
slaughter-block, and who dost feed upon the inward parts!"
Who then is this? The guardian of the Bight of Amenta.
What then is this? It is the heart of Osiris, which is the devourer of all slaughtered things. The urerit
crown hath been given unto him with swellings of the heart as lord of Suten-henen.
What then is this? He to whom hath been given the urerit crown with swellings of-the heart as lord of
Suten-henen is Osiris. He was bidden to rule among the gods on the day of the union of earth with earth
in the presence of Neb-er-tcher.
What then is this? He that was bidden to rule among the gods is [Horus] the son of Isis, who was
appointed to rule in the place of his father Osiris. As to the day of the union of earth with earth, it is the
mingling of earth with earth in the coffin of Osiris, the Soul that liveth in Suten-henen, the giver of meat
and drink, the destroyer of wrong, and the guide of the everlasting paths.
Who then is this? It is Ra himself.
"Deliver thou [me] from the great god who carrieth away souls, and who devoureth filth and eateth dirt,
the guardian of the darkness [who himself " liveth] in the light. They who are in misery fear him."
As concerning the souls within the (113) tchafi [they are those which are] with the god who carrieth
away the soul, who eateth hearts, and who feedeth (114) upon offal, the guardian of the darkness who is
within the seker boat; they who live in (115) crime fear him.
Who then is this? It is Suti, or (as others say), It is Smam-ur,[3] (116) the soul of Seb.
"Hail, Khepera in thy boat, the twofold company of the gods is thy body. Deliver thou Osiris (117) Ani,
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