CHAPTER XLII.
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Renouf, P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) and Naville, Edouard
Chapter whereby one hindereth the slaughter which is wrought at Sutenhenen.(1)
Land of the Rod, of the White Crown of the Image, and the Pedestal of the gods.
I am the Babe.(2) (Said Four Times.)
O Serpent Abur!(3) Thou sayest this day, “The Block of Execution is furnished with what thou knowest,” and thou art come to soil(4) the Mighty One.
But I am he whose honours are abiding.
I am the Link,(5) the god within the Tamarisk,(6) who connecteth(7) the Solar orb with Yesterday. (Four Times.)
I am Râ, whose honours are abiding.
I am the Link, the god within the Tamarisk.
My course is the course of Râ, and the course of Râ is my course.
My hair is that of Nu,(8)
My two eyes are those of Hathor,
My two ears those of Apuat,
My nose that of Chenti-chas,
My two lips those of Anubis,
My teeth those of Selkit,
My neck that of Isis, the Mighty,
My two hands those of the Soul most Mighty, Lord of Tattu,
My shoulders those of Neith, Mistress of Sais,
My back is that of Sut,
My phallus that of Osiris,
My liver is that of the Lords of Cher-ābat,
My knees those of the most Mighty one,
My belly and my back are those of Sechit,
My hinder parts are those of the Eye of Horus,
My legs and thighs those of Nut,
My feet those of Ptah,
My nails and bones those of the Living UræiUræi.
There is not a limb in me which is without a god. And Thoth is a protection to my flesh.
I shall not be grasped by my arms or seized by my hands.
Not men or gods, or the glorified ones or the damned; not generations past, present, or future, shall inflict any injury upon me.
I am he who cometh forth and proceedeth, and whose name is unknown to man.
I am Yesterday, “Witness of Eternity” is my Name: the persistent traveller upon the heavenly highways which I survey. I am the Everlasting one.
I am felt and thought of as Chepera. I am the Crowned one.
I am the Dweller in the Eye and in the Egg.
It is an attribute of mine that I live within them.
I am the Dweller in the Eye, even in its closing.
I am that by which it is supported.
I come forth and I rise up: I enter and I have life.
I am the Dweller in the Eye; my seat is upon my throne, and I sit conspicuously upon it.
I am Horus, who steppeth onwards through Eternity.