and its mother Kehkehet. It placeth me in
[the eastern part of heaven wherein Ra riseth and is exalted every day;
and I rise therein and travel onward, and I become a spiritual body
(_sah_) like the god, and they set me](49) on that holy way on which Thoth
journeyeth when he goeth to make peace between the two Fighting-gods
(_i.e._, Horus and Set). He journeyeth, he journeyeth to the city of Pe,
and he cometh to the city of Tepu."

Of Transformation

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 9).]

THE CHAPTER OF A MAN TRANSFORMING HIMSELF INTO WHATEVER FORM HE PLEASETH.
The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:

"I have come into the House of the King by means of the mantis (_abit_)
which led me hither. Homage to thee, O thou who fliest into heaven, and
dost shine upon the son of the white crown, and dost protect the white
crown, let me have my existence with thee! I have gathered together the
great god[s], I am mighty, I have made my way and I have travelled along
thereon."

Of Performing Transformations

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 10).]

THE CHAPTER OF PERFORMING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A HAWK OF GOLD. The
chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:

"I have risen, I have risen like the mighty hawk [of gold] that cometh
forth from his egg; I fly and I alight like the hawk which hath a back
four cubits wide, and the wings of which are like unto the
mother-of-emerald of the south. I have come forth from the interior of the
_Sektet_ boat, and my heart hath been brought unto me from the mountain of
the east. I have alighted upon the _Atet_ boat, and those who were
dwelling in their companies have been brought unto me, and they bowed low
in paying homage unto me and in saluting me with cries of joy. I have
risen, and I have gathered myself together like the beautiful hawk of
gold, which hath the head of a _Bennu_ bird, and Ra entereth in day by day
to hearken unto my words; I have taken my seat among those first-born gods
of Nut. I am stablished, and the divine Sekhet-hetep is before me, I have
eaten therein, I have become a _khu_ therein, I have an abundance
therein--as much as I desire--the god Nepra hath given to me my throat, and
I have gained the mastery over that which guardeth (or belongeth to) my
head."

Of Transformation Into A Hawk

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheets 13 and 14).]

THE CHAPTER OF MAKI