from Re-stau, I have not slain
man or woman.
6. "Hail, thou double Lion-god, who comest forth from heaven, I have not
made light the bushel.
7. "Hail, thou whose two eyes are like flint,(95) who comest forth from
Sekhem (Letopolis), I have not acted deceitfully.
8. "Hail, thou Flame, who comest forth as [thou] goest back, I have not
purloined the things which belong unto God.
9. "Hail, thou Crusher of bones, who comest forth from Suten-henen
(Heracleopolis), I have not uttered falsehood.
10. "Hail, thou who makest the flame to wax strong, who comest forth from
Het-ka-Ptah (Memphis), I have not carried away food.
11. "Hail, Qerti, (_i.e._, the two sources of the Nile), who come forth
from Amentet, I have not uttered evil words.
12. "Hail, thou whose teeth shine, who comest forth from Ta-she (_i.e._,
the Fayyum), I have attacked no man.
13. "Hail, thou who dost consume blood, who comest forth from the house of
slaughter, I have not killed the beasts [which are the property of God].
14. "Hail, thou who dost consume the entrails, who comest forth from the
_mabet_ chamber, I have not acted deceitfully.
15. "Hail, thou god of Right and Truth, who comest forth from the city of
double Maati, I have not laid waste the lands which have been ploughed(?).
16. "Hail, thou who goest backward, who comest forth from the city of Bast
(Bubastis), I have never pried into matters [to make mischief].
17. "Hail, Aati, who comest forth from Annu (Heliopolis), I have not set
my mouth in motion [against any man].
18. "Hail, thou who art doubly evil, who comest forth from the nome of
Ati,(96) I have not given way to wrath concerning myself without a cause.
19. "Hail, thou serpent Uamemti, who comest forth from the house of
slaughter, I have not defiled the wife of a man.
20. "Hail, thou who lookest upon what is brought to him, who comest forth
from the Temple of Amsu, I have not committed any sin against purity.
21. "Hail, Chief of the divine Princes, who comest forth from the city of
Nehatu,(97) I have not struck fear [into any man].
22. "Hail, Khemiu (_i.e._, Destroyer), who comest forth from the Lake of
Kaui, I have not encroached upon [sacred times and seasons].
23. "Hail, thou who orderest speech, who comest forth from Urit, I have
not been a man of anger.
24. "Hail, thou Child, who comest forth from the Lake of Heq-at,(98) I
have not made myself deaf to the words of right and truth.
25. "Hail, tho
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