before thee; thou art life; let thy Majesty do what pleaseth
him."

The royal children were brought in, and his Majesty said to the Queen,
"Behold thou Sanehat has come as an Amu, whom the Sati have produced."

She cried aloud, and the royal children spake with one voice, saying,
before his Majesty, "Verily it is not so, O King, my lord." Said his
Majesty, "It is verily he." Then they brought their collars, and their
wands, and their sistra in their hands, and displayed them before his
Majesty; and they sang--

"May thy hands prosper, O King;
May the ornaments of the Lady of Heaven continue.
May the Goddess Nub give life to thy nostril;
May the mistress of the stars favor thee, when thou sailest south
and north.
All wisdom is in the mouth of thy Majesty;
Thy uraeus is on thy forehead, thou drivest away the miserable.
Thou art pacified, O Ra, lord of the lands;
They call on thee as on the mistress of all.
Strong is thy horn,
Thou lettest fly thine arrow.
Grant the breath to him who is without it;
Grant good things to this traveller, Samehit the Pedti, born in
the land of Egypt,
Who fled away from fear of thee,
And fled this land from thy terrors.
Does not the face grow pale, of him who beholds thy countenance;
Does not the eye fear, which looks upon thee."

Said his Majesty, "Let him not fear, let him be freed from terror. He
shall be a Royal Friend amongst the nobles; he shall be put within the
circle of the courtiers. Go ye to the chamber of praise to seek wealth for
him."

When I went out from the palace, the royal children offered their hands to
me; we walked afterward to the Great Gates. I was placed in a house of a
king's son, in which were delicate things, a place of coolness, fruits of
the granary, treasures of the White House, clothes of the King's
guardrobe, frankincense, the finest perfumes of the King and the nobles
whom he loves, in every chamber. All the servitors were in their several
offices.

Years were removed from my limbs: I was shaved, and polled my locks of
hair; the foulness was cast to the desert with the garments of the
Nemau-sha. I clothed me in fine linen, and anointed myself with the fine
oil of Egypt; I laid me on a bed. I gave up the sand to those who lie on
it; the oil of wood to him who would anoint himself therewith. There was
given to me the man