e forthwith."

The Chapter Of Giving A Heart To Osiris

[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheet 15).]

THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A HEART TO OSIRIS ANI IN THE UNDERWORLD. He saith:

"May my heart (_ab_)(20) be with me in the House of Hearts! May my heart
(_hat_) be with me in the House of Hearts! May my heart be with me, and
may it rest there, [or] I shall not eat of the cakes of Osiris on the
eastern side of the Lake of Flowers, neither shall I have a boat wherein
to go down the Nile, nor another wherein to go up, nor shall I be able to
sail down the Nile with thee. May my mouth [be given] to me that I may
speak therewith, and my two legs to walk therewith, and my two hands and
arms to overthrow my foe. May the doors of heaven be opened unto me; may
Seb, the Prince(21) of the gods, open wide his two jaws unto me; may he
open my two eyes which are blindfolded; may he cause me to stretch apart
my two legs which are bound together; and may Anpu (Anubis) make my thighs
firm so that I may stand upon them. May the goddess Sekhet make me to rise
so that I may ascend unto heaven, and may that be done which I command in
the House of the _foreign_ (double) of Ptah (_i.e._, Memphis). I
understand with my heart. I have gained the mastery over my heart, I have
gained the mastery over my two hands, I have gained the mastery over my
legs, I have gained the power to do whatsoever my _ka_ (double) pleaseth.
My soul shall not be fettered to my body at the gates of the underworld;
but I shall enter in peace and I shall come forth in peace."

The Chapter Of Preserving The Heart

[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheets 15 and 16).]

THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART (HATI) OF A MAN BE TAKEN FROM HIM IN
THE UNDERWORLD.(22) Saith Osiris Ani:

"Hail, ye who carry away hearts! [Hail,] ye who steal [hearts, and who
make the heart of a man to go through its transformations according to his
deeds, let not what he hath done harm him before you].(23) Homage to you,
O ye lords of eternity, ye possessors of everlastingness, take ye not this
heart of Osiris Ani into your grasp, this heart of Osiris, and cause ye
not words of evil to spring up against it; because this is the heart of
Osiris Ani, triumphant, and it belongeth unto him of many names (_i.e._,
Thoth), the mighty one whose words are his limbs, and who sendeth forth
his heart to dwell in his body. The heart of Osiris Ani is triumphant