ldiers of Ra,
for I have driven back the god Nentcha in the presence of the divine
sovereign princes.' 'Hail,' saith the god Seb, 'make ye firm those who are
upon their seats which are in the boat of Khepera, take ye your ways,
[grasping] your weapons of war in your hands.' 'Hail,' saith Hathor, 'take
ye your armor.' 'Hail,' saith Nut, 'come and repulse the god Tcha who
pursueth him that dwelleth in his shrine and who setteth out on his way
alone, namely, Neb-er-tcher, who cannot be repulsed.' 'Hail,' say those
gods who dwell in their companies and who go round about the Turquoise
Pool, 'come, O mighty One, we praise and we will deliver the Mighty One
[who dwelleth in] the divine Shrine, from whom proceeds the company of the
gods, let commemorations be made for him, let praise be given to him, let
words [of praise] be recited before him by you and by me.' 'Hail,' saith
Nut to thy Sweet One. 'Hail,' say those who dwell among the gods, 'he
cometh forth, he findeth [his] way, he maketh captives among the gods, he
hath taken possession of the goddess Nut, and Seb standeth up.' Hail, thou
terrible one, the company of the gods is on the march. Hathor quaketh with
terror, and Ra hath triumphed over Apep."

Repulsing The Eater Of The Ass

[From the Papyrus of Ra (see Naville, op. cit., Bd. I. Bl. 54) and from
the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 8).]

THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING BACK THE EATER OF THE ASS. Osiris Ra, triumphant,
saith:

I. "Get thee back, Hai, thou impure one, thou abomination of Osiris! Thoth
hath cut off thy head, and I have performed upon thee all the things which
the company of the gods ordered concerning thee in the matter of the work
of thy slaughter. Get thee back, thou abomination of Osiris, from the
_Neshmet_ boat ... which advanceth with a fair wind. Ye are holy, O all ye
gods, and [ye] have cast down headlong the enemies of Osiris; the gods of
Ta-ur shout for joy. Get thee back, O thou Eater of the Ass, thou
abomination of the god Haas who dwelleth in the underworld. I know thee, I
know thee, I know thee, I know thee. Who art thou? I am..."

II. "On thy face [O fiend], and devour me not, for I am pure, and I am
with the time which cometh of itself. Thou shalt not come to me, O thou
that comest(36) without being invoked, and whose [time of coming] is
unknown. I am the lord of thy mouth, get thee back, thou and thy
desires(?). Hail, Haas, with his stone [knife] Horus hath cut asund