land for ever!
He saith:

I passed my childhood in the town of Nekheb (Eileithyiaspolis, Al-Kab).
My father was a soldier in the army of the King of the South, the King
of the North, Seqenn-Ra, whose word is truth; Baba was his name, and he
was the son of Reant. I performed military service as his substitute in
the ship called the _Bull_ in the reign of the Lord of the Two Lands,
Nebpehtira (Amasis I), whose word is truth. I was at that time a youth,
and was unmarried, and I slept in the _shennu_. Afterwards I got a house
(_i.e._ wife) for myself, and I was drafted off to a ship, the "North"
(?), because of my bravery. Then it became my lot to follow after the
king, life, strength, health [be to him!], on my feet whensoever he made
a journey in his chariot. The king sat down (_i.e._ besieged) before the
city of Hetuart (Avaris), and it was my lot whilst I was on my two feet
to do a deed of bravery in the presence of His Majesty, whereupon I was
made an officer in the vessel [called] _Kha-em-Mennefer._ The king was
fighting on the arm of the river of Avaris [called] Patchetku, and I
rose up and engaged in the fight, and I brought back a hand.[1] The
royal herald proclaimed the matter, and the king gave me the gift of
gold [which was awarded] for bravery. The fighting was renewed at this
place (_i.e._ Avaris), and I again joined in the fight, and I brought
back a hand; and the king gave me the gift of gold [which was awarded]
for bravery a second time.

[Footnote 1: He had cut it off from a vanquished foe.]

Then the king fought a battle in Egypt, to the south of this place, and
I made prisoner a man and brought him back alive; I went down into the
water[1] and brought him along on the road to the town, being firmly
bound, and I crossed the water with him in a boat. The royal herald
proclaimed [this act], and indeed I was rewarded with a double portion
of the gold [which is awarded] for bravery. Then the king captured
Avaris, and I brought back prisoners from the town, one man and three
women, in all four persons. His Majesty gave these to me for slaves.
Then His Majesty sat down before (_i.e._ besieged) Sharhana[2] in the
fifth year, and captured it. I brought back from thence two persons,
women, and one hand. And the king gave me the gift of gold [awarded] for
bravery, as well as the two prisoners for slaves.

[Footnote 1: The water of the arm of the Nile.]

[Footnote 2: The Syrian town mentioned in Joshua xix. 6.