removed the king. The secrets of the Kings of the South and of the North
have been revealed. The man who could not make a coffin for himself hath
a large tomb. The occupants of tombs have been cast out into the desert,
and the man who could not make a coffin for himself hath now a treasury.
He who could not build a hut for himself is now master of a habitation
with walls. The rich man spendeth his night athirst, and he who begged
for the leavings in the pots hath now brimming bowls. Men who had fine
raiment are now in rags, and he who never wore a garment at all now
dresseth in fine linen. The poor have become rich, and the rich poor.
Noble ladies sell their children for beds. Those who once had beds now
sleep on the ground. Noble ladies go hungry, whilst butchers are sated
with what was once prepared for them. A man is slain by his brother's
side, and that brother fleeth to save his own life."

[Footnote 1: The god who fashioned the bodies of men.]

Apuur next, in a series of five short exhortations, entreats his bearers
to take action of some sort; each exhortation begins with the words,
"Destroy the enemies of the sacred palace (or Court)." These are
followed by a series of sentences, each of which begins with the word
"Remember," and contains one exhortation to his hearers to perform
certain duties in connection with the service of the gods. Thus they are
told to burn incense and to pour out libations each morning, to offer
various kinds of geese to the gods, to eat natron, to make white bread,
to set up poles on the temples and stelae inside them, to make the priest
to purify the temples, to remove from his office the priest who is
unclean, &c. After many breaks in the text we come to the passage in
which Apuur seems to foretell the coming of the king who is to restore
order and prosperity to the land. He is to make cool that which is hot.
He is to be the "shepherd of mankind," having no evil in his heart. When
his herds are few [and scattered], he will devote his time to bringing
them together, their hearts being inflamed. The passage continues,
"Would that he had perceived their nature in the first generation (of
men), then he would have repressed evils, he would have stretched forth
(his) arm against it, he would have destroyed their seed (?) and their
inheritance.... A fighter (?) goeth forth, that (he?) may destroy the
wrongs that (?) have been wrought. There is no pilot (?) in their
moment. Where is he (?)