CHAPTER LXXVI.
Chapter whereby all forms are assumed which one pleaseth.
I have made my way into the Royal Palace, and it was the Bird-Fly([1]) who brought me hither.
Hail to thee, who fliest up to Heaven, to give light to the stars and protect the White Crown which falleth to me.
Stable art thou, O mighty god, for ever.[ever.] Make thou for me a path upon which I may pursue my course.
Note.,
[1.] The Bird-Fly,
. On this god, see Proc. Soc. Bibl. Arch., 1892, p. 396 and following, and also 1893, p. 135 and following. In the papyrus of Nebseni the name has for determinative an insect, which M. Lefébure has identified with the mantis. This deity, according to ancient texts, was the Tiller of the Rudder of the Neshemit ship of Osiris.