LETTER XXIV.
Mournful reflections—Sacred poem by Remeses, being scenes in the life of Job—Remeses discovers all—A sirocco of the soul—He narrates the mysterious scenes of his initiation—Startling spectacles—Overwhelming displays of enchantment and magic—Mysterious journey beneath the pyramids—Labyrinthine catacomb—March of Time through the heavens—Remeses alone beside the altar—Amense not his mother!—His vision in the dark chamber of the pyramids—The massacre of the Hebrew infants—Scene in the Hebrew hut—The mother and child—The babe committed to the Nile—The little maid—The beautiful lady, Pharaoh's Daughter—The Hebrew nurse—The image-caster—pp. [398]-414.
LETTER XXV.
Continuation of vision of Remeses—Himself the child of his vision—Mysterious voices in the vaulted chamber of the pyramid—Mocking eyes—He flees—Tender interview between the Queen and Remeses—He narrates his vision—The secret fully unveiled—Discovery of a father, mother, brother, sister—Illness of the Queen—She assembles the councils of the nation—Remeses renounces the throne—Amense adopts Mœris—Her death—Amram—The mother of Remeses—Miriam—Aaron—Egypt in mourning—Remeses assumes his Hebrew name, Moses—Arts of magicians and sorcerers—pp. [415]-431.
LETTERS BETWEEN REMESES (MOSES) AND OTHER PERSONS.
LETTER I.
Moses beholds the thousands of his countrymen under the lash of the taskmasters—A prophecy—Visits Tyre and is cordially received by Queen Epiphia—Tyre—Damascus—He meets the venerable Prince of Uz (Job)—Nuptials of Sesostris—pp. [432]-435.
LETTER II.
Defeat of the King of Cyprus by Sesostris—Moses in Syria—He journeys to sit at the feet of Job—Cruelty of Pharaoh (Mœris)—The Lake Amense—pp. [436]-438.
LETTER III.