, “Apit, mistress of divine protections.”
CHAPTER CXXXVIII.
Chapter whereby one is enabled to enter into Abydos.
Oh all ye gods who are in Abydos, [each one and his]([1]) divine circle likewise in its entirety, who are coming with acclamation to meet me: let me see my father Osiris: let me be held as one who cometh forth as of his house([2]).
I am Horus, the Lord of Kamit, and the heir of Tesherit,([3]) which I have also seized. I, the invincible one, whose eye is potent against his adversaries: who avengeth his father, and is fierce at the drowning of his mother;([4]) who smiteth his adversaries and putteth an end to violence on their part....([5]).
Oh[Oh] thou of the potent Lock, king of hosts, who art seized of the Two Worlds; whose father’s house is seized([6]) [by him] in virtue of the writs([7]); my balance is perfectly even, my voice is law, and I prevail over all mine adversaries.([8])
Notes.
[1.] [Each one and his.] These words are necessary for the purpose of bringing out the meaning of the text. Every god, it has already been said, has his circle of associates. The feminine suffix
