CHAPTER CXVII

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_Chapter whereby one taketh the blissful path at Restau._(1.)

O paths which are high above me at Restau: I am the Girdled(2.) and the Mighty one, coming forth triumphantly.(3.)

I am come: I am come that I may firmly secure my suit in Abydos,(4.) and that the path may be open to me at Restau.

Let my suit be made pleasant for me by Osiris.

I am he who produceth the water which balanceth his throne, and who maketh his way from the Great Valley.(5.)

Let the path be made for me; for behold I am _N_ the triumphant.(6.)

[Osiris is made triumphant over his adversaries, and the Osiris _N_ is made triumphant over his adversaries, and is as one of you, his patron(7.) is the Lord of Eternity: he walketh even as ye walk, he standeth as ye stand, he speaketh as ye speak, before the great god, the Lord of Amenta.]

NOTES.

1. This chapter and the following have reference to Restau, one of the Gates between the Netherworld and Heaven.

It is not mentioned in the most ancient recension of