Chapter LXXXVI

C1hapter whereby one assumeth the form of the Swallow.

2I am the Swallow; I am the Swallow.

3I am the Scorpion-bird, daughter of Rā.

4O ye gods, whose perfume is delicious: Flame which proceedest from the Horizon: O thou who art in the place whence I have brought the keeper of his fold—let me have thine arm that I may make my observation at the Tank of Flame, that I may advance as an envoy and come with the report of it.

5Be it opened to me, in order that I may tell what I have seen.

6Horus is in command of his bark. There hath been given to him the throne of his father, and Sutu that son of Nut is under the grappling hooks which he made for him.

7I have ascertained what is in Sechem. I have touched with my two hands the Heart of Osiris.

8And that which I went in order to ascertain I am come to tell. Come let me enter and report my mission.

9And I, entering and ascertaining who cometh forth through that gate of the Inviolate one, I purify myself at that great stream where my ills are made to cease, and that which is wrong in me is pardoned and the spots which were on my body upon earth are effaced.

10O Keeper of the Portal, let the path be made for me, for I am as one of you. Let me come forth by day, and walk upon my own legs. Let me have the feet of the Glorified.

11I know the mysterious paths and the gates of Aarru from whence I come. Here am I, and I come that I may overthrow mine adversaries upon earth, though my dead body be buried.

12If this chapter be known he will re-enter after coming forth by day.