Litt. : (( and hiraself

5. Litt. : « Do not let men be coming in, not being duration of friendship. ))

§111. — Apply thyself^ to strenghthen thy heart, — because there are no more servants^ 0 man, — in tlie day of thy need. — As for myself, I hâve given to the humble and made the weak be; — I hâve given valour to him who had it not, as well as to him who (ah'eady) had it.

§ IV. — From a subject*, I hâve raised thee, — I hâve given thee thy arms * that fear of thee should come of it,

— and I hâve adorned myself with my fine linen so that I looked like water-flowers of my (garden) \ — I hâve anointed myself with essences (as largely) as if I spilt water from my store-hoiise.

§ V. — My images live in the middle of men^ — (because) I bave made the afïlicted ones imto unafflicted, whose cries were heard no more ; the great place of fîght it was seen no more, — and j^et it had been fought before (as if the land were) a buU forgetful of yesterday % — and there was stability of fortune neither for the ignorant nor for the learned man.

§ VI. — After supper-time itwas, when night was come,

— I took an hour of pleasure, — I laid myself down on the carpets of my house, I stretched myself, — and I began in my soûl to foUow sleep ; — but, lo! there had been weapons — gathered together to oppose me, and I became as helplessas the snake of the field \

§ VII. — Then I woke up to fight, feeling strong in my

1. Sic in Papyrus Millingcrij pi. I, 1. 5. The other texts give the first persoD^ « / apply inyselt ».