Cleopatra, being an account of the fall and vengeance of Harmachis, the royal Egyptian, as set forth by his own hand . hands the Sceptreand the Scourge. Royal Harmachis, he cried, by these outward signs andtokens, I, the High Priest of the Temple of Ra-Men-Ma atAbouthis, crown thee Pharaoh of the Upper and Lower and prosper, 0 Hope of Khemi! Reign and prosper, Pharaoh ! echoed the Dignitaries,bowing down before me. Then, one by one, they swore allegiance, till all had , having sworn, my father took me by the hand; he ledme in solemn procession into each of the seven Sanctua
Cleopatra, being an account of the fall and vengeance of Harmachis, the royal Egyptian, as set forth by his own hand . hands the Sceptreand the Scourge. Royal Harmachis, he cried, by these outward signs andtokens, I, the High Priest of the Temple of Ra-Men-Ma atAbouthis, crown thee Pharaoh of the Upper and Lower and prosper, 0 Hope of Khemi! Reign and prosper, Pharaoh ! echoed the Dignitaries,bowing down before me. Then, one by one, they swore allegiance, till all had , having sworn, my father took me by the hand; he ledme in solemn procession into each of the seven Sanctuariesthat are in this Temple of Ra-Men-Ma, and in each I madeofferings, swung incense, and officiated as priest. Clad in theRoyal robes I made offerings in the Shrine of Horus, in theShrine of Isis, in the Shrine of Osiris, in the Shrine of Amen-Ra, in the Shrine of Horemku, in the Shrine of Ptah, till atlength I reached the Shrine of the Kings Chamber. Here they made their offering to me, as the Divine Pharaoh,and left me very weary—but a King. [Here the first and smallest of the papyrus rolls comes toan end.]. I crown thee BOOK II. Zbe fall of Ibarmacbts Cl£OPATRA 8j CHAPTER I. OP THE FAREWELL OF AMENEMHAT TO HARMACHIS ; OF THECOMING OF HARMACHIS TO ALEXANDRIA | OF THE EX-HORTATION OF SEPA ; OF THE PASSING OF CLEOPATRAROBED AS ISIS J AND OF THE OVERTHROW OF THEGLADIATOR BY HARMACHIS.
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