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LEGEND OF THE DEATH OF HORUS
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his mother likewise. As for the poison, the strength thereof has been made powerless. Verily I am a favoured one, and I will join myself 250 to his hour[1] to hurl back the report of evil to him that sent it forth. The heart of Rā-Ḥeru-Khuti rejoiceth. Thy son Horus is counted up for life [which is] on this child to make him to smite, and to retreat (?) from those who are above, and to turn back the paths of the Sebȧu fiends from him, so that he may take possession of the throne of the Two Lands. Rā is in heaven to make answer on 251 behalf of him and his father. The words of power of his mother have lifted up his face, and they protect him and enable him to go round about wheresoever he pleaseth, and to set the terror of him in celestial beings. I have made haste ......"

  1. I.e., I will be with him at the moment of his need.