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I have not done fraud to men 
I have not changed the measures of the country* * * § 
I have not injured the images of the gods 
I have not taken scraps of the bandages of the deadf 
I have not committed adultery 
I have not thrown down 
I have not falsified measures 
I have not polluted myself 
I have not played the hypocrite 
I have not cheated in the weight of the balance^; 
I have not thrown the -weight out of the scale 
I have not withheld milk from the mouths of sucklings 
I have not hunted wild animals in their pasturages § 
I have not netted sacred birds || 
I have not caught the fish which typify them (?) 
I have not stopped running water^f 
I have not put out a light at its proper hour** * * §§ 
I have not robbed the gods of their accustomed haunches 
I have not turned away the cattle of the godsft 
I have not stopped a god from his manifestation J J 
I have not despised a God in my heart 
I am pure ! I am pure ! 
I am pure, I am pure ! . . . 
Let no evil be done to me in the land of Truth 
Because I know the names of the gods§§ who are with thee 
in the Hall of Truth 
Save me from them.” 
* Cf. Dent, xxvii. 17, “ Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s land- 
mark.” 
f Linen being dear, and the mummies being enrolled in large quantities 
of wrapping, there was always an inducement among the poorer orders to 
commit sacrilege for the sake of the grave-cloths. 
% The steelyard as distinct from the scales, both being used by the 
Egyptians. 
§ Or as we should now say, in the close season ; perhaps the earliest indica- 
tion of a game law in history. 
|| To this day the stork is sacrosanct in Holland, and is, I believe, pro- 
tected by law. 
IF Each proprietor was allowed to retain the water of the canals on his 
lands for a stipulated time only. 
** Probably, as in ancient England, each householder was obliged to keep 
a light burning in front of his house during the night for the benefit of 
travellers. 
ft Which, like the sacred cows of India, had a right to wander and feed 
wherever they pleased. 
tt Hindered the sacred procession, when the deity was exposed in his 
shrine “ to the veneration of the faithful.” 
§§ The avenging assessors. 
