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Cleopatra

CHAPTER VII
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Reign and prosper, O Hope of Khemi!" "Reign and prosper, Pharaoh!" echoed the Dignitaries, bowing down before me.
Then, one by one, they swore allegiance, till all had sworn.

And, having sworn, my father took me by the hand; he led me in solemn procession into each of the seven Sanctuaries that are in this Temple of Ra-Men-Ma, and in each I made offerings, swung incense, and officiated as priest.
Clad in the Royal robes I made offerings in the Shrine of Horus, in the Shrine of Isis, in the Shrine of Osiris, in the Shrine of Amen-Ra, in the Shrine of Horemku, in the Shrine of Ptah, till at length I reached the Shrine of the King's 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 to an end.].


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