XXXII. gives him the power to keep hold of them.

Chapters XXI. and XXII. give the deceased a mouth, and Chapter XXIII. provides him with the power of opening it; Chapter XXV. gave him the faculty of remembering his name, Seven Chapters (XXVI.— XXXB.) gave him a heart, and provided him with prayers and formulae, which prevented those who stole hearts from snatching it away from him and from driv- ing it away from him when it was weighed in the Judgment Hall of Osiris. The crocodile, which came to steal away the words of power and protection which the deceased had with him, was repulsed by the words of Chapter XXXI. Chapters XXXIIT., XXXIV., XXXV., XXXVI., XXXVI, and XXXIX., prevented him from being stung or bitten by snakes and serpents, and did away with the power of the beetle (?) dpshait to gnaw his body: to pieces. Chapters XXXVIIIA. and XXXYVIIIs. enabled him to escape from the deadly cobra, and Chapter XL. delivered him from the power of the serpent who is devouring
XC INTRODUCTION
the Ass and is to be feared. , In the underworld and the cities thereof punishment was inflicted on the dead, and to provide the favoured of Osiris with power to escape from stripes, and wounds, and decapitation at the deadly block Chapters XLL, XLII, XLIII., and L. were composed. The deceased wished for a seat in the celestial Annu (Heliopolis), and this was given him by Chapter LXXYV., and