Neter-Tua

Neter-Tua hid her eyes for a while, and leaned against the wall, then she drew herself up and said:

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"Because it was otherwise decreed, O Neter-Tua, and Pharaoh must fulfil his fate and ours, for though he is so gentle, none can turn him."

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Like every other lord and prince, he had been invited to be present at the great ceremony of the Crowning of Neter-Tua, but at the last moment sent his excuses, saying that he was ill, which seemed to be true.

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Neter-Tua, would arise, for so it was decreed by Amen, father of the gods.

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Neter-Tua, Morning Star, shall be her name, and high-priestess of Amen -- no less -- shall be her office, for she is my child whom I have taken from heaven and sent down to earth; the child that I have given to Pharaoh and to thee, and I love her and appoint the good goddesses to be her companions, and command Osiris to receive her at the last.

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At the time Pharaoh and his Council wondered a little that he had made no proposal for the marriage of one of his sons, of whom he had four, to their royal cousin, Neter-Tua, but decided that he had not done so because he was sure that it would not be accepted.

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Then the foundation deposit of little vases of offerings and models of workmen's tools, and a ring drawn from Pharaoh's hand engraved with his royal name, were blessed and set by the masons in hollows prepared for them, and the two great corner-stones let down, hiding them for ever, and declared respectively by Pharaoh and by Neter-Tua, Morning

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So well did they sing, indeed, that when they had done, Neter-Tua said:

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When the Princess Neter-Tua is born, upon her breast shall be seen the symbol of the Sign of Life.

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Therefore this is the toast to which I drink -- that the Queen Neter-Tua, Morning

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