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And thou, SETNE KHAMUAS, who dost look / To take from us that which from THOTH we took, / Where hast thou paid the price? -- These twain and I, / Our lives on earth were taken for this Book.
But SETNE said: 'AHURE, none the less, / For all thy tale of old unhappiness, / Yield me the Book at NEFREKEPTA'S head: / I take it else by wrath and bitter stress.'