my neighbours.  Once I had to flee naked from my country, and now I am the possessor of splendid raiment, and of apparel made of the finest byssus.  Once I was obliged to do my own errands and to fetch and carry for myself, and now I am the master of troops of servants.  My house is beautiful, my estate is spacious, and my name is repeated in the Great House.  O Lord of the gods, who hath ordered my goings, I will offer propitiatory offerings unto Thee:  I beseech Thee to restore me to Egypt, and O be Thou pleased most graciously to let me once again look upon the spot where my mind dwelleth for hours [at a time]!  How great a boon would it be for me to cleanse my body in the land of my birth!  Let, I pray, a period of happiness attend me, and may God give me peace.  May He dispose events in such a way that the close of the career of the man who hath suffered misery, whose heart hath seen sorrow, who hath wandered into a strange land, may be happy.  Is He not at peace with me this day?  Surely He shall hearken to him that is afar off....  Let the King of Egypt be at peace with me, and may I live upon his offerings.  Let me salute the Mistress of the Land (i.e. the Queen) who is in his palace, and let me hear the greetings of her children.  O would that my members could become young again!  For now old age is stealing on me.  Infirmity overtaketh me.  Mine eyes refuse to see, my hands fall helpless, my knees shake, my heart standeth still, the funerary mourners approach and they will bear me away to the City of Eternity, wherein I shall become a follower of Nebertcher.  She will declare to me the beauties of her children, and they shall traverse it with me.

Behold now, the Majesty of the King of Egypt, Kheperkara, whose word is truth, having spoken concerning the various things that had happened to me, sent a messenger to me bearing royal gifts, such as he would send to the king of a foreign land, with the intention of making glad the heart of thy servant now [speaking], and the princes of his palace made me to hear their salutations.  And here is a copy of the document, which was brought to thy servant [from the King] instructing him to return to Egypt.

“The royal command of the Horus, Ankh-mestu, Lord of Nekhebet and Uatchet, Ankh-mestu, King of the South, King of the North, Kheperkara, the son of Ra, Amenemhat, the everliving, to my follower Sanehat.  This royal order is despatched unto thee to inform thee.  Thou hast travelled about everywhere, in one country after another, having set out from Qetem and reached Thennu, and thou hast journeyed from place to place at thine own will and pleasure.  Observe now, what thou hast done [unto others, making them to obey thee], shall be done unto thee.  Make no excuses, for they shall be set aside; argue not with [my] officials, for thy arguments shall be refuted.  Thy heart shall not reject the plans which thy mind hath formulated.  Thy Heaven (i.e. the Queen), who is in the Palace, is stable and flourishing at