his heart unto wisdom; let him strive to keep silence rather than to speak freely. Before a man speaketh, let him consider what arguments may be used against him; and let him know that to speak in the council requireth great judgement, for words are put to scrutiny more than any other thing, and that which can be spoken to gainsay the words of another is the true test of their value. For the purpose of comparison, the first line of the hieratic is here transcribed in hieroglyphic characters:— 𓋴