He practised wisdom because, having seen so much, he knew what it was.

He dwelt in Memphis, having there his principal palace, his arsenals, and his treasure-house.

Frequently he went down to Butos to talk with Latona.
"The wife of the good king died.

Too old was she for perfect embalmment; yet he loved her, and mourned as the inconsolable; seeing which, a colchyte presumed one day to speak to him.
"'O Oraetes, I am astonished that one so wise and great should not know how to cure a sorrow like this.' "'Tell me a cure,' said the king.
"Three times the colchyte kissed the floor, and then he replied, knowing the dead could not hear him, 'At Essouan lives Ne-ne-hofra, beautiful as Athor the beautiful.

Send for her.