Instruction of Amenemope

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i6o THE TEACHING OF AMEN-EM-APT 259. Now the food that is dainty and spiced is as a storm in the giillet (or, turns the stomach), 260. [And] it makes the bowels to eject it. 261. It turns the man who is a counsellor into a man of iniquity, 262. And his sense turns itself away from his body. 263. Inasmuch as the evil nature (or, base appe- tite) corrupts [his] disposition for well- doing, 264. The e^ [in him] destroys what is good. L. 265. Be thou a creature of nought in the presence of thy chief {i.e., superior officer). 266. Thou shalt acclaim him humbly in thy speech {i.e., conversation). 267. Thy adulatory remarks, they shall meet and turn aside his cursings. 268. Thy homage when smelling the earth [shall disarm his] violence. LI. 269. When thou hast swallowed the mouthful of bread of a great man thou shalt vomit it, 270. [And] thou shalt be empty of thy good thing (or, dainty ?). LII. 271. Make thyself to understand (or, see) the foresight (?) of the glutton. 272. (Col. XV). He himself gathers together staves [for the hunting nets ?]. 273. Every one of his servants is a beater for the hunting traps, 274. [And] a strong man smites {i.e., kills) in the slaughter-house.