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tional narratives, and recorded them at full
length in his writings.

In the construction of this temple, Rameses in.
did not scruple to employ materials taken from
those of his predecessors. Bricks with the
names of Seti 1. and Rameses 11. were freely
used to build up its walls. Nor was this
all he borrowed, for, as if he had not ac-
quired sufficient renown on his own account, he
adopted an inscription in honour of Rameses
the Great as his own. It is a long panegyric
in the most grandiloquent language, and not
only abounds in general phrases of much high-
flown glorification of the king, but especially
commemorates his building up of the city of
Zoan and his first meeting with the Princess of
Kheta. Rameses in. had the whole panegyric
copied, with a few slight necessary changes.
He, however, let it appear as if he had been
the builder of Zoan, only stopping short of
claiming the Khetan princess as his bride. It
is curious that, after all, these attempts of the
third Rameses to associate and almost to identify
himself with the second Rameses may be said
to have so far succeeded that they were in fact