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This Sesostris, the priests went on to say, upon his return home,
accompanied by vast multitudes of the people whose countries he had
subdued, was received by his brother, whom he had made viceroy of
Egypt on his departure, at Daphnae near Pelusium, and invited by
him to a banquet, which he attended, together with his sons. Then
his brother piled a quantity of wood all round the building, and having
so done set it alight. Sesostris, discovering what had happened,
took counsel instantly with his wife, who had accompanied him to the
feast, and was advised by her to lay two of their six sons upon the
fire, and so make a bridge across the flames, whereby the rest might
effect their escape. Sesostris did as she recommended, and thus while
two of his sons were burnt to death, he himself and his other children
were saved.
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