Yet,
when he did, after the manner of her kind, she wept over him and took
him back without a word of reproach. So the fair-faced sister of Hotep
came to be queen over Egypt and took another title with Nefer-ari as
prefix, and the quaint Danaid name, Io, was lost to all lips but Seti's
and Hotep's.
After Seti came to the throne he continued Hotep in the advisership and
prepared to reign happily. But in a little time the Thebaid, long
disaffected, seceded from the federation of Egypt and crowned
Amon-meses king of Thebes. Seti gathered his army, marched against the
rebellious district, put Amon-meses to the sword and reduced the
Thebaid to submission. Then he returned to Memphis for another space
of prosperity.
At the end of a year Ta-user and Siptah, after much browbeating of the
Hak-heb, raised funds sufficient to purchase mercenaries. Then, with
Ta-user at the head in barbaric splendor, they descended on Memphis.
The course Seti pursued has puzzled historians. He gathered up his
family, his court, his treasure, and without so much as lifting a
spear, fled into Ethiopia. After some time Ta-user sent to him and
conferred upon him the title of the Prince of Cush.
To the friends of the young Pharaoh it was patent that he feared to
meet Ta-user.
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