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291FRAGMENT OF A GNOSTIC HYMN%u2013PRAISE FOR THE CREATIONS OF THE REALMS1.%u2026 Lacuna %u20262.(Hear me as I sing praises to thee, OFirst Mystery, who hastshone in thy mystery, who hast caused Jeu to establish the fifthaeon,and hast set up a%u2026 and ministers) in thefifth aeon, whose imperishable name is%u2026 3.Save all my members whichhavebeen scattered since the foundation of the world in allthe archons and the decans and the ministers of the fifth aeon,and gather them all together and take them to the light.>>4.Hear me as I sing praises to thee, OFirst Mystery, who hastshone in thy mystery, who hast caused Jeu to establish thesixth aeon, and hast set up archons and decans and ministers in thesixth aeon, whose imperishable name is%u2026 5.Save all my memberswhich have been scattered since the foundation of the worldin the archons and the decans and the ministers of the sixthaeon; gather them all together and take them to the light.>>6.Hear me as I sing praises to thee, OFirst Mystery, who hastshone in thy mystery, who hast caused Jeu to establish the seventhaeon, and hast set up archons and decans and ministers in the seventhaeon, whose imperishable name is .... 7.Save all my members whichhave been scattered since the foundation of the world[continued]