Tablet III, Section 1e

"Why didst thou give (this) restlessness of spirit With which didst dower Gilgamish, [my] son? That now thou touchest him, and (straight) he starteth A journey far to where Humbaba (dwelleth), To counter warfare which he knoweth not, Follow a pathway which he knoweth not, 15. (Aye), from the very day on which he starteth, Till he return, till to the Cedar Forest He reach; till he o’erthrow the fierce Humbaba, And from the land destroy all evil things Which thou abhor’st; the day which [thou hast set] 20. As term, of (that) strong man (who) feareth thee, May Aa , (thy) bride, be [thy] remembrancer. He the night-watches . . . . ." : "(Aye, such an one) [would deliver his person] from out of the pitfalls. 10. [We, O King], in our conclave [have paid deep heed to thy welfare], (Now), O King, in thy turn with an (equal) heed] shalt requite us." Enkidu [open'd] his mouth [and spake unto Gilgamish, saying]: "Turn, O my friend . . . . a road not . . . ."