The acts of kings: . mes; his brow darkened, and the lightning that did playout of his nostrils illuminated the third part of the city, sogreat and terrible was the anger of the King. 14. And the city being darkened again, all the peoplebewailed in their houses, for they knew it was a sign thatthe King was exceeding wroth, and prepared yet anotherwoe for the people. 15. And while the soothsayers and spies were yet speaking,the King rose up suddenly, and rent his robe, and swear uponhis sword, by the Great Radical Dragon, the Assembly ofSaints, and the seat of the Beast, that is at Washington,t
The acts of kings: . mes; his brow darkened, and the lightning that did playout of his nostrils illuminated the third part of the city, sogreat and terrible was the anger of the King. 14. And the city being darkened again, all the peoplebewailed in their houses, for they knew it was a sign thatthe King was exceeding wroth, and prepared yet anotherwoe for the people. 15. And while the soothsayers and spies were yet speaking,the King rose up suddenly, and rent his robe, and swear uponhis sword, by the Great Radical Dragon, the Assembly ofSaints, and the seat of the Beast, that is at Washington,that the lawgivers should be no more. ? 16. And the soothsayers bowed themselves three timesbefore the throne, and from the midst of them issued voices,saying, 17. There is but one King, and he is Schofield, and untohim is given power, and dominion, and glory, and we onlyare his true servants. 18. And the King, in great wrath, commanded that acopy of the records of the lawgivers be brought him. i8 The Acts of Kings,. 19. And when it was brought, as the Kmg commanded,he clave it in twain with his sword, and cast the parch-ment beneath his sandals and spat upon it, saying, 20. Thus dp I rend and spurn it and thou, O ye stiff-necked and rebellious lawgivers. 21. And the messenger who bore the parchment rendedand spat upon by the King trembled, and bowed himselfeven unto the dust before the King, saying, 22. There is but one King, and he is Schofield. 23. At that self-same hour, behold the veil of the Templeof Justice was rent, and the thieves and murderers, and allthat worked abomination in the city, rejoiced and clappedtheir hands, and were exceeding glad, saying, 24. The lawgivers have fallen from their high places,and now they who are of ourselves shall sit in the seats ofthe magistrates of the cit3% 25. And the King, when he had anointed himself andlooked into the Radical Koran, to the end that his knowl-edge of good and evil might be refreshed, made a sign unto The Acts of Kin
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