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
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 Kings. 19. 20 The Acts of Kings, his pen and sword bearer, Sef, whose surname is Chalfin,saying, 26. Write unto these lawgivers that have railed againstthe anointed, and set at naught the holy statutes of theDragon, that they may no longer be lawgivers in the cit}-of the Seven Hills. 27. Thus saith the King. 28. And Sef, whose surname is Chalfin, wrote all that theKing commanded. 29. And when Sef had written, and the King had affixedthe seal of the Great Dragon thereunto, he sent the writingunto the lawgivers. 80. And it did happen that, when the writing was broughtunto the lawgivers, they were seated in the Hall of Justice,much concerned among themselves because of a son ofHam, who is of the tribe of Ethiopia, who stood accusedof theft. 31. And when the Recorder, John, whose surname is Reg-nault, and an upholsterer, had read the writing, and under-stood its purport, 32. Behold, his countenance changed into the hue of alobster boiled, his tongue clave unto the roof of his mouth,his knees
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