Hear me now, greatest of subjects
to our most noble king for though he sits arrayed in raiment richly garnished, and well suiting his noble station (a glittering jewel-studded crown of multicoloured gems won from hoards of greedy dragons whose names lie long forgotten among depths of ignominy by heroes whose honour shall ever be borne in the names of children not ever to be forgotten!) his regal robe flows woven of threads which the king alone among all men is worthy! for know ye not his epic deeds, so num’rous to bespeak that should my tales of him span my life (should it even prove long!) his honour should be demeaned still falling short in compare against the glory he has won. |