Legal humor here
“O Gracious King, yada, yada, yada, please accept this humble gift, yada, yada, yada, we your loyal peasantry, yada, yada, yada, may your reign be blessed, yada, yada, yada, man, there’s a ton of this stuff, as we recall the many treasures of your bounty, yada, yada, yada, it doesn’t stop, does it?, yada, yada, yada”
“I may be reading too much into this, but they seem to think you’re getting awfully old.”
“Yeah, and when you canceled the New Year’s Eve fireworks so you could spend two weeks in Naples, well, kind of a PR disaster all the way around.”
“‘Your loving son, Archibald the Totally Ready.’ When did he start calling himself that?”
“‘And may this ceremonial sword be a symbol, not of strife, but of amity between our two houses.’ That’s a nice touch, don’t you think?”
“‘And may you forever sit upon your kingly throne.’ Now, that’s nice too.”
“It seems they spent so much on swords that they can’t afford any actual guards. That doesn’t make much sense.”
“You know, your majesty, the more I read this, the more I think appointing your brother in law grand vizier was a bad idea.”
“It appears that repairs to the summer palace will be taking much longer than expected, so we’ll have to remain here for the rest of the season, and on into next year.”
“And there’s quite a bit about the negotiations with the Venetians. I guess that’s pretty important as well. You don’t have to be anywhere, do you?”
