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 “Tsar Vladimir has ordered

That, by His Royal Grace,

Applicants are invited

To fill god’s vacant place.

The news of the Imperial

Ukase the Tsar decreed

Spread through the whole dominion

As with a lightning speed.

At Rome, the worthy Cardinals

Enjoyed a little glass

Of rum at the Red Lobster Inn

Before they went to Mass.

He ordered him a beaker

Of Lachrimae and ran,

As soon as he had drunk it,

Straight to the Vatican.