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Yes, sire; it looks as ludicrous as it is audacious.

We must remedy this, Medon!

[Joyfully.] Ah, most gracious Emperor?

Come early to morrow to the palace

[Still more delighted.] I will come very early, most gracious Emperor!

Give your name to my Chamberlain

Yes, yes, my most gracious Emperor!

You will receive from him a pair of purple shoes, embroidered with gold

Ah, my most generous lord and Emperor!

These shoes you will take to Alites, place them on his feet, and say that henceforth he must not fail to put them on, whenever he would walk abroad by daylight in his purple cloak