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(Placing his right hand on his testicles, swears.) So may the Creator deal with me. All this I promise to do.

(Pours a cruse of hairoil over Bloom’s head.) ''Gaudium magnum annuntio vobis. Habemus carneficem.'' Leopold, Patrick, Andrew, David, George, be thou anointed!

I do become your liege man of life and limb to earthly worship.

My subjects! We hereby nominate our faithful charger Copula Felix hereditary Grand Vizier and announce that we have this day repudiated our former spouse and have bestowed our royal hand upon the princess Selene, the splendour of night.

(Raises the royal standard.) Illustrious Bloom! Successor to my famous brother!

(Embraces John Howard Parnell.) We thank you from our heart, John,