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      2 days ago

      But it would have been great for a Shakespearian minor joke character bit.

      GUARD: “See, milord, how in this year’s almanack the booba hath been veil’d, compared to last year’s edition.”

      KING: “Greatly?”

      GUARD: “Yes, greatly indeed! Two inches of cloth more!”

      KING: “Thou art a nutter and I ought to throw thee in the madhouse.”

      GUARD: “But you wouldn’t dare, sire? Tales of your treachery and oppression already circle widely.”

      KING: “Thou shouldst consider thee lucky that we have to get the Hell onward with our plot.”