Good thing this story about a scabbard was not reported in Latin.
I would still have posted it, but the excerpts wouldn’t have made any sense. 😉😜😏
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king.
Dennis: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Arthur: Be quiet!
Dennis: You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
Arthur: Shut up!
Dennis: I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!
Good thing this story was about a sword scabbard ORNAMENT, despite the mistaken title. THus the poor soldier was not deprived of his killing weapon, merely the bragging ornament.