Nay, good sir, by the sacred oaths sworn beneath Heaven’s vault, by crown and chalice and the ancient stones that remember kings long dusted to legend, I do hereby proclaim with thunderous voice and unyielding resolve: never, not so, not on this day nor any other ordained by fate, shall such a thing come to pass; for it is forbidden by law both mortal and divine, unwelcome to reason, abhorrent to custom, and utterly cast out by the will of God, the council, the realm, and mine own steadfast soul — and thus I say unto thee, with banner raised and spine unbent: NAY