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Ulysses

A BELLHANGER: A classic face! He has the forehead
of a thinker.
(Bloom’s weather. A sunburst appears in the northwest.)
THE BISHOP OF DOWN AND CONNOR: I here

present your undoubted emperor-president and king-
chairman, the most serene and potent and very puissant
ruler of this realm. God save Leopold the First!
ALL: God save Leopold the First!
BLOOM: (In dalmatic and purple mantle, to the bishop of
Down and Connor, with dignity) Thanks, somewhat eminent
sir.
WILLIAM, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH: (In purple
stock and shovel hat) Will you to your power cause law and
mercy to be executed in all your judgments in Ireland and
territories thereunto belonging?
BLOOM: (Placing his right hand on his testicles, swears) So
may the Creator deal with me. All this I promise to do.
MICHAEL, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH: (Pours a
cruse of hairoil over Bloom’s head) Gaudium magnum annuntio
vobis. Habemus carneficem. Leopold, Patrick, Andrew,
David, George, be thou anointed!
(Bloom assumes a mantle of cloth of gold and puts on a ruby
ring. He ascends and stands on the stone of destiny. The
representative peers put on at the same time their twentyeight

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