A PROCLAMATION
To All whom it may concern
Whereas by Our Imperial Condescension
We give this as a Royal Patent under Our
Sign Manual to certify that
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has this day visited Our Royal Domains and
has received the ancient requisite initiation and form
necessary to become one of Our Loyal Subjects.
Should the above mentioned person fall overboard,
Having become one of Our Loyal Subjects.
We recommend all Sharks, Dolphins, Whales, Eels
etc. under Our Command, to abstain from eating,
playing with, or otherwise maltreating him. And
We further direct all Sailors, Soldiers, Marines,
Globetrotters, etc: who have not crossed Our
Royal Domains to treat him with that respect
due to one who has visited Us.
Given at Our Court on the Equator, in Longitude.
.......this......day of ...........

Dolphinus Sectretarius...........................Neptunus Rex