"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.
you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor just because some
moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!"