The letter started off telling me a lot of things about myself that I already knew; I was a false prophet, a deceiver, I’d stirred up the people with a lot of lies about God and induced them to murder their rightful sovereign, I was a blasphemer and an idolater – I’m not entirely sure what an idolater is, but it’s probably safe to assume that I’m one, I’m everything else, after all – and there was an unspeakable punishment lined up for me some time real soon. That punishment, he went on, it would be both his duty and his pleasure to carry out; to which end, please note that a state of war now
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