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Folks,

Sir Old Dux:

I'm mightily surprised that a scholar such as yourself didn't have that classical translation right at your fingertips.

Here is the 'latin':
"Eepka ourya ootsba onya eirthey ecksnay"

Quite simple really when one has many, many years of higher education (and no one in my class was ever higher).

Ummmmm. How about 'Luctor Et Emergo' (naw that's Ilsa's motto: 'Love conquers all')

Now as for those cheeky vassals and serfs, why not do as the nobles in California have done for centuries to keep those recalcitrant toads in line?

First you have to capture one of the slippery varmints so you can make an example of him. Then take the nave to the nearest beach where there are lots of waves crashing in. Shackle his hands and feet in chains and then if he is a big fellow, tie a hefty boulder around his neck with a stout rope just for good measure.

Now the example making fun begins. Make sure all the nasty buggers friends and relatives have followed you. They are probably lurking about watching the proceedings from the safety of the nearest cliff top or climbable tree. Now have several of your most powerful men throw the trussed up scoundrel into the sea. If you throw him far enough into deep water he will bob to the surface now and then to catch his breath. This is to be expected and owing to the shackles and the weight of the boulder will occur only a limited number of times. Everyone will doubtless shout every time the drowning wretch manages to break the surface one more time. Hence the term "serf's up".

Sir C51:

That was Sir SNAFU's aircraft you just flew into the setting sun. Please return it at once, his wife is sending him to the market for a loaf of bread so he needs it.