His proclamations

Emperor Max had a ream of parchment, quills and ink, and a signet ring for making official wax seals. Emperor Max liked to proclaim the seasons— spring, summer, fall, winter. He liked to proclaim the first cuckoo call of spring, and the first snowflake of winter. He liked to proclaim the people of his realm should endeavor, in various ways, to be good. After the twenty-fifth year since his father had died, Max liked to proclaim at the end of each year in our land peace had persisted.