At this much noise and revelry resounded from amongst the loudmouthed toffs, for these words of the council’s tickled their pride and flattered their desire for rule.
And so they continued, saying: ‘Because the Magyar nation is that which conquered this land and took unto itself the rule thereof, it is only right and just that their language should take precedence over all others and broaden its reach, while the languages of the subservient peoples should humble themselves before it. In time, they should be swept away, for good it is, and needful, that there be but one tongue in our motherland, and that one language that is to be spoken, that is to dominate all others, should be, by right, the tongue of the Magyar nation.’
Then, following these words, the council hall was filled with une
