[ Well he's addressed famous people back home hasn't he? Why should he hold back now?

And so he clears his throat and is ever so glad he's taken to wearing Ephian tunics. Maybe it makes him looks less like an outsider.]

Learned senators, my name is Jacob and I am new to fine Ephes. I'm just a traveller, but I have come to appreciate your city very quickly, it's achievements outweighing that of my own home. Such a grand place can not have many equals. If I may say so?

Ephes is a great city without Mistress Messalina- it will continue to be so. It seems to me she needs you more than you need her.