You should have heard how he, the powerful king, complained that he could never act according to his own wishes, that even in his most private affairs he was crossed and compromised by the priests and their influence.
[See the parallel in the history of 2000 years later in the reigns of Henry III.

and IV.

confronting the Jesuit influence, finally culminating in assassination.

D.W.] "Had it only depended on himself, he could easily have pardoned the transgression of a law, which I, as a foreigner, could not be expected to understand, and might (though unjustly) esteem as a foolish superstition.
But for the sake of the priests he dare not leave me unpunished.

The lightest penalty he could inflict must be banishment from Egypt.
"He concluded his complaint with these words: 'You little know what concessions I must make to the priests in order to obtain your pardon.
Why, our supreme court of justice is independent even of me, its king!' "And thus I received my dismissal, after having taken a solemn oath to leave Memphis that very day, and Egypt, at latest, in three weeks.
"At the palace-gate I met Psamtik, the crown-prince.