He was the first who took the title of Mohar.

The king held him in such high esteem, that he was inferior to no one but the king himself, and the minister of the house of war." "Was he of noble race ?" "Of one of the oldest and noblest in the country.

His father was the noble warrior Assa," answered the haruspex, "and he therefore, after he himself had attained the highest consideration and vast wealth, escorted home the niece of the King Hor-em-lieb, who would have had a claim to the throne, as well as the Regent, if the grandfather of the present Rameses had not seized it from the old family by violence." "Be careful of your words," said Ameni, interrupting the rash old man.
"Rameses I.was and is the grandfather of our sovereign, and in the king's veins, from his mother's side, flows the blood of the legitimate descendants of the Sun-god." "But fuller and purer in those of the Regent the haruspex ventured to retort.
"But Rameses wears the crown," cried Ameni, "and will continue to wear it so long as it pleases the Gods.

Reflect--your hairs are grey, and seditious words are like sparks, which are borne by the wind, but which, if they fall, may set our home in a blaze.

Continue your feasting, my lords; but I would request you to speak no more this evening of the king and his new decree.