The Lady of the Lake her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held Excalibur aloft from the bosom of the water to signify by Divine Providence ...  that I Arthur was to carry Excalibur ... That is why I am your king! | |                              OLD WOMAN |      Is Frank in?  He'd be able to deal with this one. | DENNIS Look  strange women lying on their backs in ponds handing out swords ... that's no basis for a system of government.  Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.