Greggory takes the parchment and begins to read over the document.  He frowns as he reads, but eventually hands it back to Scorch.  "I hope you will keep in mind the terms of this decree, Scorch.  My father may have given you permission to stuff your bloated gut, but perhaps you will notice that, since this IS a means of population control, you are strictly limited on how many you can take, and your legal obligation comes out of that number.  If I find you have overeaten, your gut grown to the size of your ego, you will wish you were a peasant..."