The late king of Poland, when the king of Sweden forced him to give up his kingdom; and when he took it again, upon the king of Sweden's defeat by the Muscovites.
King James II of England, when the prince of Orange sent to him at midnight to leave London.
King William III of England, when he sent to beg the house of commons to continue his Dutch guards, and was refused.
The late queen Anne of England, when she sent Whitworth to Muscovy on an embassy of humiliation, for an insult committed here on that prince's ambassador.
The lord chancellor Bacon, when he was convicted of bribery.
The late duke of Marlborough, when he was forced, after his own disgrace, to carry his duchess's gold key to the queen.
The old earl of Pembroke, when a Scotch lord gave him a lash with a whip at Newmarket, in presence of all the nobility, and he bore it with patience.
King Charles II of England, when he entered into the second Dutch war; and in many other actions during his whole reign.
Philip II of Spain, after the defeat of the Armada.
The emperor Charles V, when he resigned his crown, and nobody would believe his reasons.
