'Canute reproving his Courtiers', c1840. King Cnut supposedly demonstrated to flattering courtiers that being a mere human, the sea would not obey him, and God alone can command the tides. Cnut (c995-1035), also known as Canute, was King of Denmark, England and Norway. [Fisher, Son & Co, c1840]

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