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The answer is king canute.
From King Canute on the Seashore
by: James Baldwin, The Book of Virtues
a verse form the story :"Very well. Sea," cried Canute, "I command you to come no further! Waves, stop your rolling!. Surf, stop your pounding! Do not dare touch my feet!":
add. But we should note that it was not a belief of Canute that the sea would retreat - rather it was the fulsome flattery of his court that disgusted the King. His answer to their claim that he was all powerful, was to claim that if that were so, then he could command the sea to retreat. It did not do so, and the sycophants were exposed.
[You should check out the proper meaning of 'fulsome'.]
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