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'Queen Elizabeth striking the Earl of Essex', 1773. During a dispute with his cousin Queen Elizabeth I, Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex, (1567-1601), English soldier and courtier, turned his back on the queen, who then slapped his face. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786). From "A New and Complete History of England, From the Earliest Period of Authentic Intelligence to the Present Time", by Temple Sydney. [J. Cooke, London, 1773]