Here, in the course of confidential promenadings, it was hinted, it was represented to him by some Pickthank of a courtier, That the task of continuing the Hohenzollern progeny did not seem to prosper in the present good hands; that Sophie Dorothee, Princess Royal, had already borne two royal infants which had speedily died: that in fact it was to be gathered from the medical men, if not from their words, then from their looks and cautious innuendoes, that Sophie Dorothee, Princess Royal, would never produce a Prince or even Princess that would live; which task, therefore, did now again seem to devolve upon his Majesty, if his Majesty had not insuperable objections?
"History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.) Frederick The Great--The Hohenzollerns In Brandenburg--1412-1718"
Thomas Carlyle
Three witnesses were then called: Envy, Superstition, and Pickthank.
"Bunyan"
James Anthony Froude
So there came in three witnesses, to wit, Envy, Superstition, and Pickthank.
"The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3"
John Bunyan