It did prove to be a sort of public house, or, rather, a hospital where people seeking the bracing atmosphere of this mountain retreat and the mineral water to be found here could stop.
— from Where Duty Called; or, In Honor Bound by George Waldo Browne

But when the envoys stated that 200,000 ducats, which the emperor was sending to his army in Italy, had fallen into the hands of the enemy, the cardinal replied, that if madame agreed to make remittances of 50,000 crowns, the king would contribute an equal sum, to which the envoys answered: 'Madame has not the means to do that; nobody will lend her money, though she is willing, for the stipend of the said 3000 horse and 218 3000 foot, to sell or pawn her own rings and jewels.'
— from The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Eleanor E. Tremayne