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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57454	An account of Sueden together with an extract of the history of that kingdom.	Robinson, John, 1650-1723.	1694 (1694)	Wing R1690; ESTC R12230	47,457	212

Determination is altogether in the King's breast His Majesty hath also the Patronage of most Churches some few only being in the Disposal of the Nobility Many of their Churches are adorn'd with variety of Sculptures Painting Gilding c. All of them are kept neat and clean and in good Repair furnish'd as well in Countrey as City with Rich Altar-Clothes Copes and other Vestments For the more regular Government of the Church it has been found necessary to cause the Ancient Ecclesiastical Laws and Canons to be revised by a Committee chosen out of the several Bodies of the Estates who have spent some years in that matter and at last presented the King with a New System of Church-Laws wherein his Majesty having caused such Alterations to be made as he thought fit has lately approved and publish'd them Of these some that concern their Religion in general shall here be taken notice of By these New Canons it is ordain'd That If any Suedish Subject change his Religion he shall be banish'd the Kingdom and lose all Right of Inheritance both for himself and his Descendants If any continue Excommunicated above a Year he shall be Imprisoned a Month with Bread and Water and then banish'd If any bring into the Countrey Teachers of another Religion he shall be Fin'd and Banish'd Foreign Ministers shall enjoy the Free Exercise of their Religion only for themselves and Families Strangers of a different Religion shall have no Publick Exercise of it and their Children shall be baptized by Lutheran Ministers and educated in that Religion otherwise they shall not have the Privileges of Suedish Subjects These Laws as they oblige the Clergy to a more constant Attendance on all the parts of their Duty than has formerly been practised so they require the Laity to frequent the Church on all occasions and the Civil Magistrates especially on Days of great Solemnity make very strict search and punish such as are found absent from Church without a just Excuse with Imprisonment and other Severities But the Clergy are not intrusted with the sole Administration of these Laws nor impower'd by them to transact matters of any great moment without the concurrence of the Civil Power for besides that many Causes formerly Triable in Ecclesiastical Courts are now transferr'd to the Secular Magistrates the King reserves to his own cognizance several cases of that kind especially the Point of Excommunication which the Clergy are not permitted to pronounce against any one till the King hath been acquainted with the Case and gives leave which Caution is used because of the consequence which is the Loss of a Subject CHAP. VI. Of the Vniversities of Sueden LEARNING whatever their Modern Writers pretend can plead no great Antiquity in this Countrey the Institution of an University at Upsall being not above Three hundred years ago and few Monuments extant of a more Ancient Date but only Funeral Inscriptions rudely cut upon Rocks and unhew'n Stones which are every where found but as they have no Date so they seldom express more than the Names of Persons of whom no other Memory remains that which makes them most remarkable is That they are writ in the Ancient Gothic Language and the Runick Character The most Curious Piece of Learning among them is a Translation of the Evangelists into the Gothic Tongue done about Twelve or Thirteen hundred Years ago by Ulphila a Bishop of the Goths in Thracia of which they have the sole Ancient Manuscript Copy that is known to be in the world Since the Reformation Gustavus Adolphus was the first great Patron Learning had in this Countrey by whom the Universities that had been much impair'd were endow'd with tolerable Salaries for Professors in most Sciences These his Daughter Queen Christina somewhat augmented and by the Fame of her own Learning and the favourable Reception she gave to Scholars drew several Learned men from abroad that have left good Proofs of their Abilities and raised an Emulation in the Natives whose best Performance is in the History Antiquities and Ancient Laws of the Countrey The University of Upsall consists of a Chancellor who is always a great Minister of State a Vice-Chancellor always the Archbishop a Rector chosen out of the Professors of whom there are about Twenty that have each 150 l. a Year Salary The ordinary Number of Students is above Seven or Eight hundred Fifty of which are maintain'd by the King and some few others were formerly by Persons of Quality the rest that cannot subsist of themselves spend the Vacation in gathering the Charity of the Diocess they belong to which is commonly given them in Corn Butter dry'd Fish or Flesh c. upon which they subsist at the University the rest of the Year They live not Collegiately but in Private Houses nor wear Gowns nor observe other Discipline than what their own Necessity or Disposition leads them to The other University of Abo in Finland is constituted in the same manner but less numerous in Professors and Students There was a Third at Lunden in Schonen which having been interrupted by the late Wars is thought fit to be discontinued because its Neighbourhood to Denmark nourish'd in the Students an Affection for that Crown to which that Province formerly appertain'd yet it is again restor'd In each Diocess there is one Free School where Boys are fitted for the University and other trivial Schools to which Children are sent to learn to Read Write and Sing their Prayers a Custom so universal that very few of them want this degree of Education and further than that such as are not design'd for Studies do very seldom go nor waste their time in other needless Improvements Publick Provisions for the Poor are very few there 's not above Five or Six Hospitals in the Kingdom and a little Alms-house in each Parish maintain'd by the Charity of the Inhabitants to which for the most part they are very well disposed according to their Abilities CHAP. VII Of their Marriages and Funerals MArriages in Sueden are totally govern'd by the Will of the Parents and founded so much upon Interest that the Inclination of the Parties is little regarded nor the Nation much troubled with the Extravagancies of Lovers Stealing of Matches is scarce heard of in an Age nor can the Church give License to Marry without Publication of the Banns Persons of Quality of both Sexes commonly remain unmarried till Thirty or above because their Fortunes on both sides being in their Parents hands while they live they are not in a condition to maintain a Family till the Death of Relations or Advancement to Office furnish them with the Means of subsisting The Women while young have generally Fair Complexions tolerable Features and good Shapes and some of them are accounted more eminent for Chastity before Marriage than Fidelity after they are very fruitful and seldom fail of a Numerous Issue They are no where made greater Drudges than here the meaner sort being besides the