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administrator_n relict_n who_o have_v shut_v up_o herself_o in_o stockholm_n and_o the_o governor_n of_o calmar_n to_o surrender_v these_o two_o place_n ib._n he_o buy_v the_o last_o of_o these_o place_n ibid._n he_o give_v the_o government_n of_o it_o to_o severinus_n de_fw-fr norby_n ib._n he_o carry_v on_o the_o siege_n of_o stockholm_n with_o all_o imaginable_a vigour_n 96_o he_o cause_v the_o aâ—ministrator's_n widow_n to_o be_v summon_v a_o second_o time_n 97_o she_o be_v force_v to_o capitulate_v 98_o he_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o city_n at_o the_o head_n of_o four_o thousand_o man_n who_o he_o leave_v in_o garrison_n ibid._n he_o call_v a_o meeting_n of_o the_o estate_n of_o sweden_n on_o the_o four_o of_o november_n and_o appoint_v on_o the_o same_o day_n the_o ceremony_n of_o his_o coronation_n 98_o he_o leave_v the_o command_n of_o his_o force_n to_o severinus_n de_fw-fr norby_n 99_o he_o entrust_v the_o archbishop_n of_o upsal_n with_o the_o government_n of_o the_o state_n ibid._n he_o send_v general_n otho_n to_o denmark_n who_o he_o suspect_v by_o reason_n of_o his_o victory_n he_o return_v to_o denmark_n upon_o the_o advice_n he_o have_v receive_v that_o his_o presence_n be_v necessary_a at_o copenhagen_n ibid._n the_o senate_n and_o principal_a lord_n of_o the_o kingdom_n murmur_n against_o the_o augmentation_n of_o christiern_n authority_n ibid._n he_o take_v a_o resolution_n for_o the_o security_n of_o his_o conquest_n to_o destroy_v the_o whole_a senate_n of_o sweden_n and_o the_o principal_a nobleman_n of_o the_o realm_n 102_o he_o resolve_v for_o this_o purpose_n to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o pretence_n of_o excommunication_n and_o to_o revive_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o upsal_n 103_o he_o disband_n the_o french_a force_n which_o he_o have_v in_o his_o service_n ibid._n the_o bad_a usage_n he_o show_v they_o he_o make_v preparation_n to_o repass_v into_o sweden_n in_o order_n to_o be_v present_a at_o the_o assembly_n 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