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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57725	The life of Count Ulfeld, great master of Denmark, and of the Countess Eleonora his wife done out of French ; with a supplement thereunto, and to the account of Denmark formerly published.; Comte d'Ulfeld, grand maistre de Danemarc. English	Rousseau de la Valette, Michel.	1695 (1695)	Wing R2052; ESTC R8467	51,327	148

Papers were found about him written in Ciphers which one of his Sons thought might be about some Secret he had often told him he would communicate to him before his Death which he fancy'd might be relating to the Philosopher's Stone about the transmutation or rather separation of Metals the rather because he found he had a Furnace in a private Chamber where no Body was admitted and that notwithstanding the vast Sums his Enemies had taken from him he never was in want but provided very handsomly for his Children abroad Secondly As to the second part of this Supplement relating to Doctor Otho Sperling who descended from a good Family at Hamburg fam'd particularly for Men of Parts and extraordinary Learning He marry'd a Lady of the Noble Family of the Schwendys descended from the great General and Statesman Lazarus Schwendy so much celebrated in History especially in that of Hungary in whom it may be said that Mars and the Muses had made a strict alliance he being besides his Martial Accomplishments a person of eminent Learning as it partly appears by his writings as yet extant and particularly by his Epistles ad Cam●● 〈◊〉 and others This great Vertue and Learning of his Ancestors on both sides Dr. Sperling did endeavour to imitate in which he prov'd very successful and was one of the most learned Men of his Age particularly in Physick and the study of Nature about which he held Correspondencies in several parts Moreover he was a Man of extraordinary Integrity and Vertue of admirable Morals sweet and agreeable in Conversation which Qualities gain'd him the hearts of all vertuous Persons and particularly that of Count Vlfeld whom he became acquainted with in his Travels which were very considerable in several parts and by degrees did contract the strictest Friendship with him that could be expected from two Hearts equally addicted to Vertue and Knowledg The Count was so much taken with his eminent Qualities and great Understanding that he took him for his Companion in several Embassies and particularly into England in King Charles the I's time to whom the said Count brought Ammunition c. on the behalf of the King his Master at which time these two Persons were brought into an eminent danger and had an extraordinary Deliverance being taken and imprison'd by the Parliamentarians who pass'd a Sentence of Death upon them as Friends to their Enemy for which they had prepar'd themselves with great Courage against the next Morning when unexpectedly and by a singular Providence the King's Party attack'd them in the Night took the House in which they were kept Prisoners and rescu'd them This great familiarity and friendship between the Count and Dr. Sperling involv'd the last in the unjust Persecutions of the other being tormented by wicked Men who naturally have an antipathy to Vertue such as Fortune by God's permission raises against his Children to try their Constancy This these two worthy Persons together with the Countess Eleonora did sufficiently experience and therefore the Count's Enemies never fail'd to involve Dr. Sperling in all his Concerns and in all the Calumnies they rais'd against him So that in the first Calumny about poisoning the King they accus'd him of having provided the Poison as being then the King's Physician of which Calumny he was then as well as the Count publickly cleared and the Accusers punish'd as it is related in the foregoing Treatise And tho he was not mention'd in the last Calumny and Sentence of Treason publish'd against the Count yet his Enemies in order to justify their Treachery and Baseness prevail'd with the King of Denmark in a Letter to the King of Sweden to accuse him of having kept a Correspondence with the Count. In fine after they were firmly resolv'd utterly to destroy the Count and had imprison'd the innocent Countess the only remaining Person they were jealous of and whom they thought capable to oppose their wicked Designs by assisting the Count with his Advice and to discover their Villany was Dr. Sperling For which reason they put their Heads together to consider how to secure and ruine him and his Family but whereas they were sensible that they could not obtain their End by the means of Justice they were oblig'd to have recourse to Tricks and Treachery the same means they had us'd before towards the Count and Countess his Friends In order hereunto they suborn'd a Villain and Traitor one Hagedorn who put their Project in execution Judas like in the manner following He came to the Doctor as a Stranger pretending to have a singular Respect and Esteem for his great skill in Physick and desir'd him to visit and give his Advice to a certain Friend of his whom he pretended to be ill of a secret Disease This good Man dreading no Surprize went along with him in a Coach to visit his said Patient On their return coming by a certain place where the said Hagedorn had plac'd another Ruffian like himself pretending to meet him accidentally he told the Doctor pointing to him That that Gentleman had been a great Traveller in the Indies and other remote Parts and that he had an extraordinary knowledg of many curious things asking him Whether he would allow him to take him into the Coach Dr. Sperling who he knew delighted to discourse with Persons of that Character easily consented thereunto Soon after his coming into the Coach they drew up the Glasses the Weather being very rainy and windy whereupon he perceiv'd that he was betray'd and a Pris'ner and he endeavouring to call People to his assistance tho in vain by reason of the swiftness of the motion and the great noise the Coach and the Wind made they gagg'd him in so much that he was half choak'd and in this manner carry'd him to Gluckstat and from thence to Copenhaguen In the mean time the good City of Hamburg where Dr. Sperling was very much belov'd to shew their abhorrence of this Villanous Action caus'd the Bell of Infamy to be rung to give all the People notice thereof and to register the said Hagedorn in their City-Book as a Traitor After this the Doctor 's Effects in Denmark which were very considerable were all confiscated without any cause and part thereof given to the said Hagedorn as a Reward for his Treachery The King of Sweden was graciously pleas'd to take Dr. Sperling's part he being his Subject and under his Protection as a Member of the Chapter of Hamburg and did highly resent and complain of this illegal Action as well to the King of Denmark as to other Princes and particularly to the King of England who was Guarantée of the Treaty of Peace between the two Northern Crowns And in answer to the King of Denmark's Letter to him did resute the weak grounds on which the said King endeavour'd to justify the said Action one of which was That Doctor Sperling had formerly been in his Service as his Physitian and pretending that he still was so

if you make the least scruple to write and sign what is requir'd of you All which he does protest before the Eternal God to be true Fourthly As to the fourth Article on which the Judges ground their Sentence alledging that since he had taken an Oath of Fealty to his Majesty and to his Royal Family notwithstanding which he has since conspir'd both against him and his Crown the said Crime made him guilty of High Treason both before God and Men. To this he answers as before That they can prove no such thing against him and that it is a meer fiction in order to ruine him Secondly He alledges the Invalidity of the said Writing as well as of the two former because they were all forc'd from him when he was a close Pris'ner under a strong Guard Count Rantzaw threatning him as aforesaid in case he made any scruple to sign adding and protesting further before God That he sign'd the said Papers absolutely against his Will and without being at liberty which if he had been and free to dispose of himself he would never have sworn Allegiance to Frederick since he had already taken the said Oath to serve the Crown of Sweden from which he could not depart to pay Homage to any other Prince which alone would have been sufficient to hinder him from so doing besides that he had no reason to serve a Prince who had kept and us'd him like a Slave tho he was born Free and of free Parents Moreover that Oaths extorted from any Persons can never be pleasing to nor binding before God but are void of themselves neither Divine nor human Laws allowing Oaths Reversions Bonds or other obligatory Writings procur'd by force and violence from any Persons being under Confinement or forc'd thereunto against their Wills And if at any tiem any Judg be so wicked and has so little Conscience as to receive and admit such Proofs and to ground a Sentence thereupon it is evident that he do's it either out of Passion or Interest He do's acknowledg himself a Subject to the Crown of Sweden and therefore hopes that Crown will protect him as a Vassal and upon the account of the Article inserted in the Treaty of Peace in favour of him which cannot be annihilated by violence and by forcing him to renounce the same in writing especially since these hardships are put upon him as his Enemies pretend in private tho not publickly for his having serv'd the said Crown This is an Abstract of what the Count alledges in his own defence against their unjust and ill-grounded Sentence which he inlarges with many considerable things which perhaps might give the Reader more satisfaction but considering the brevity to which we confine our selves this much may suffice to shew his Innocence and the illegality of the said Sentence Towards the Conclusion he examines and bewails the Hardships and Grievances put upon his dear Lady without being any ways guilty and how ill she was us'd and rewarded in England by a Party whom out of Tenderness and Compassion they had assisted with Money and Jewels in the time of their Distress and Necessity When Count Vifeld was solicitous with Count Rantzaw in his Prison to know the reason why they were robb'd and treated so barbarously desiring to be brought to a publick Trial to be judg'd according to the Laws of the Kingdom he only answer'd with another Question asking him whether he did not remember that he had serv'd the Crown of Sweden in the last Wars To which he gave him an immediate Answer which would have satisfy'd an impartial Man But when he desir'd to know what his Lady had done to be treated with the same rigour and robb'd of all her Jewels Money Goods c. the said Rantzaw being at a loss reply'd in great Passion that in case he did continue to criticize and to dispute thus he would assure them that his business would be soon done threatning him again with Death By which it appears that they could lay nothing to her Charge and that she only suffer'd upon her Husband's account how justly let others judg He proceeds further to satisfy the World how ill he is rewarded for the great Service he did the King in causing him to be elected which Election he relates at large in the same manner as it is mention'd in his Life how he alone stood up for him against a powerful Party and maintain'd that they ought to elect him notwithstanding all the reasons they urg'd for his Exclusion insomuch that he was the chief instrument to raise him to the Throne moreover that he was the first Person that brought him the publick News thereof in the Name of the two Kingdoms and gave him the Titles of King and Majesty as also that he plac'd the Crown upon his Head with the Bishops before the Altar of the Cathedral Church at Copenhaguen He adds that he may freely and safely affirm That had it not been for him Frederick had never been King which he can prove with such manifest Evidence that were the King acquainted therewith he would be amaz'd at what pass'd at his Election and that it wanted but little that another was not elected in his Place Before I make an end of what relates to Count Vlfeld's Person it will be proper to instance one Passage by which it will appear that his Enemies hatred and animosities against him were not extinguish'd even by his Death They sent several Persons in search of his Grave in order to unbury him and to triumph over his Body as they had already done over his Effigies at Copenhaguen But their Emissaries were so narrowly watch'd by the poor Count's Sons that few of them came back to give an account of their Commission insomuch that at last they were discourag'd from sending any more besides that they found it was impossible to find him out for as soon as he died upon the Rhine as the Author of his Life relates the Persons to whom he did commit the care of his Body bury'd him in the nearest landing Place which his Sons being acquainted with they repair'd thither with speed foreseeing their Enemies would send in search of him and desir'd the Bishop of the place to cause him to be remov'd by reason that being a Protestant it was not fit he should lie among Roman Catholicks that place being only appointed for such upon which account this request was granted and they together with their Father's antient and faithful Servants being arm'd remov'd him on Horseback and bury'd him in a place not publickly known and thereby deceiv'd the expectation of their Enemies They also expected to have found their Father's remaining Treasure consisting of Jewels sew'd up in his Buff-Coat but he was rifl'd before their Arrival and they could never receive the least satisfaction about it but were oblig'd to content themselves with the bare Buff-Coat and with the loss of the Jewels as well as of their paternal Estate Some