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The present state of Denmark and reflections upon the ancient state thereof. Together with a particular account of the birth, education, martial atchievements and brave performances of His Royal Highness Prince George, only brother of His present Majesty of Denmark. / By G. Pierreville Gent. Secretary to the King's Minister at the Court of Denmark.
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Pierreville, Gideon.
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Wing P2212A; ESTC R203183
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enter France till the year 876. and was not Established peaceably in Normandy till 889. or 890. 3. Eric Barn or the Child being the only Male left alive of the Royal Family after the Bloody Wars between Eric and Guthorn King of Norway But he had not been long upon the Throne before he Renewed the Persecution upon the Christians with more Cruelty then his Prodecessors had done destroying more Churches Bishops and Religious Houses then all the other Danish Kings put together He Prosecuted his Wars in Germany with great Gallantry and Conduct Slaying with his own Hands Bruno Duke of Saxony and Twelve Counts He Departed this Life in the year 902. 4. Canutus Lodneknut or the Hairy Succeeded his Father Eric In his time every Third Man in Denmark went to seek his Fortune and those who went away thus upon these Expeditions over-run all Prusia Courland Semgal and other Countries where they Established themselves and where their Posterity remain unto this day He Dyed a Pagan in the year 912. And was Succeeded by 5. Frotho his Son though some say Sueno his Brother Reigned Nine years He was twenty years King of England and Denmark being Converted to Christianity in England and Dyed a zealous Christian his next Successors was 6. Gormo Gormund or Guthram Surnaned Hartesnute and Engelander because Born in England He with his Attendants was Baptized at Aalâ—e in Somersetshire our Learned and Pious King Alfred being his Godfather and gave him the Name of Athelstanes and the Kingdom of the East-Angles 7. Harald Surnamed Blaat and Succeeded his Father Gormo In his days did the Danes make that Famous Trench between Gottorp and Sleswick called Dannewerk 8. Sueno or Suenotho Surnamed Tuiskeg that is Fork'd Beard Succeeded Harald At his first coming to the Crown he was a Pagan and Exercised great Cruelty upon the Christians but was afterwards Converted to Christianity and Erected three Bishopricks at Sleswick Ripen and Arhusen He is by some said to have Dyed in the year 1012. and was Buryed at York Others in 1014. and Intombed in Denmark 9. Canutus the Great Son to Sueno He was at once King of England Denmark Sweeden Norway Slavonia and Sambland some say too King or Duke of Normandy He was Buryed at Winchester in the year 1036. after he had been Seaven and twenty years King of Denmark twenty four of England and Seaven of Norway and was Suoceeded in the Crown of Denmark by his Son 10. Hardi-Cnute who within four years obtained the Kingdom of England upon the Death of his Brother Harald He Dyed in England in the year 1041. and was Buryed by his Father in the Cathedral of Winchester 11. Magnus King of Norway possessed himself of the Crown of Denmark by main force upon the Death of Hardi-Cnute pretending a Contract that Entituled him to it but had it not long in possession He Dyed in the year 1048. and left the Crown to 12. Sueno Esthret Son of one Vlf an English Earl He Departed this Life in the year 1074. and left behind him five Sons who all of them Enjoyed Successively their Fathers Crown 13. Harald Sueno's Eldest Son Swayed the Scepter no longer then two years being an easie efferninate timerous Prince So that the English laid hold of the Juncture shook off the Danish Yoak without any great trouble 14. St. Canutus the Second Son of King Swain in the year 1088. was Inhumanly Murdered by his own Subject at St. Albans Church in Odensee a City in the Isle of Funen which he had made his Sanctuary Now his Brother Olaf longing for the Crown Fomented a Rebellion against Canutus and effected his designs by the means of the Kings commanding his Subjects to pay Tyths according to the Custom of other Nations And this Fomented the People into such a Rage by Olafs practises that nothing could appease but their Soveraigns Martyrdome 15. Olaf the Third Son of Swain upon the Assassination of St. Canutus was Unanimously Declared King by his Partizans But he and the whole Kingdom were not long before they received their just Punishment for that Execrable Crime of Murdering their Prince for Heaven was pleas'd to send so great a Famine over all Denmark that the Kings own Family wanted Bread Olaf well knowing his Crimes had brought that Judgment upon the Realm offered up his Prayers to God that he would be pleased to divert the Stream of his Vengeance from off the People upon his Head that had offended Whereupon the very same Night he Dyed Hungry and Wretched in the year 1096 and the Famine forthwith abated 16. Eric Swains Fourth Son Surnamed the Good for his Religious Zeal and Piety Dyed in his Pilgrimage towards Jerusalem and was Buried in the Isle of Cyprus in the year 1106. during his Reign Lunden in Schonen was made an Arch-Bishops See all the Danish Bishops being before that time under the Jurisdiction of the Arch-Bishop of Brement 17. Nicholas Suenos's youngest Son Succeeded his Brother but was Slain in the year 1135. by the Jutes in Revenge of the Death of Chute Duke of Flanders whom he had caused to be Assassinated in the Church 18. Eric Emund a good Religious Prince Succeeded his Uncle Nicarlus in the year 1130. was in his own Pallace Inhumanly Assassinated by one Plagsorte a Nobleman of Juitland 19. Eric Lamb Succeeded his Unckle Eric Emund But after a while laid down his Crown and retired into a Monastry at Odensce in Funen where he departed this Life in the year 1147. 20. Swain Gratenhede Eric Emunds Son got the Crown upon the Death of his Kinsman Eric Lamb. Three Kings of Denmark were at the same time in this Princes days One part of the People being for Cnute King Nicholas's Grand-Child another for Waldemar Son to Cnute Duke of Flanders After some Rancounters and Combates wherein both Swain and Cnute were Killed the whole Realm was Swayed by 21. Waldemar Surnamed the Great who was Soveraign of all the Countries on the North of the Elb and Departed this Life in the year 1182. Leaving the Crown to his Son 22. Cnutes who shewed great Conduct and Gallantry in his Wars with the German Emperour who demanded Homage of the Kings of Denmark He Dyed at Ringsted in the year 1202. 23. Waldemar the Second Succeeded his Brother He new Modelled the Danish Government Subdued Norway overcame and put to Flight the Emperour Otto who meant to render himself Master of Holstein and having Sway'd the Scepter Victoriously for Thirty Nine Years he Dyed Anno Dom. 1241. and was Succeeded by 24. Eric Plog-penning his Son who was taken at Sleswick and Slain by his Brother 25. Abel who having Reigned two years after a Wicked manner was then Assassinated by Rebels in the year 1252. and was Succeeded by his Brother 26. Christophers who having Lived in a continual War with his own Rebellious Subjects is said to have been Poysoned in the year 1259. by Arnefast Bishop of Arhusen as the Emperour Henry the Seventh was
a Bell made so full of holes by Cannon Bullets that the King has thought fitting the marks thereof should remain visible by causing all the places that were pierced to be guilt The Exchange is richly worth the seeing and will merit a more ample Description than this Compendium of the whole Kingdom will admit The Citizens Houses till within these few years were very mean and low most of them patcht up of Wood and Mortar indeed the first rise of this City was but very mean for about the year 1168. Axil Wide sirnamed Snare Archbishop of Denmark built a considerable Fortification in this Island wherein now stands the Castle This was called after his Name Axel-huys and was a good defence to the whole Island against the daily incursions of Pyrats Under the protection of this Fort several Fishermen and others that Traded this way used to Harbour their Ships in security this caused a continual concourse of the Natives who resorted hither to furnish the Vessels with such Provisions as their Country afforded and in a short time laid the first rude Draughts of a City which at this day for Strength Trade Beauty and Bulk is not surpassed by many in Europe for of late the Citizens are grown more curious and experienced in Architecture and few of their Streets are without a considerable number of stately brick Buildings It s Haven also being one of the best in Europe Amaga Amagri is Amagra or Ammak is a small Island on the East of Copenhagen about six English Miles in length and four in breadth it abounds wonderfully in all manner of Fowl and Venison has in it plenty of Corn and furnishes the Market at Copenhagen with weekly supplies of Milk Butter Cheese c. This Isle of Ammak contains four or five Villages and has two Parish Churches But before we leave this Island it will not perhaps be ungrateful to relate an Encounter which happened in it at the Siege of Copenhagen in 1660. which was so much the more considerable because both the Northern Kings were personally engaged in the action The Swede observing that the Dane daily fetched Provisions from the aforementioned Isle the Ammak was resolved to make a Descent in order to burn the Villages and destroy whatever might afford sustenance or relief to the besieged for which purpose he put aboard about 1200 Foot and 400 Horse and the King himself would needs be of the Party thinking nothing so well done as where he was present as well as naturally ambitious of sharing personally in the glory of every brave action Coming to the height of the Draker he forced his Landing upon the Point of the Isle and constrained them upon the Guard to abandon their Post He marches up the Isle and destroys all before him and the Danes fearing he came to fortifie some Post on that side set fire to the Village next adjacent to the Town as the Swede had done to the rest Having done this work the Swede retreats to his Boats too securely some scattered from the Body others encumbred with Plunder Mean while the Danish King Sallies out in person with three hundred Horse and two hundred Dragoons besides some few Commanded Foot mounted behind falls in upon the Swedish Rear flew several of them and put the rest in disorder The Swedish King mounted upon an unruly Horse bounding and curveting with him ran great hazard of falling that day into the Danish hands But the Dane either not knowing all his advantages or not willing to be drawn too far from his Town by an over eager pressing upon an Enemy who out numbred him sounded a seasonable retreat The next place of Note is Roschild which takes its name from a River running by the Town which drives scaven Mills It was formerly the Metropolis of the whole Kingdom fortified with a Wall Ditch and Bulwark and contained no less than 27 fair Churches This Town was made a Bishop's See by Suenotho King of England Denmark Sweden and Norway about the year 1012. who gave the Bishoprick of Roschild which is now swallowed up by Copenhagen to Gerebrand a Monk In the Cathedral Church of this Town are to be seen very fair and sumptuous Tombs of many of the Danish Kings Elseneur the chief Ornament and Strength of which Town lies in Cronenburg is seated on that neck of the Sea called Orisundt or the Sound which parts Sealand from Schonen Cronenburgh is built of hewn Free-stone brought hither out of Scotland and this undertaken with incredible pains and charge by King Fredrick the Second without a penny Subsidy from the Subjects tho he covered it with Coper the Foundation of it being laid on huge Stone sunk into the Sea and so fastened together that no Storm or Tempest how violent soever is able to shake it well fortified as well as founded and mixt of a Palace and of a Fort having for many years been the Seat of the Danish Kings who had from hence one of the most pleasant and profitable prospects of the whole Kingdom every Ship that passes this Streight being obliged to strike Sail to Croneburg and that done the Master is to come to a Composition in the City for Custom upon the pain of the Confiscation and Loading Fredericksberg seated amongst pleasant Woods of Beech and about the middle way between Elseneur and Copenhagen this Fabrick was first began by one Harlef a Danish Nobleman who sold it to King Fredrick the Second who fell upon enlarging and beautifying it to a high degree After this King's death his Son Christian the Fourth spared no charges in compleating what his Father left unfinished adorning it with the richest Pictures Statues Hangings the Locks and bars in the Windows being all of beaten Silver so as it not only surpasses all that is in the North but the World can hardly paralel this piece The adjoyning Park has amongst other Foreign Beasts a Stock of Foreign Deer transported hither out of England in the 24 of Q. Eliz. Ringstede a Town of the greatest Antiquity of any except Roschild in Denmark many of the Danish Kings lying buried in the place particularly King Waldemar the First and Eric the Godly its scituation being in the very Center of the Land its want of Trade makes it daily decay Sora of old being beautified with a goodly Monastery the Revenues whereof at the alteration of Religion were converted to the maintenance of a Free-School built here by Fredrick the First But in the year 1623. Christiern the fourth adding hereunto the Revenues of two other dissolved Monasteries the one of the Isle of Laland and the other in Juitland founded here a new University for the maintenance of several learned men who were to be employed in writing and publishing the History of the Acts and Monuments of the Kings and other Heroes of Denmark and for the better supply of Learned Ministers for the Churches of Denmark and Norway which before could not be provided for out of Copenhagen