Master of the Ceremonies came aboord our Ship to signify to the Ambassador from their Majesties the King and Queen Mother the satisfaction they received at his arrival But before he could deliver his Complement we escaped â—ery narrowly from being cast away For having weighed our anchors in the morning to take advantage of the wind that was something favourable the Pilot doubling a point to gain the greater benefit by it the Vessel on a sudden ran so near the Rocks the Pilot in a great fright was forced to tack immediately with all the dexterity he was able which was not so great but the Ship struck with her Poop as she was turning about But by the Grace of God it was done without any other mischief than a concussion that waked and affrighted too all that were then asleep in the Ship After this our Vessel was managed so well that at length we gained the point that was so near destroying us and came to anchor within a League of Stockholm At this time the Master of the Horse who was arrived the day before came aboord the Man of war â—o give an accompt to the Ambassador of his Voiage and amongst the rest of an accident â—efel one of his Coach-horses at Sea which â—e had ordered to be thrown over board beâ—ng fallen ill beyond any hopes of recovery â—n the mean time my Lord Ambassadors Lady â—eing big with child thought convenient to get a-shore assoon as she could The 8. of September the Ambassador made his Entry where he received all possible expressions of an Amity extraordinary True â—t is there was not that Bravery and Ceremony as at his Entry at Mosco but I dare affirm there was much more Sincerity Frankness and Decorum And whereas in that the Moscovites made demonstration only of their Grandeur and Vanity The Swedes in this made no other expression but of Kindness Civility Their Artillery which is so dreadful in the wars was become here the grateful Proclaimer of Peace and Affection nothing being to be heard about the Town for an hour together but the noise of their Cannon and great Guns For assoon as the Ambassador had left the ship and was entered with his Train into the Boats that were sent him by the King the Fregat gave us a whole round with his Cannon and whilst we were making for the shore they saluted him with many from land so that they made a very strange clattering amongst the Rocks As we past along we had the sight of a Diver that came up out of a place twenty fathoms deep into which they let him down out of a shallop with a Cord to look for the Guns of a Man of War that had been cast away there He was clad all in leather and sate under a certain Engine something like a bell in which he said himself he had space enough to breathe the water comming no higher than his breast After this we came to a Bridg covered over with Carpets of Tapestry at which place his Excellence was complemented from their Majesties by one of the principal Senators And from thence he was conveyed in the Kings Coach to a House set a part for Ambassadors Their Majesties having joyned several of their Gentlemen Pages and Footmen to his Train The Liveries my Lord Ambassador had in this place were new Liveries brought him with several other goods by Mr. Watson to Riga They were like those which they wore at Mosco of Scarlet cloth the King of Englands Colour but trimed up after another fashion according to the Mode at that time and in all points very rich and handsom Of the Ambassadors Residence at Stockholm HIs Excellence having spent but five weeks in this Town I shall not have many â—hings to speak upon occasion of this Embassy â—he principal end whereof was to declare in â—he behalf of the King of great Britain the â—incere desire his Majesty had to enter into a â—ricter correspondence with the King of Swedeâ—and But before we enter upon this subject â—t will not be inproper to premise a word or â—wo concerning this Court. The word Stockholm is properly the name of the Isle in which the City is built which â—sland is called Stockholm which signifies the â—sle of the Tronk or body of a Tree Holme â—ignifying an Iland and Stock the trunck of a Tree For the Capital City being burned of â—ld they which layd the foundation of this did it as they relate it in this manner They â—hrew the Trunck of a tree into the water and â—esolved that at what Island soever the same Trunck first rested in that place they would â—uild their Town and the Trunck resting in â—his place the Town was accordingly built â—here and called Stockholm as the Island also â—s The Town is very compact but even with â—he suburbs is not altogether so big as Roven â—n France The buildings are most of stone yet some also of wood Of the first sort there are several very magnificent and amongst them that of General Wrangel and the Chancellors There are some parts of the Town which being built off from the Island stand like parts of Venice upon piles so that the Sea flows under them The Palace hath nothing in it very remarkeable saving that it stands on the bank of the Sea and has a faire prospect of several Ships that ride hard by and the Kings Men of Warr amongst the rest But that which is most considerable in Stockholm is that in so cragged and unpleasant a place the people should be so courteous and friendly and that amongst so many Rocks and uninhabited Islands which are as so many fortresses to the Town we should find a Court so civil and benigne In Moscovie we had experience of the contrary where in a Country pleasant beautiful we found a people whose manner of living is very rude and austere Whereas here in a place that seems to be the very refuse of nature we found all manner of humanity and politeness Besides the peculiar language of the Country the nobility do with great industry addict themselves to the French and indeed they speak it as freely as if it were their own Their humor and manner of living has great affinity with the French also they are free and open hearted and no less affectors of Gallantry As for their Religion they follow as they do in Denmark the doctrine of Luther His Excellence being arrived at this Court â—e was for three days entertained at the â—harges of the Swedish King and on the third which was a Sunday he had Audience from his Majesty I shall not delay my self so much as to make any discription of their Ceremonies they being the same that are ordinarily used in other Courts of Europe This only 〈◊〉 shall say in relation to the person of the King that at that time he was not fully arrived at the ninth year of his age and yet was at that age indued with all the
was that the Vice-Admiral was dispatched to his Excellence to excuse this delay On Thursday the 27. of October my Lord Ambassador made his solemn Entry with great Magnificence And if from thence a judgment might be made of their Friendship to his Majesty of great Britain we might without all scruple conclude that the Amity of this Court in that respect exceeded the affection of the Swedes In the first place two noble Gallies and a Galliot came to receive his Excellence and his Train for the wind was come about so cross that it was impossible to get our Ship up into the Harbour Assoon as my Lord and his Attendants were entered into the Gallies our Ship gave us twenty Guns and in an hour and an halfs time we arrived in the Harbour where we â—aw his Majesties Men of War with all the glory of their Flags and Streamers displayed There were twenty pleasure Boats also very â—ell furnished to receive his Excellence and â—is Train in the Harbour and in these Boats â—e made our Entry to the Town The Footmen first then the Pages and Gentlemen â—fter them my Lord Morpeth and next my â—ord Ambassador accompanied by the Vice-Admiral and the Master of the Ceremonies â—n this manner our Boats following one anoâ—her in a File cross the whole Harbour we â—ad the opportunity as we past to survey a â—reat number of the Kings Ships very nobly â—quiped and to hear the noise of the Cannon â—aluting his Excellence as he went by every â—ne of them being laden with bullet At last we landed at a place which they had covered with Tapestry and in which his Excellence was complemented from his Majesty That done he went into the Kings Coach which was there ready to attend him and was conducted to the House of Ambassadors where we continued during our Residence in this Court Of my Lord Ambassador's Residence aâ— Copenhagen COpenhagen stands upon the Sea and though it be not naturally so strong noâ— of that circumference as Stockholm yet it iâ— artificially well fortified and the Country being plain of a much better Scituation There is a Canal that hath no more stream than there is before Stockholm yet it is deep enough for some Merchants ships to ride therein safely The Pallace hath nothing worth the Description only there is a Tower which is very considerable for its height but especially for its ascent which being paved so broad that a Coach might easily be drawn up and turned at the top riseth insensibly without stairs This Tower was built for the use of the Astronomers out of which there is a fair Library erected by the side of it From hence are several marks of the last Swedish Leagure to be seen especially on a Steeple hard by which was so battered by their Cannon that the King to perpetuate the Memory of that Siege hath ordered the holes of the several shot to be gilt over with Gold I could insert other Curiosities likewise that are to be seen in Copenhagen but my desigâ— not being to give an exact Description of such things as are so well known I shall saâ—isfy my self in giving this short Character of â—he Court That if the Swedish Court hath a â—reat resemblance with the French humour â—his hath much more the Genius of the Gerâ—an and that if the former be more franck â—nd active these are more solid and of better â—nvention The Danish Language differs not â—o much from the Swedish but that the people â—an easily understand one another And as â—or French the Nobility of Denmark are as â—ndustrious and diligent in learning it as those â—f the Court of Sweden Being arrived at this Town his Excellence â—as treated as at Stockholm three days at â—he Kings charge and had his Audience on â—he third The Ceremonies were all in the â—ame fashion as in the Court of Sweden and â—here being no Present to be made here more â—han was there his Excellence had no more â—o do but to make his Complement from the â—ing his Master The King of Denmark apâ—eared to us very grave and Majestick and â—f a large Stature He was booted à la Cavaâ—ere and though he was then at least threeâ—ore Years old yet he scarce looked to be â—fty He had a Sword by his side a long Coat â—overed with broad Gold and Silver lace and 〈◊〉 noble Plume of white Feathers in his Hat â—e stood under his Canopy with five or six â—f his chief Ministers of State on one side of him and in the midst of the Hall some ten oâ— twelve of the Life-Guards The Ambassadoâ— being come into the Hall made him a loâ— Reverence and the King saluted him againâ— and when he was come up near him undeâ— his Canopy of State he put on his Hat at thâ— same time his Majesty put on his and delivered his Complement in these Terms Sir AMong so many Prerogatives of thâ— highest Fortune yet Princes havâ— one disadvantage that They can seldoâ— attain to that reality and intimacâ— which we may see among private Persons The equality of their Sovereigâ— Power exposeth them to perpetual Competitions the Interest of their Peoplâ— obliges them to a constant Jealousy anâ— even the Fidelity and Prudence of theâ— Ministers seems rather made to entertain them in mutual Cautele and Suspâ—cion than in perfect Friendship Bâ— betwixt the King my Master and Your Majesty it is all otherwise You are perâ—aps the only two Princes in Christendom â—ho in so great a nearness yet can never â—ustle And having betwixt You all the â—ndearments of which private Persons â—re capable Your Royalty only inclines â—nd inables You to cultivate and express â—hem in a more honourable manner â—hat Subjects of one King could ever â—ve so peaceably and kindly together as â—hose two Excellent Princes His Majeâ—â—ies Grand-Father and Your Majesties â—ather by Whom those bonds of Hospiâ—ality and Consanguinity were so closely â—oven betwixt You visiting one the â—her in their Kingdoms as familiarly as â—eighbours in the same City and taking â—unsel together as confidently as Broâ—ers in the same Family And ever â—ce what mutual good Offices what â—mmunication of Counsels have there â—en betwixt both Kings both in adverse â—d prosperous fortune with so much constancy especially on Your part in that most turbulent storm of the English Monarchy that His Majesty must keep it in a most grateful and eternal memory and so universal a sympathy upon all occasions that all Antiquity would be troubled to furnish a paralel for so golden and real a Friendship And as the bonds of reciprocal Obligations and those animated ligaments of Blood and Nature have knit both Your Majesties in the most refined union so as to the grosser interest of Commerce and Navigation 〈◊〉 may say without a similitude that iâ— hath been moored on both sides even with anchors and cables betwixt the People Therefore those affaires having beeâ— regulated and constituted at the time 〈◊〉 the Extraordinary Embassage
And it extended no further than a bare treaty of Amity for the security of both the Allies and as my Lord Ambassador was assured aimed not at the prejudice of any Prince much less of the King of Great Britain who was expresly comprised therein and might have been received into the Alliance if he pleased himself Mr. de Treslon staid in this Court not above three weeks and on the fifteenth of November he departed from Copenhagen for Stockholme where he had another Embassy to make from the King his Master But besides the feasting that was occasioned by the intimacy of these two Ambassadors there was one more than ordinarily remarkable on the seventeenth of November which was at the Christening the child of my Lady Ambassadress who was brought to bed about a fortnight before of a Son It was Christened by the King the Queen and his Royal Highness and was named Frederick Christian on a Sunday at night in the House where his Excellence resided As soon as our Chaplain had administred the Baptism according to the Liturgy of the Church of England the King went to salute my Lady Ambassadress in her Chamber which was near the Room where the Infant was Baptized The Queen accompanied the King in this Visit his Royal Highness with the two Princesses his Sisters several Ladies of the Court following them There were several of the chief Ministers of State came in also to congratulate her Ladiship upon her happy delivery From this Visit their Majesties past into a large Room where his Excellence had prepared a Noble and Magnificent Collation for them The King would not sit down but choose rather to stand on one side of the table as her Majesty did also on the other with the Prince Christian and the two Princesses His Majesty continued bare all the while drinking several Healths with the Ambassador and other great Persons of his Court amongst which the Lord Treasurer who had been lately his Ambassador to the King of England was one My Lord Morpeth his excellence's Son entertained the Queen all the time his Excellence taking only now and then opportunity to address himself to her Majesty The Gentlemen and Pages that were attending on his Majesty were in the same Room where they also had their share of this Entertainment as well as the rest of the more inferiour servants who remained in the Court below At length after about half an hours time his Majesty retired with the Ambassador waiting upon him Three daies after his Excellence treated his Royal Highness again very sumptuously and after dinner His Highness was pleased to divert himself in dancing some howers with his Excellence and his principal Gentlemen Besides these Collations and some others which I pretermit his Excellence had two or three daies recreation in hunting the Hare with his Royal Highness At other times he took a survey of whatsoever was most remarkable in the City and amongst other things the Arsenal and some other magazins for their Anmunition Instruments of War At our entrance into the Arsenal which we found very fine and in good order we were surprised at first to see a Coach passing before us as it were by a peculiar motion of its own but the motion was performed by wheel-work with a kind of rudder to steer it For which purpose there were two men placed secretly within it one to turn the wheels which was the reason it moved and the other to manage the Stern They shewed his Excellence the Rarities also in the Kings Pallace which were several very curious pieces of Mechanicks besides many Curiosities brought from the remotest Countries The Rareties were disposed in five or six several appartements on one floor and indeed were the only observable things almost we saw in that Pallace Amongst other things in one of these appartements we had a sight of an excellent piece of Art which was a little Ship ready rigged whose Mast Ladders Sailes and Cannon were all of Ivory But his Majesty having a particular desire to caress his Excellence he thought good to shew him his Pallace at Frederixburgh which without contradiction is is a most magnificent and exact Pile In the mean time the King had the Curiosity to go and see the Man of War which brought his Excellence from Stockholm and was then at Anchor in the Harbour attending his departure This Visit being made of a suddain and in the absence of the Captain and the greatest part of the other Officers of the Ship the Seamen were at no small loss to receive his Majesty as he ought to have been Nevertheless that hindered not but his Majesty left some tokens of his being there by a considerable Present which he sent to the Captain and all the Seamen The Captain at his return being desirous to publish his Majesties generosity thought he could not do it any waies more remarkably than by firing his great Guns which though in the Night he discharged so freely at his return to his ship that the noise gave the Town an alarm immediately the drums beating through the streets and all people running to their Arms till at last they understood the occasion and turned their apprehensions into laughter About this time my Lord Ambassador had advertisement from Mosco amongst other things that Calthof who was detained by the Tzar after our departure was constrained to re-engage himself for two Years in the Great Dukes service He had notice likewise that his Tzarskoy Majesty had dispatched an Ambassador to the King of Great Britain to complain of him as a person that had been deficient in his respects to the Tzar and his principal Boyars in the whole process of his Negotiation But the Ambassador having from time to time sent Copies into England of all that had passed betwixt him and the Commissioners and being otherwise well advised that the King his Master did well approve of what he had done he troubled not himself with what the Tzar should attempt being very well assured as indeed it afterwards happened that all his efforts would not be able to shake the reason and justice upon which his conduct was founded About the latter end of our Residence there there was a publick combat performed in the presence of the King with portable Pumps or Engins such as are used frequently in the quenching of great fires It was managed before the Pallace betwixt six or seven men one against another having several others appointed for the management of their Pumps and for supplying them with water from the Canal Every one discharged upon his adversary by lifting up the Pipe and levelling it against his Enemy exposing themselves to the force of the Engins within fifteen or sixteen paces and plying their business so well that they left one of the Champions but one eye to guide him back again to his House My Lord Morpeth departed for England on the first day of Dicember with four or five Gentlemen and some Footmen in