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A13218	A Short survey of the kingdome of Sweden containing a briefe description of all the provinces of this whole dominion, as also the riches of this kingdome, the antiquitie, nature, and manners of this nation, together with the government of this realme, might and power of this great king as well by sea as by land, his great officers, his customes, and reuenues of the crowne : a catalogue of many of the kings of Sweden, of those especially who have reigned these last five hundreth yeares, with some of their most memorable acts and deeds, with their alliance and issue or off-spring : something also more particularly concerning that illustrious invincible great Gustauus Adolphus the 2. and some of his most memorable acts since his comming to the crowne, as well before as since his entring Germany, untill this present yeare 1632.		1632 (1632)	STC 23517.5; ESTC S4930	50,849	110

plate and other mooveables unto the which neverthelesse the king may adde at his pleasure as he seeth occasion And whensoever the king permits any of his Court deserving subiects to any preferment he commonly assignes him a certaine number of country people who are esteemed as his vassalls and subiects and are to doe him homage and pay him tribute and certaine duties CHAP. VII Of the Kings of this countrey of Sweden with some of their chiefe and memorable Acts. MOst of the Northerne nations have time out of mind had their Kings by election as the Dane Swedish Polonian and Bohemian The kings of Sweden have beene untill of late yeeres electiue And although it was a matter of no small difficulty among barbarous nations where Mars was more honoured then Minerva and good literature the meanes to eternize heroicall worth scarce heard of in these remote regions to finde out any thing concerning their kings worth the writing yet have we the names of divers kings of that nation recorded of old howbeit a constant and continued succession without any interruption wee cannot reade of 1 In the first place then they tell us that Magog 1 King Magog sonne to Iaphet Noahs son the founder of the Scythian nation in Europe having passed over the Venedicke gulfe into Gothland by the Latines afterward called by the name of Scythia reigned over those people called Gete Others and that of the more learned ascribe rather the originall of the Goths to Gomer Iaphets eldest sonne and make those two nations Goths and Gete different and distinct nations 2 Vnto Magog as they write succeeded Swennus 2 Swennus from whom the nation tooke the name 3 Gethar 3 Gethar 4 Vbbo 4 Vbbo who as they write builded Vpsalia before Abraham was borne And from that time untill our Lord and Saviour they reckon up 35. kings and distinguish them all by their severall names and many of those for their sanctitie of life and conspicuous and eminent vertues were by the rude rimes of those dayes highly commended And besides these divers other kings are yet recorded to have reigned ouer those who under the command of one Berico for feare of intestine warre fled their owne countrey and among those mention is made of one king of the Getes in order 22 Colison by name to whom Augustus Cesar betroathed his daughter Iulia about the which time also Antonius demaunded his daughter in marriage as may cleerely appeare by Suetonius in the life of Augustus Moreover about the time of our Savior reigned Ericus the third surnamed Diserius who for his worth and merit attained to this government To this Ericus 40 Ericus the 3. succeded to the government of the Swedish nation 41 Godrichus 41 Goodrichus his sonne and next to him 42 Haldanus 42 Haldanus during the reigne of this king lived that monster of strength for the same cause called Starcherus who is said at singular combats to have killed that great champion Ham which afterwards gave denomination to that famous City Hamburg After those is a long catalogue of their kings recorded but nothing concerning their acts worth the reading recorded that nation then standing more upon the point of valour and honour then upon penning of them for posteritie But farre more fortunate have they beene in their forreine expeditions and transmigrations when as like a great deluge and inundation they overflowed a great part of the world under the names of Ostrogoths and Westrogoths and under the commandement of Theodoricus Attalariake Iotila Ataulphus c. whose martial and heroicall exploits the Romans highly advancing and lest they should conceale their owne worth have pub●ished to all posteritie Vnder Biorno 100 Biorno their 100 home-bred king Lewes sonne to Charles the great swaying the scepter of the Westerne Empire this nation of Sweden first received the Christian faith Sanctus Augerius a monke of Gorbey much furthering then this so worthy a worke Author est Ludolphus de Bebenburg in libro de zelo religionis Christianae CHAP. VIII 124 ERicus Sanctus 124 Ericus Sanctus 4. or the holy after whom the posteritie of Suercherus and Ericus by turnes with much contention as the one or the other grew strongest usurped the gouernment This pious Prince notwithstanding his great agnitie and pietie and paines taken in an expedition to convert the Finlanders to the faith had but a slender reward being bulled by a conspiracy of some of his Nobility Henry King of Denmarke and Magnus his sonne being the ring-leaders of this faction An. 1160. 125 Charles 125 Charles 7. sonne to Stercherus having raigned two yeeres during the raigne of Ericus over the Ostrogoths who in the election of a king dissenting from the Swedish had chosen one of their owne and afterwards for the space of 8. yeares very religiously and vertuously ouer both kingdomes but being now hated by reason of his friendship with the Dane was at length by Canutus sonne to S. Ericus being by some perswaded that this Charles with the helpe of the Dane had contriued his fathers death killed in in the Iland of Visnuga 1168. 126 Canutus 129 Canutus sonne to S. Ericus having done penance for killing king Charles and being by the discreet counsell of the Bishop of Lunden diverted from assailing the Dane dyes 1192. 127 Stercherus 117 Stercherus sonne to Charles a martiall man wise and eloquent itching for revenge on the posterity of Canutus having altered his former nature gathered great forces out of Denmarke was at length with his whole army utterly overthrowne and againe in another bloudy battle himselfe killed 1210. 128 Ericus 128 Ericus 3. sonne to Canutus having escaped Stercherus his hands raigned very prosperously for the space of 7. yeares the which 7 yeares histories mention to have been exceeding fruitfull but in the eight yere with the death of their king this fruitfulnes was also finished 1216. 129 Iohn 129 Iohn 1. sonne to Stercherus a very pious young man of exceeding great hopes dyed notwithstanding within three yeares after 1222. 130 Ericus Balbus 130 Ericus Balbus sonne to the nephew of S. Ericus Against him conspires his kinsman Folchingus expelling him out of his kingdome but within a short space the tyde turning he being killed he left Ericus the peaceable possession of the kingdome after this he converts his forces against the Tavastians sending against them the Prince of the Ostrogoths a man of very eminent vertues whom after hee had subdued and converted he dyes 1150. 131 Valdemarus by meanes of a valiant souldier Iuanus Blaa during his fathers absence was elected king The father being returned from this expedition against the Tavastians alledged that the crowne was rather due to himselfe then to his sonne but beeing terrified by the stout answer of this brave souldier who affirmed that he could shake a king of Sweden out of his ierkin if as Birgerus alledged there should want one to succeed he was

abdication of this king this cond●tion was inserted that if within sixe moneths after the finishing of the last Parliament holden at Lincopia this king Sigismund would send over into Sweden his son V●sladislaus to be governed and ruled by his Vncle prince Charles and to be educ●ted in the relligion then professed in the kingdome of Sweden that assoone as he were come to yeeres capable of government they would receive and acknowledge him for ever afterwards for their lawfull king and governour the which motion not being entertained nor yet any answer within this space returned their former decree of abdication of him and his seed was there solemnly ratified and confirmed Sigismund marryed first Anna daughter to Charles Archduke of Austria by whom hee had 1. Anna Maria. 2. Katharine 3. Vladistaus designed for King of Polonia 4. Christopher cut out of his mothers wombe and shortly after both he and his mother dyed Sigismund thus solemnely reiected and put besides the Crowne and Kingdome of Sweden his brother Iohn next unto him according to the ordinary course and custome should have succeeded but by reason hee was suspected to bee too much addicted to his elder brother king of Poland and therefore assigning him large and ample meanes sutable to his birth and parentage they made choice of the youngest brother Charles to take upon him the government of the kingdome who notwithstanding would not for a good while accept of the regale title Charles therefore at length 147 Charles 9. at the earnest sollicitation of the whole estates tooke the government upon him borne in 1550. and at first Duke of Sudermania Nericia and Verulandia and after three yeares government without the regale title at length in the yeare 1607. accepted of the same This noble and worthy Prince swore to the maintenance of religion and the lawes and constitutions of the kingdome as hath beene lately declared all which hee did accordingly performe The Peere of the kingdome for his worth and valour and many good offices he had performed for the peace and preservation of the State were not onely contented this dignity should be conferred upon himselfe but consented also that the fame should be confirmed to his heires and successours for ever which fayling then was the same to return to his elder brother Iohn and his heires male It was also agreed upon that by reason of divers inconveniences arising from this root that sometimes the kings of Sweden have accepted of another kingdome and by that meanes often residing in another countrey it was therefore likewise enacted and agreed upon that no hereditary Prince and heire apparant to the crowne of Sweden An act against the accepting of a forreine kingdome unlesse he refine himselfe in Sweden His warres against Denmarke and Russia shall hencefoorth accept of any forreine kingdome unlesse he resolve neverthelesse to live and continue in the same kingdome of Sweden This noble king after he came to the Crown waged warre with the king of Denmarke and at one and the same time with the Russian also For Iuan Wasilieuitz Suski with many of the Peeres being in his chiefe City Mosco very straitly besieged by the Polonians hee sent for aide and succour to this Charles king of Sweden there being then great danger not of the losse of the king and his Nobles onely but even of the utter overthrow and ruine of his whole dominion This Prince therefore sent with great expedition under the command of Iairus de la Garde Earle of Leccho and Arch-marshall of the kingdome of Sweden a great army wherewith he raised the siege overthrew the enemies forces and set at libertie this distressed Prince and all his Peeres The aforenamed Suski making shew of a gratefull acknowledgement of so great a kindnesse received not onely promised but also sealed some deeds whereby hee freely gave unto this king Charles and to his heires and successours kings of Sweden for ever certaine territories and lordships together with the townes castles and forts thereunto belonging But the performance was not answerable to promise for this unthankfull persidious Prince sent secretly to the captaine of one of his castles wishing him with some forces to intercept those deeds together with the money agreed upon for the souldiers pay King Charles by such an iniury irritated and blame him not raises againe new forces invades the countrey the Polonian having now likewise seized upon Mosco the chiefe City he takes in Rexholme and possesses himselfe of a great part of the countrey round about But while he is now in the middest of his good successe behold cruell A●opus suddenly cuts the thread of his life end so by this meanes together with his hereditarie dominions leaves likewise this warre to be finished by his sonne Gustavus Adolphus at this time king of Sweden whereof more hereafter He dyed of a great sicknesse in a warre against Denmarke An. 1611. Octob. 30. His first wife was Mary daughter to Lewes Elector and Count Palatine of Rhene whom he married An. 1579 and had by her 1 Margaret Elizabeth and died at the age of 5. yeares 2 Elizabeth Sabina who dyed also young 3 Lewes who died instantly after his birth 4 Katharine borne in 1584. and in 1614. marryed to the illustrous Prince Iohn Casimir Prince Palatine of Rhene and Duke of Bavaria 5. Gustavus who dyed a child 6. Mary who dyed also young This vertuous Queene dyed of her selfe in the yeere 1580. His second wife was Christina daughter to Adolphus Duke also of Holsatia who bare to him 1 Christina who lived not long 2 Gustavus Adolphus the illustrious and victorious king of Sweden and born in anno 1594 Decemb. 9. 3. Mary Elizabeth 1596. who in the yeare 1612. was marryed to Iohn an hereditary Prince of the kingdome and Duke of Ostrogothia 4. Charles Philippe a hereditary Prince and Duke of Sudermania Nericia and Vermelandia 1601. He dyed in Livonia unmarried CHAP. X. Of the Noble Illustrious and invincible Prince great Gustavus Adolphus the 2. King of Sweden Goths and Vandals c. and some of his Acts before his entring into Germany 148 GVstavus Adolphus 148 Gustavus Adolphus 2. borne the ninth of Decemb 1594. as said is being but of a tender age for the swaying of the scepter royall his father dying in 1611. he being then but 17. yeares of age was crowned in 1617. Considering then his young yeares and laying them in one scale and the waight of affaires lying on his shoulders in the other we may most iustly wonder and admire at Gods might and power in making him a sit instrument to effect such matters as I doubt not but after-ages shall admire the same In the yeare 1620. he marryed Mary Elinor sister to the illustrious Prince George William Marquis of Brandenburg one of the Princes Electors of the sacred Empire who although she bare him some children yet lived they not long In the yeare 1624. she bare him a daughter 1. Christina but dyed

onely reinforced the former lawes and constitutions concerning trafficke and commerce betwixt the sea townes but added also divers others tending to that same purpose together with many other things whereon for brevity I may not now insist But that he might leave a perpetuall memoriall to the Christian world that he was as well a favourer of Minerva as of Mars hee hath left thereof a sufficient proofe to all after ages During the reigne of Ericus Balbus the then Archbishop of Vpsalia Iezlerus instituted and founded in the same City a colledge of 4 professors and afterwards the number of professours being increased together with an addition of far greater meanes it was in the yeare 1476. by Pope Sixtus the 4. erected into the forme of an Vniversitie and adorned with the like priviledges as that of Bononia This Vniversitie by iniurie of time and devouring warres being much endammaged and having lost much of it's ancient splendour and beauty was again by the late deceased Charles the 9. as it were out of her ashes not onely restored to former dignity and splendor but a good encrease also added to her former beauty And this same invincible king now living to testifie to posterity the love he beareth to learning The Vniversitie of Vpsalia is by him much enriched and adorned hath so encreased both the number of learned professors and their maintenance that now it may well be compared with many of the best Vniversities of Europe and lest it should at any time hereafter by reason of the want or uncertainty of meanes come to ruine or decay did in the yeare 1624. out of his owne revenues settle upon the same very great and large means and confirmed the same in most large and ample manner and made the possession of these lands and rents as sure and firme as the best Noblemans of the kingdome This Prince after he had lived a few yeares in peace was againe intangled in a new warre with his Vncle Sigismund king of Polonia in the which he tooke from him many strong townes and forts of no small importance His war with his Vncle Sigismund king of Poland without any losse to himselfe for he made warre in his enemies countrey both in the kingdome of Poland it selfe in the Duchie of Lithuania and in the rich countrey of Prussia so that if this king had continued as he began and affaires of a higher nature and straine had not invited him another way notwithstanding the ayde the Emperor his brother in law sent him he had perhaps ere now beene deprived of a great part if not of all his great dominion The which by him wisely and in time foreseene he earnestly sued both to our gracious kings maiestie now living and to the king of France to mediate a faire agreement betwixt him and his nephew the which was accordingly performed the 29. of Septemb. 1629. a truce and cessation of armes beeing for sixe yeares after ensuing there agreed upon by vertue of which agreement the king of Sweden restored againe to his Vncle many places by him taken in the kingdome of Poland and Duchie of Lithuania howbeit he reteineth still many good townes and castles in the countrey of Prussia The particular articles of their agreement for avoiding tediousnesse of set purpose I here passe by and who so is desirous to see the same may have recourse to the histories The entring of the inuincible king of Sweden great Gustavus Adolphus into Germanie with a great Armie Anno 1630. with a touch of some principall exploits by him since that time atchieved and brought to passe RAdolphus Earle of Halsburg being in the yeare 1274. crowned Emperour at Aquisgranum or Aix layed the first foundation of the greatnes of the Austrian house This Prince then besides that with many great lordships partly by force and violence and partly by purchase he much increased his hereditary dominions the country of Austria also by want of a lawfull successour fell into this Emperors hands to dispose of which he eftsoone conferred upon his sonne Albertus Into this Austria then were incorporated all these other dominions Radolphus being dead Adolphus Earle of Nassau was elected Emperor and afterwards by the aforesaid Albertus killed who got himselfe afterward chosen Emperour This Prince likewise spared no paines but improoved his utmost power and means for the increasing of this already grounded greatnes And this made him so eager an enemy to the Helvetian liberty labouring by all meanes direct or indirect to hooke in whatsoever he could compasse to make his sons great and to advance the now rising Austrian house yea so eager was he in prosecuting his purpose that he spared not the very monasteries and religious houses but either bought out right what might thus bee purchased or else procured himselfe and his sons to be made patrons and protectors of such ecclesiasticall places a faire way for future possession But the uniust murder of his predecessor being by his own brothers sonne revenged who killed this ambitious Albert and all his covetousnesse and ambition now layed in the dust Albert killed the Princes of this Austrian house as they had now then their turnes in this supreame authority so were they not wanting to themselves and successors but as time and opportunity were offered went on in their predecessors footsteps At length after the death of Sigismund the Emperour in the yeare 1438. another Albert of this Austrian house Another Albert Emperour and sonne in law to the aforesaid Sigismund was elected Emperour the which his successors having now yet once againe gotten the ball before them have kept close unto themselves almost for the space of 200 yeares even untill this very day having also afterwards added to their former greatnesse the kingdome of Hungaria Wonderfull greatnes of the house of Austria Bohemia with the appurtenances thereof Silesia Moravia the one and other Lusatia and become also at several times Lords and masters of Stiria Carinthin and Sirolis and by marriage afterwards gotten in the 17. Prouinces At length Charles the fifth as though this house had not yet bin great enough brought for his share the kingdomes of Spaine and Portugall together with all the kingdomes and dominions thereupon depending as namely the kingdome of Naples Sicilie and Duchie of Milan besides the West-Indies and all the riches of that Westerne world with some thing in the East-Indies also All this notwithstanding this great Monarch according to his plus ultra not contented with all these dominions Charles the 5. attempted the overthrow of true religion together with the Germane liberty aimed yet further at the subversion and overthrow both of true religion and the liberty of Germany and began to act such a tragedy in high Germany as his sonne Philip afterwards attempted in the low countries for the which cause to have Pope Leo the 10. for his friend as he had before anathematized Luther so this Emperor to act his part

takes himselfe wife and whole family prisoners in a towne of Finland called Ako brings them all with him to Stockeholme where having first openly accused him he cast him into prison where he continued for the space of foure whole yeares besides that he put to death many of his familiar friends and acquaintance But at the foure yeares end the case is quite altered his brother finding a meanes to free himselfe out of prison takes his brother captive and makes him drinke of the same cup he had before made him begin with keeping him in close prison during his whole life time 1568. 145 Ericus thus iustly thrust out of his throne 145 Iohn 2. his brother was with the unanimous free and generall consent of the whole State elected king in his brothers turne During his reigne he had also great war with but especially with the Dane the Muscovite or Russian He was born 1537. and crowned 1569 He marryed first Katharine daughter to Sigismund king of Poland by whom he had 1. Sigismund now king of Poland 2. Anne After this Queenes decease he marryed one Gunila daughter to one Axelurs Bielke de Hereseter a noble Knight and governour of Ostrogothia whom he marryed 1585. and by whom he had 1 Iohn who in the yeare 1612. married Mary Elizabeth daughter to Charles the 9. King of Sweden 2 Charles borne 1550 first Duke of Sudermania Neriva and Vermelandia and afterwards also elected king of Sweden This king Iohn constantly maintained the same religion of the Augustane confession which his father had formerly professed although underhand he suffered his sonne Sigismund by his mother Katharine to be educated in the Romish religion which cost him no lesse then the losse of his kingdome of Sweden as hereafter shall appeare And the better to secure his subiects of his constant perseverance in the religion he professed he gave them his brother Charles Duke of Finland whom he loved dearely for a pledge or pawne that no innovation should therein be attempted whom he also appointed by his last will and testament during his sonnes absence to be gouernour of the whole kingdome This king dyed in the yeare 1592 19. of November 146 Sigismundus 246 Sigismundus sonne to the aforesaid Iohn being before during his fathers life time in 1590 beene designed and appointed king of Poland being during his fathers life time elected king of Poland where he also lived and reigned at the time of his fathers death was in the yeare 1599 crowned king of Sweden and the very day of the Epiphanie was appointed for this purpose Now there was in the kings company one Franciscus mala spina Bishop of Vrlia in Italy the Popes Nuncio whom the king and his followers much desired to performe the solemne rites of the Coronation and this Prelate was of opinion that if the States of Sweden had once given way to this beginning the Romish religion might more easily afterwards be againe introduced But against this with might and maine did Adamus Andracanus then Archbishop of Vpsalia oppose affirming that it was flat against the lawes and constitutions of the kingdome that any other but the Archbishop of Vpsalia should set the diademe royall upon his head and besides that he must now sweare to maintaine that religion now professed within the kingdome of Sweden according to the Augustane confession exhibited to Charles the fift Emperour professed by his grandfather Gustavus and his owne father Iohn the 3. and by a late synod holden at Vpsalia by the whole States of the kingdome confirmed and that he shall not assigne or grant any Church or Churches in any towne of Sweden to any other religion then that of the Augustane confession And further that during the time of his abode in Sweden he should be contented with the service performed within the private chapell of his owne palace Against this did oppose the peeres and Nobles of poland that accompanied the king howbeit the peeres of Sweden were resolute in their purpose insomuch that some dayes were thus spent in alteration At length about mid Ianuary seeing no remedy it was agreed that the bishop of Vpsalia should performe such rites as belonged to the coronation which was accordingly performed The oath of Sigismund Ericus Sparce also Chancellour of the kingdome administred unto the king his solemne oath he reciprocally answering him and promising first that he would maintaine iustice and truth within his kingdome and that he would punish and suppresse all iniustice and lying that he would doe iustice to all the Swedish nation as well rich as poore and that according to the lawes and statutes of the kingdome he should governe the same and that by the counsell and consent of his brother Prince Charles and the senate or counsell of the kingdome that hee shall consult with the natural inhabitants of the kingdome and not with strangers that hee shall bring no strangers within the realme that hee shall commit the castles and forts of the kingdome and the deserts of Vpsalia to none but the natiues of the countrey that he shall impose no new tribute or taxe upon the subiect unlesse in case of great necessitie for the defence of the kingdome in feare of any intestine commotion or sedition when the kings sonne or daughter is to be marryed when the king is to make any solemne perambulation thorow his whole kingdome or something for the reparation of the desarts of Vpsalia shall be required Moreover that he should confirme all priviledges and immunities heretofore granted to the Peeres of the land the whole people and the clergie thereof and that by all meanes possible he should procure peace and tranquillitie to all his subiects adding lastly this clause to the oath So God be good to my soule and body as I from my heart sweare to observe all the premisses After this was a solemn assembly of the whole States of the kingdome or a Parliament called at Stockeholme wherein was consulted of the government of the kingdome during the kings absence and divers good and wholesome lawes enacted In the moneth of Iuly next after the king departed againe into Poland But some few yeares after Abdication of king Sigismund hee was by the same States againe abdicated and quite reiected from ever having any right or interest in the government of the kingdome of Sweden and was in a Parliament holden at Stockeholme 1590. confirmed And againe in another Parliament holden at Lincopia 1600. as well he himselfe as all his issue and off-spring are for ever excluded from the succession to the kingdome of Sweden The reasons were diuers but especially for sending an army of strangers into the countrey quite contrary to his oath and promise the which if their plot had taken effect might have overthrowne the whole State besides the ruine of religion There were divers other causes published in print as the story mentions the which I have not as yet seene But withall in the