senate_n 66_o steno_n march_v direct_o against_o the_o king_n of_o denmark_n who_o have_v invest_v stockholm_n deseat_v his_o rearguard_n carry_v away_o whole_a baggage_n and_o take_v many_o prisoner_n 71_o the_o king_n of_o denmark_n propose_v a_o truce_n for_o some_o day_n 72_o steno_n consent_n to_o the_o truce_n and_o send_v provision_n to_o the_o king_n and_o to_o his_o whole_a flect_v 73_o christiern_n by_o a_o stratagem_n determine_v to_o make_v himself_o master_n of_o stenio_n person_n ibid._n christiern_n have_v arrest_v gustavus_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n steno_n arm_n all_o he_o can_v meet_v with_o resolve_v either_o to_o rescue_v he_o or_o to_o perish_v in_o the_o attempt_n 75_o he_o march_v at_o the_o head_n of_o his_o army_n be_v follow_v by_o ten_o thousand_o peasant_n of_o west_n gothland_n to_o oppose_v otho_n general_n of_o the_o danish_a troop_n 80_o 81_o he_o attack_n otho_n with_o a_o undaunted_a courage_n be_v most_o desperate_o engage_v amid_o the_o enemy_n and_o even_o keep_v the_o victory_n doubtful_a notwithstanding_o the_o inequality_n of_o his_o force_n 81_o steno_n be_v wound_v with_o a_o cannon-ball_n which_o carry_v away_o one_o of_o his_o leg_n ibid._n he_o lose_v both_o the_o battle_n and_o his_o life_n ibid._n the_o virtue_n and_o fault_n of_o that_o prince_n ibid._n his_o widow_n retire_v to_o the_o citadel_n of_o stockholm_n with_o her_o two_o young_a child_n 83_o steque_fw-la castle_n it_o be_v situation_n 49_o it_o be_v dismantle_v by_o the_o order_n of_o the_o senate_n of_o sweden_n 65_o stockholm_n besiege_a by_o the_o dane_n 70_o christiern_n be_v force_v to_o raise_v the_o siege_n 81_o he_o demand_v of_o the_o administrator_n of_o sweden_n a_o interview_n in_o the_o city_n of_o stockholm_n in_o order_n to_o terminate_v all_o their_o difference_n 74_o stockholm_n and_o calmar_n after_o the_o death_n of_o the_o administrator_n remain_v only_o in_o the_o possession_n of_o his_o widow_n 87_o otho_n invest_v stockholm_n ibid._n christiern_n summon_v the_o administrator_n widow_n to_o surrender_v it_o 95_o he_o carry_v on_o the_o siege_n with_o vigour_n 96_o he_o enter_v by_o capitulation_n into_o the_o city_n at_o the_o head_n of_o four_o thousand_o man_n he_o abandon_v it_o to_o the_o fury_n of_o his_o soldier_n 111_o suanto-sturius_a administrator_n of_o sweden_n 30_o his_o admirable_a endowment_n 31_o 32_o sweden_n the_o kingdom_n of_o sweden_n be_v still_o elective_a in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o fourteen_o century_n 1_o the_o near_a relation_n of_o the_o deceased_a king_n usual_o succeed_v but_o always_o by_o virtue_n of_o election_n idid_fw-la of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o king_n of_o sweden_n ibid._n how_o it_o be_v limit_v ibid._n the_o revenue_n of_o the_o crown_n wherein_o it_o be_v consist_v 2_o of_o the_o senate_n of_o its_o authority_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o who_o it_o be_v compose_v 3_o and_o sequ_fw-mi the_o archbishop_n of_o upsal_n primate_n of_o sweden_n be_v a_o senator_n by_o his_o office_n ibid._n the_o other_o senator_n be_v at_o the_o king_n nomination_n ibid._n of_o the_o clergy_n of_o sweden_n their_o revenue_n and_o power_n 4_o and_o sequ_fw-mi of_o the_o lord_n and_o gentleman_n of_o sweden_n 6_o hey_n make_v use_v of_o their_o vassal_n as_o domestic_a servant_n without_o wage_n to_o cultivate_v their_o land_n ibid._n the_o title_n of_o baron_n count_n and_o marrquiss_n be_v not_o know_v among_o the_o nobility_n in_o sweden_n ibid._n the_o gentleman_n maintain_v their_o interest_n and_o revenge_v jujury_n offer_v to_o they_o by_o force_n of_o arm_n ibid._n of_o the_o burgher_n of_o the_o town_n and_o the_o little_a authority_n their_o deputy_n have_v in_o the_o diet_n of_o the_o peasant_n ibid._n their_o manner_n and_o religion_n ibid._n they_o have_v a_o particular_a privilege_n to_o send_v deputy_n out_o of_o their_o body_n to_o the_o state_n general_n ibid._n divers_a attempt_n that_o the_o king_n of_o sweden_n have_v make_v to_o recover_v their_o authority_n 8_o and_o sequ_fw-mi the_o war_n that_o lay_v waste_v sweden_n du-ring_n seven_o year_n 13_o ibid._n the_o cause_n of_o these_o war_n the_o union_n of_o sweden_n denmark_n and_o norway_n under_o one_o monarch_n 16_o the_o several_a war_n which_o that_o union_n occasion_v between_o sweden_n and_o denmark_n ibid._n and_o sequ_o after_o the_o depose_n of_o christiern_n sweden_n fall_v into_o a_o kind_n of_o lamentable_a anarchy_n 19_o sweden_n depopulate_v by_o civil_a war_n ibid._n steno-sturius_a administrator_n of_o sweden_n ibid._n what_o that_o dignity_n be_v 30_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o swedish_n monarchy_n and_o the_o original_a of_o the_o grandeur_n of_o the_o family_n which_o at_o prefent_n pessess_v the_o throne_n 31_o otho_n the_o danish_a general_n ravage_v sweden_n 80_o and_o sequ_fw-mi the_o swedish_n lord_n and_o gentleman_n be_v force_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o danish_a yoke_n 86_o of_o all_o the_o city_n of_o sweden_n only_a calmar_n and_o stockholm_n refuse_v to_o open_v their_o grate_v to_o the_o dane_n 87_o christiern_n take_v a_o resolution_n to_o destroy_v the_o great_a nobleman_n of_o sweden_n and_o to_o abolish_v the_o senate_n 100_o etc._n etc._n he_o execute_v his_o barbarous_a design_n on_o the_o 8_o day_n of_o novemb_n 1520._o 199_o the_o desolation_n of_o sweden_n 111_o 114_o t_o theodore_n archbishop_n of_o lunden_n what_o he_o be_v 104_o to_o who_o he_o be_v behold_v for_o his_o advancement_n to_o this_o dignity_n ibid._n he_o be_v advaneed_a upon_o segebrite_n recommendation_n from_o the_o function_n of_o the_o prince_n barber_n to_o the_o dignity_n of_o a_o archbishop_n ibid._n christiern_n refer_v to_o he_o and_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o odensee_n his_o suffragan_n the_o complaint_n of_o trolle_v archbishop_n of_o upsal_n against_o those_o that_o have_v foree_v he_o to_o renounce_v his_o dignity_n 107_o these_o two_o prelate_n cause_v the_o administrator_n widow_n to_o appear_v before_o they_o to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o proceed_n of_o prince_n steno_n he_o husband_n ibid._n christiern_n nominate_v theodore_n archbishop_n of_o lunden_n to_o be_v viceroy_n in_o his_o absence_n 114_o this_o archbishop_n asspaâ—cheth_v a_o courier_n to_o christiern_n to_o give_v he_o notice_n of_o the_o revolt_n of_o the_o northern_a province_n 133_o he_o recall_v all_o the_o troop_n that_o be_v disperse_v through_o the_o kingdom_n ibid._n the_o auxiliary_a force_n refuse_v to_o obey_v ibid._n christiern_n write_v to_o he_o to_o march_v with_o his_o army_n to_o reduce_v the_o rebel_n to_o their_o obedience_n theodore_n advance_v at_o the_o head_n of_o his_o force_n as_o far_o as_o the_o river_n brunebec_n with_o a_o design_n to_o give_v battle_n to_o gustavus_n in_o the_o passage_n of_o this_o river_n 137_o 138_o he_o abandon_v that_o post_n where_o he_o may_v have_v engage_v with_o considerable_a advantage_n 158_o he_o retire_v to_o the_o castle_n of_o westeras_n not_o believe_v himself_o to_o be_v safe_a there_o ibid._n he_o shut_v himself_o up_o in_o the_o castle_n of_o stockholm_n ibid._n he_o leaâ—ves_v stockholm_n and_o 〈◊〉_d denmirk_n 15â—_n trolle_v nominate_v by_o the_o archbishop_n of_o upsal_n and_o the_o bishop_n to_o the_o dignity_n of_o administrator_n of_o sweden_n 33_o the_o secular_a senator_n deputy_n of_o the_o province_n etc._n etc._n exclude_v he_o 34_o the_o tumult_n occasion_v by_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o contend_a party_n ibid._n his_o agreement_n with_o the_o young_a prince_n steno_n 35_o young_a trolle_v his_o son_n be_v ordain_v at_o rome_n archbishop_n of_o upsal_n 38_o a_o character_n of_o that_o prelate_n 41_o his_o carriage_n towards_o the_o administrator_n of_o sweden_n ibid._n the_o project_n which_o he_o contrive_v with_o christiern_n ii_o king_n of_o denmark_n to_o depose_v the_o administrator_n young_a trolle_v indiscretion_n and_o want_n of_o policy_n 41_o he_o entertain_v the_o administrator_n with_o extraordinary_a magnificence_n 46_o upon_o what_o account_n ibid._n he_o reproach_v he_o for_o aspire_v to_o a_o dignity_n that_o be_v by_o no_o mean_n due_a to_o he_o ibid._n he_o corrupt_v the_o governor_n of_o the_o castle_n of_o stockholm_n and_o nicope_a 48_o he_o exhert_v christiern_n king_n of_o denmark_n to_o break_v the_o truce_n which_o he_o have_v make_v with_o sweden_n and_o to_o march_v to_o the_o frontier_n ibid._n he_o be_v cite_v to_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o fidelity_n to_o the_o estate_n assemble_v at_o tellia_n 49_o 58_o he_o shut_v himself_o up_o in_o the_o castle_n of_o steque_fw-la 49_o he_o hold_v a_o assembly_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o party_n ibid._n he_o complain_v of_o the_o slowness_n of_o the_o king_n of_o denmark_n in_o enter_v the_o kingdom_n 58_o he_o require_v the_o senate_n to_o call_v a_o new_a meeting_n of_o the_o estate_n ibid._n the_o estate_n resolve_v to_o seize_v upon_o his_o person_n and_o to_o bring_v he_o to_o his_o trial_n
he_o be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o his_o secret_a affection_n and_o dependence_n on_o the_o king_n of_o denmark_n by_o reason_n of_o a_o considerable_a estate_n which_o he_o have_v in_o that_o kingdom_n it_o be_v true_a that_o lord_n be_v a_o very_a wise_a and_o judicious_a person_n but_o he_o have_v neither_o courage_n nor_o resolution_n and_o both_o his_o age_n and_o inclination_n make_v he_o incapable_a of_o engage_v in_o a_o war_n with_o denmark_n beside_o the_o archbishop_n conclude_v that_o the_o fear_n of_o lose_v his_o estate_n in_o denmark_n and_o the_o sure_a prospect_n of_o a_o considerable_a recompense_n will_v have_v so_o great_a a_o influence_n over_o he_o that_o he_o will_v be_v easy_o persuade_v to_o accept_v of_o this_o dignity_n by_o way_n of_o trust_n and_o afterward_o make_v use_n of_o the_o power_n it_o give_v he_o to_o make_v the_o king_n of_o denmark_n master_n of_o the_o kingdom_n but_o all_o these_o politic_a contrivance_n be_v frustrate_v by_o the_o 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