Letter of intelligence on Kristina's conversion, dated November 27/December 7 (Old Style), 1655

Source:

A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Esq;, volume 4, page 219, published by Thomas Birch, 1742; original at Indiana University

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The letter:

Hamb. Nov. 27, S. V.

QUEEN Christina of Sweden is now become wholly popish, having publickly recanted at Inspruck; which indeed is great scandal to all evangelical nations, yet would have been far greater, had she not heretofore been specially noted for a woman of no religion at all, and one which knew not herself what she was. ...

With modernised spelling:

Hamburg, November 27, S. V.

Queen Kristina of Sweden is now become wholly popish, having publicly recanted at Innsbruck, which indeed is great scandal to all Evangelical nations, yet would have been far greater had she not heretofore been specially noted for a woman of no religion at all, and one which knew not herself what she was. ...

French translation (my own):

Hambourg, le 27 novembre, style vieux.

La reine Christine de Suède est désormais devenue entièrement papiste, après s'être abjurée publiquement à Innsbruck. Ce qui constitue un grand scandale pour toutes les nations évangéliques, mais qui aurait été bien plus grand si elle n'avait pas été jusqu'alors particulièrement connue pour être une femme sans religion et ignorante de sa véritable identité religieuse. ...

Swedish translation (my own):

Hamburg, den 27 november, gamla stilen.

Drottning Kristina av Sverige har nu blivit helt och hållet påvisk, efter att offentligt ha avsagt sig sina bekännelse i Innsbruck, vilket sannerligen är en stor skandal för alla evangeliska nationer, men som skulle ha varit långt större om hon inte tidigare varit särskilt känd som en kvinna utan någon religion alls, och en som själv inte visste vad hon var. ...

Above: Kristina.