Excerpt from Axel Oxenstierna's letter to his son Johan Oxenstierna telling him to use the greatest caution concerning the marriage proposal to Kristina from the court in Berlin, dated February 19, 1642

Source:

Bref til Grefve J. Oxenstierna, åren 1642-1649, volume 1, page 33, published by Carl C. Gjörwell, 1810

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The letter excerpt:

Elskelige käre Son.

… Hvadh som talas om Giftermål, ded hör, men svara Intz; Excusa eius rei ignorationem, mandati defectum, Causæ magnitudinem, & id genus alia. Haffuer du tilfelle at giffua dig deröffuer i discurs, tror Iag Intz at dig skall fela argumenta isti discursui accommodata. Men achta dig ded du icke giffuer dig blott. Ty materien är benig, och dömes sällan effter skääl, men som offtast efter affecterne. … Af Stockholm den 12 Martii an. 1642.

Din trogne tilbenägne

Fadher emedhan Iag lef:r

Axell

Oxenstierna M. p.

Above: Kristina.

Above: Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg.

Above: Axel Oxenstierna.

Above: Johan Oxenstierna.