Source:
Briefe der Elisabeth Stuart, Königin von Böhmen, an ihren Sohn, den Kurfürsten Carl Ludwig von der Pfalz: 1650-1662, page 39, published by Litterarischer Verein in Stuttgart, 1902
The letter excerpt:
... Wee shall haue the queene of Sueden heere verie shortlie as they urite from thence, and goes to the Spa, some say also into France. I feare she has a gigue in her head. ...
Hagh this 8/18. of May [1654].
Above: Kristina.
Above: Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia.
Above: Elector Palatine Karl Ludwig.
Note: to have a gig in one's head = to be on a spree.
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