Monday, February 14, 2022

Excerpt from Gui Patin's letter to Claude II Belin, dated July 19/29 (New Style), 1654

Sources:

Lettres choisies du feu M. Guy Patin, volume 5, page 105, published by Reinier Leers, 1725


Lettres de Gui Patin, volume 1, page 206, Gui Patin, published by J. B. Ballière, 1846



The letter excerpt:

... La Reine de Suéde a quitté la Royauté; elle vient à Spa; son Cousin le Comte Palatin est Roy en sa place... Le Mercredy 29. de Juillet 1654. ...

Ballière's transcript of the letter:

... La reine de Suède a quitté la royauté, elle vient à Spa; son cousin, le comte palatin, est roi en sa place. ...
Le mercredi, 29 de juillet 1654. ...

Swedish translation (my own):

... Drottningen av Sverige har lämnat kungligheten, hon kommer till Spa; hennes kusin, pfalzgreven, är kung i hennes ställe. ...
Onsdagen, den 29 juli 1654. ...

English translation (my own):

... The Queen of Sweden has left royalty, she is coming to Spa; her cousin, the Count Palatine, is King in her stead. ...
Wednesday, July 29, 1654. ...


Above: Kristina.


Above: Karl Gustav.


Above: Gui Patin.

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