Friday, July 15, 2022

Postscript from Kristina's letter to Manuel Texeira, dated March 30, 1675

Source:

Mémoires concernant Christine, reine de Suède, volume 3, page 429, compiled and edited by Johan Arckenholtz, 1759


The postscript:

La puérilité (la ragazzata) du Prince d'Orange sera un jour cause de sa ruine, & celui qui a mal commencé, ne peut finir que mal.

Swedish translation (my own):

Prinsen av Oranges barnslighet kommer en dag att vara orsaken till hans fördärv, och den som börjar illa kan bara ända illa.

English translation (my own):

The childishness of the Prince of Orange will one day be the cause of his ruin, and he who begins badly can only end badly.


Above: Kristina.


Above: William (Willem), Prince of Orange.

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