Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Johannes Matthiæ's diary report entry on Kristina and Eleonora Katarina having recited two Latin speeches, dated April 6, 1639

Source:

Mémoires concernant Christine, reine de Suède, volume 4, page 196, compiled and edited by Johan Arckenholtz, 1760


The list:

Die 6 Aprilis memoriter habitæ sunt duæ Orationes ex Salustio, una à Reginâ, in quâ Catilina hortatur suos milites ad pugnam: altera à Principe, in quâ idem Catilina conjuratos suos in abditâ ædium parte alloquitur.

French translation (my own):

Le 6 avril, deux discours de Salluste furent récités, l'un par la reine, dans lequel Catilina exhorte ses soldats au combat; l'autre par la Princesse, où le même Catilina s'adresse à ses conspirateurs dans la partie cachée de l'edium.

Swedish translation (my own):

Den 6 april framfördes två tal från Sallust, ett från drottningen, i vilket Catilina uppmanar sina soldater till strid; den andra från prinsessan, där samme Catilina tilltalar sina konspiratorer i den dolda delen av ediumet.

English translation (my own):

On the 6th of April two speeches from Sallust were recited, one by the Queen, in which Catiline exhorts his soldiers to battle; the other by the Princess, in which the same Catiline addresses his conspirators in the hidden part of the edium.


Above: Kristina.


Above: Eleonora Katarina.


Above: Johannes Matthiæ.

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