Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Excerpt from Peder Juel's letter to Peder Charisius, dated November 13/23 (Old Style), 1652

Source:

Bidrag til Dronning Christinas, det svenske Hofs og Corfitz Ulfeldts Historie, i Aarene 1651-1655, af Peder Juul's utrykte Breve til Charisius, article by Christian Molbech in Historisk tidsskrift, volume 5, page 340, published by Den Danske Historiske Forening, 1844
The letter excerpt:

Den 13. Nov. ... "Dronningen sagde nyligen til Mr. Bøning, at hun ikke skulde ønske Kongens af England Restitution, fordi han havde altid været bedre affectioneret for Danmark, end for Sverrige, og skulde uden Tvivl ogsaa derudi continuere."

"Hr. B. Skytte er udi slet Stand. Cantzleren vil med det første have Sagen for Hofretten, hvortil Dronningen fire Rigens Raad extra ordinem vil deputere; jeg frygter, at han skal have Umage sig at purgere."

With modernised spelling:

Den 13. november. ... "Dronningen sagde nyligen til monsieur Bøning, at hun ikke skulle ønske kongens af England restitution, fordi han havde altid været bedre affektioneret for Danmark, end for Sverige, og skulle uden tvivl også derudi kontinuere."

"Hr. B. Skytte er udi slet stand. Kansleren vil med det første have sagen for Hofretten, hvortil dronningen fire rigensråd extra ordinem vil deputere; jeg frygter, at han skal have umage sig at purgere."

English translation (my own):

November 13. ... "The Queen recently told Lord Beuning that she should not wish for the King of England's restitution, because he had always been more affectionate toward Denmark than toward Sweden, and he would no doubt continue there as well."

"Lord B. Skytte is in a bad state. The Chancellor wants to have the case before the Court, to which the Queen will depute four councilmen of the Realm extra ordinem; I fear that he will have to take the trouble to purge himself."


Above: Kristina.


Above: Coenraad van Beuningen.


Above: King Charles II of England.


Above: Bengt Skytte.


Above: Axel Oxenstierna.

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