Source:
A journal of the Swedish ambassy, volume 2, page 78, by Bulstrode Whitelocke, published in 1772
The diary entry:
Ubsale being very empty, by the absence of the queen and all the great lords, who were retired to their countrey houses, butt most of them to Stockholme; it was given out, that her majesty would not returne to this place, butt remaine att Stockholme, and that the generall assembly should be held there; which was not believed by Whitelocke, bicause the queen had assured him, that she would returne to Ubsale within eight or ten dayes, and she never brake her word with him.
Her absence, and the leisure which they had therby, gave opportunity to some of her musitians, Italians, and Germans, to passe a complement on Whitelocke, to come to his house, and, with great ceremony, to intertaine him with their vocall and instrumentall musick, which was excellent good; and they played many lessons of english composition, which the gentlemen, who were musicall of Whitelocke's family, brought forth unto them.
With modernised spelling:
Uppsala being very empty, by the absence of the Queen and all the great lords, who were retired to their country houses, but most of them to Stockholm, it was given out that Her Majesty would not return to this place, but remain at Stockholm, and that the general assembly should be held there; which was not believed by Whitelocke, because the Queen had assured him that she would return to Uppsala within eight or ten days, and she never brake her word with him.
Her absence and the leisure which they had thereby gave opportunity to some of her musicians, Italians and Germans, to pass a compliment on Whitelocke to come to his house and, with great ceremony, to entertain him with their vocal and instrumental music, which was excellent good; and they played many lessons of English composition, which the gentlemen who were musical of Whitelocke's family brought forth unto them.
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Above: Bulstrode Whitelocke.
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