Summary of Peder Juel's letter to Peder Charisius, dated August 20/30 (Old Style), 1653

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 355, published by Den Danske Historiske Forening, 1844

https://books.google.com/books?id=hZBvHpda3WkC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Historisk+tidsskrift,+V&source=gbs_navlinks_s

The letter excerpt:

Den 20de Aug. [Rygterne om et af Hollænderne vundet Søslag erfarer Juel; at have været overdrevne eller ugrundede. Dronningen lod, som disse Tidender behagede hende meget; men Juel troer ikke saadant. Mr. Beuning derimod var strax villig til at troe, "at Dronningen nu er bedre hollandsk end før; men det er ikke den første Gang, at han er bedraget af hende." — Dronningen reiser til Begravelsen i Wadstena; hun lader sig nu mærke med at ville resignere; men det holdes endnu meget hemmeligt." Juel tvivler ikke derpaa, naar hun allene kan faae sine Indkomster sikkrede.]

With modernised spelling:

Den 20. august. [Rygterne om et af hollænderne vundet søslag erfarer Juel, at have været overdrevne eller ugrundede. Dronningen lod, som disse tidender behagede hende meget, men Juel tror ikke sådant. Monsieur Beuning derimod var straks villig til at tro, "at dronningen nu er bedre hollandsk end før; men det er ikke den første gang, at han er bedraget af hende." — Dronningen rejser til begravelsen i Vadstena; hun lader sig nu mærke med at ville resignere, men det holdes endnu meget hemmeligt." Juel tvivler ikke derpå, når hun alene kan få sine indkomster sikrede.]

English translation (my own):

August 20. [The rumours of a naval battle won by the Dutch, Juel learns, have been exaggerated or unfounded. The Queen pretended that this news pleased her very much, but Juel does not think so. Monsieur Beuning, on the other hand, was immediately willing to believe "that the Queen is now better Dutch than before; but it is not the first time that he has been deceived by her." — The Queen is traveling to the funeral in Vadstena; she now shows that she wants to resign, but it is still kept very secret." Juel does not doubt of it once she can only secure her income.]

Above: Kristina.

Above: Coenraad van Beuningen.

Note: Elsa Beata Brahe, the daughter of Per Brahe and the wife of Kristina's youngest Pfalz cousin Adolf Johan (and thereby Kristina's cousin-in-law), was buried at Vadstena on August 28/September 7 (Old Style), 1653. She had died there on April 7/17 (Old Style), at the age of 23 or 24.