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fire_n	city_n	great_a	house_n	2,802	5	5.4702	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08332	The description of Swedland, Gotland, and Finland the auncient estate of theyr kynges, the moste horrible and incredible tiranny of the second Christiern, kyng of Denmarke, agaynst the Swecians, the poleticke attaynyng to the crowne of Gostaue, wyth hys prudent prouidyng for the same. Collected and gathered out of sundry laten aucthors, but chieflye out of Sebastian Mounster. By George North. Set forth accordyng to the order in the Quenes Maiesties iniunction.; Cosmographia. English. Selections	Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552.; North, George, gentleman.	1581 (1581)	STC 18662; ESTC S113287	33,016	56

grounde much lyke the cituasiō of Venis from whence he taketh his name For although it be builded in water yet is the foundacion very strong sure The sea entreth into it by two great and large armes that any shyp ful fraited may sayle with her burden into eyther of them After the incarnacion of Christ 1307. this city was wonderfullye afflicted 〈◊〉 ●●r●full 〈◊〉 not of 〈◊〉 ●●ard of and almost vtterly ruined by a fyre that fell from heauen For when the lyghtnyng had taken hold of the houses it miserably burnt broyled as well the people as their goodes There perished in this pitifull flame xvi hundred men But moste part of the wemen with an innumerable sort of maydes conueyed them selues with their substaūce children abourd such shyps as lay in their hauens with thē not a few men Notwythstandyng A thousand and syx● hundred menne 〈◊〉 before they could depart the whole multitude fleing from the peryl of present death violently imbarked them selues with the rest hauing no regard to their common calamity dyd ouer charge theyr shyps in such sort that the waters deuoured them both Such as wyth great hope hasard A wonderful and a la●●●ntable ●haunce escaped the hatefull death of burning here ended their lyues with the vnlucky chaunce of drowning An example to the worlde no les worthy to be noted then it is of al men to be pitied Thys country of Swecia is ful of Marchandrise for straūgers for their own necessaries they haue inough to make exchaunge with others They haue also great store of precious furres mettals The hye Moūtaines of Norway Denmarke are playnly and perfecly sene of them A greate Kynd of cur●●●y It is for a trothe reported that the inhabitants of Swecia haue a wonderful kinde of curtyse entertainment wyth them For they account hym an euyl naughtye man that denyeth to the straunger lodgyng so that contencion strife doth often chaūce among them who Wall first receaue the traueler into hys house Where as they pay neither for meate nor drinke And besides this In Swedland the traueler p●ieth not for ●●●vytails but in corporate townes they wyll guyde their Gest to hys next bayght lendyng hym horse and other necessaries for the quicker dispatch of hys iourney What greater honour can one do to his country then in vsyng a straunger friendly The people of Swecia are many of strength armes mighty both on horsebacke a foote In battel bold and valiant eyther on the land or the sea The Dukedome of Angermani conteineth the North partes to the confines of Laponie whose country is full of great woods and large Forestes where their chiefe wylde beastes are hunted The Dukedome of Midelpathus occupieth the south of Angermani after whom lyeth the Dukedomes of Helsingia Ges●ritia Firingia Vpsalia their Metrapolitane city the Dukedome of Coperdalia where ther is a valley that groweth ful of Copper A valley that groweth ful of Coppet also Dalecarlia a people strong mighty in armes The Dukedome of Vplandia which hath all hys Countrye with mynes of Siluer Copper Steele Vplandia rytche of al mettals They haue a notable city called Nicopia strongly fortified wyth hye walles great Bulwarkes Kolinolnemus deuideth Swecia from Gothelande by the Poole that stretcheth out a longe from Nicopia ¶ Of the Kynges of Swecia TO seeke the fyrst spryng and originall of the Sweciās my labour should be no les therin thē an endles trauel I thinke it as vn possible for others to finde as myselfe both for others to finde as my selfe both for the antiquiti of their name and also the auncient state continuaunce of their raigne Notwythstanding that whych passed tyme hath cōmitted to the report of letters which of al auctorities is accounted ol best I haue here briefly collected 〈◊〉 were 〈…〉 lande 〈…〉 ●●ich 〈◊〉 Long time past and long before the natiuity of Christ Sichtrug as saithe Saxus Gramaticus reigned kyng of Swecia tyl such time as Gram kyng of Denmarke dyd ouercome and kyl Sichtrug in battel whereby the Swecians were made for a whyle subiectes to the Danes Then Swiddager kyng of Norway expulsed and draue fourthe Grame bothe out of Denmarke and Swecia 〈…〉 by whyche meanes he brought all three kyngdomes vnder one crowne Suche alteracion and ouerthrowes of Princes as our Elders haue seene them so we in our daies haue felt the profe of them For when for tune is disposed to daly with Princes The ●●un●●●●us ●●a●●●● 〈◊〉 ●or 〈◊〉 she maketh theyr seat so much the hygher that theyr fall in the ende maye be the greater After Swiddager succeeded hys sonne Hasmond in the kyngdomes of Swecia Norway Vffo after Hasmond and Hindin after Vffo Hynding succeded Hindin and after his death he left the crowne of Swecia to his sonne Hothrod Who whilst he striued to amplefy enlarge hys kyngdome lost both it hys lyfe Whereby a way was made for the Danes to the crowne of Swecia But Atisle Nother the sonnes of Hothrod consideryng the straight tribute of the Danes recouered for a small tyme enioyed the crowne after their Fathers death For Rolfe kyng of Denmarke inuaded Swecia and slew Atisse in battel He tooke the Regall name of a king from them and would in no wise haue them beare any Princely dignitye but to remayne subiectes onely to the crowne of Denmarke Tyll such tyme as Hiartur a noble man borne of Swecia dyd so enter into the fauour and grace of Rolfe Swecia is made a ●●●butary ●●●tenant s●y● that he graunted them the title of a Lieftenant appointing therwithal a yerely tribute to be payd And because he wold be the more assured of hys fidelity he gaue hym his syster in mariage The iestes doynges of Swecia remayned in thys state but a whyle For Hiartur dyd cut of the heade of Rolfe he againe of the Danes was polde by the same Barber Then Mother the brother of Atisse whō Rolfe dyd kyll seyng the Regall seate voyde of a kyng dyd wyn the Nobilities fauour so muche that they possest him wyth the same and also they made it easye for hym to brynge in subiection the kyngdome of Denmarke Denmarke subiect to the crowne of Swecia whych he dyd But as wyth small trauel lytle tyme he obtayned it so wyth inconstancy and lightnes of minde in les whyle he lost it For Baldar dyd driue hym out of Denmarke Not long after Mother was slayn in battel where vpon the Nobility beyng weary loathyng the yoke of the Danes dyd make Atisse one of the bloude Royal kyng Thus passed their state for a tyme wher in no notable thyng is founde to be done amonge the Swecians wether the Danes to them or they to Danes were subiectes But as by histories it is certaynlye knowen that aboute the time of Augustus Cesar Alric was kinge of Swecia who was slayne