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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57725	The life of Count Ulfeld, great master of Denmark, and of the Countess Eleonora his wife done out of French ; with a supplement thereunto, and to the account of Denmark formerly published.; Comte d'Ulfeld, grand maistre de Danemarc. English	Rousseau de la Valette, Michel.	1695 (1695)	Wing R2052; ESTC R8467	51,327	148

who seem'd to be most dissatisfy'd he ingag'd by virtue of his Office of Great Master he being the Head and Protector of the Nobility that the Prince would preserve all their Privileges and that their Grievances should be redress'd The Election was made on this Condition as it had been done time out of mind In the mean time Count Vlfeld being satisfi'd with his having perform'd his Duty without valuing himself upon it by publishing the same not having acquainted the Prince before nor after the Election with all the Brigues that had been made to exclude him from the Crown his Enemies made use of his Modesty to ruin him for having perswaded the King that he himself had aspir'd to the Crown because some Votes had been given for him and that not being able to obtain his Ends he had in order to make himself the more recommendable caus'd the Election to be made on the Conditions I have mention'd This wrought so powerfully on the King's Mind that he was thereby excluded from his Favour in a Moment without knowing the Reason of it and the said Coldness made so much noise that the Earl's Enemies finding the King dispos'd to believe all their Calumnies had the Malice to seduce a Woman call'd Dina who had an access in the Royal Family to accuse the Count and the Countess his Wife of having made Solicitations to her to poison the King the Queen and all the Royal Family This Monarch giving too much credit to the said Accusation without staying for any farther Informations wrote to the Queen of Sweden to some Princes of the Empire and to the P. of Orange to give them an Account of the said Conspiracy and to desire their Advice how to proceed against those Traitors for so he call'd the Count and the Countess who were in his Power desiring them to rejoice at Heaven's having preserv'd him from that Treason But whereas the Quality of the Persons accus'd oblig'd him to observe some Formalities he allow'd them to make their Defence before the Council lest the World should think he design'd to oppress them It was on this Occasion this Great Man discover'd an undaunted Courage and Firmness of Mind for without discovering the least Trouble in his Countenance he made his Defence with so much Judgment that the said Woman and Captain Walter who had introduc'd her not being able to resist the Force of the Earl's Reasons were fully convicted of Perjury Dina was condemn'd to lose her Head and Walter to a perpetual Exile which was accordingly put in execution The Earl finding by this Proceeding that his Ruin was resolv'd upon and being sensible by the King's Easiness to believe so strange an Accusation against a Person of his Quality that he would be easily dispos'd to give Credit to all the Calumnies of his Enemies he resolv'd to provide for his own Sasety and that of all his Family In order thereunto he resolv'd to retire into Poland hoping to be safe there and having propos'd his Design to the Countess Eleonora that generous Lady would needs follow him notwithstanding all the Reasons he could urge to the contrary which could never prevail over her Affection for him All things being dispos'd for their departure the Countess put on Mens Clothes as well as one of her Women the only One she took along with her and going on board one of their own Ships after having been some Days at Sea they were surpriz'd by so dreadful a Storm that they thought themselves lost But after having suffer'd all the Hardships imaginable for two or three Days time they came to an Anchor in the Road of Dantzick where they landed The Earl being thus safely got on Shore dispatch'd one of his Gentlemen to the Court of Poland to intreat the King to allow him a Retreat in his Kingdom and to protect him against his Enemies He remain'd at Dantzick in expectation of his Return where the Countess Eleonora still keeping on her Mens Clothes in order to divert her Sorrows made some Addresses to a Woman of Quality who did not want Charms and whose Conversation was very agreeable and her Courtship made so strong an Impression on the Lady's Heart that she could no longer live without her Moreover the thing proceeded so far that the Lady's Husband being grown jealous the Countess would certainly have brought her self into Trouble but that the Gentleman whom Count Vlfeld had sent to the Court being return'd with a Refusal they resolv'd to repair to the Queen of Sweden The Countess having acquainted the said Lady therewith she was so strangely mov'd at her departure that after having said the most tender Things to her to oblige her to tarry she was resolv'd to follow her had not the Countess discover'd her Sex to her You may easily guess her Surprize at this unexpected Confession and what different Passions her Soul was agitated with Shame Spite and Rage tormented her by turns and the Countess stood in need of all her Wit to appease this abus'd Woman but in the end her Love being turn'd to Friendship they parted with a thousand Protestations of loving each other to the Grave The Earl whose Courage was undaunted was overjoy'd to see the Countess divert her self thus So that those Illustrious Persons did bear their Disgrace with as much Constancy as they had shown Modesty in their Prosperity The Queen of Sweden who knew their Merit and did pity their Misfortune having assur'd the Earl's Envoy that she would grant them her Protection they repair'd to Stockholm where that great Princess kept her Court at that time She receiv'd them with all the Kindness they could expect from her Generosity particularly the Countess Eleonora who not having quitted her Man's Clothes a Dress in which the Queen often delighted her self She was so much taken with her Air that she omitted nothing to express her Joy to her for being able to assist her After the Earl had paid his first Respects to the Queen he told her that he only begg'd her Protection on this Condition that he would submit to her Justice and that he would answer before her Majesty to whatever Accusations should be made against him She granted his Desires so that they remain'd two Years at Stockholm in quiet but when they thought their Enemies had no longer any thoughts to persecute them the Danish Ambassador receiv'd an Order to accuse the Earl of several Crimes the least of which would have cost him his Head had he committed it but tho the Ambassador deliver'd a Letter to the Queen written and sign'd by the King 's own Hand in which he conjur'd her to punish Count Vlfeld She allow'd him to make his Defence before the Council and having sent him a Copy of the Heads of the Accusation on the Day appointed by her Majesty to plead the Cause the Earl discover'd his Innocence by such convincing Proofs that the Queen and all the Senators were satisfy'd of it and the Ambassador was

Qualifications of a Great Princess had she been born one not being able to obtain any Favours from her had married her with all the Formalities requir'd in a Lawful Marriage in the presence of the whole Court and of the Senate with this Clause in the Contract That the Children he should get by that Marriage should not be Princes and should be contented with the Title of Earls of Sleswick and Holstein of which they should have the Name and Arms to distinguish them from other Gentlemen The Reason of which was that the King having Children by his first Marriage and there bring no Principality in the Kingdom had those he might get by the Second been acknowledg'd Princes they would have prov'd too great a Burden to the Common-Wealth because they could not have marry'd with the Nobles of the Country The Countess Eleonora deriv'd her Birth from this Marriage Young Cornifix who till then had been a Stranger to the Power of Love meeting in that Beautiful Lady all he could wish to raise his Fortune to the highest Degree and to become the happiest of Men fell passionately in Love with her at a Time when Hannibal was mov'd with the same Passion Love among Persons of Quality is like a Beacon which is no sooner kindled but it is perceiv'd at a great Distance therefore the Count coming oftner to the Queen's Apartment than he us'd to do it was thought he had an Inclination for the young Countess and whereas the King's Favour and his own Merit gave him a great Advantage over his Rival he soon effac'd those Impressions which Hannibal had made in the young Countesses Mind But whereas she had a Prudence far above those of her Age she did them Justice without seeming to incline more towards the one than the other and had it not been for the natural Jealousy they had of each other they would have had no reason to be jealous of the Favours they receiv'd They were a long while before they could discover in favour of which the Countess would declare her self tho they omitted nothing to shew their Passion for her This made the Count so melancholy and so sad that chancing one Day to be alone with the Countess he look'd on her a considerable while without being able to utter one Word Which she desiring to know the Reason of after he had excus'd himself awhile he declar'd his Passion to her The Countess being surpriz'd blush'd at this Declaration and looking on the Count with a Severity capable to make the boldest of Men tremble he repented his having said too much but however there was no Remedy and the Occasion had seem'd too favourable to him not to say a thing which he could no longer conceal Therefore he threw himself at the Countess's Feet humbly craving her Pardon for his Presumption in words so moving and so tender that the most cruel of Women would have pitied him But this word Love did sound so harsh in the Countess's Ears and she had conceiv'd so frightful an Idea of it that she could not bear it The Count on the contrary said a thousand soft Things to her to perswade her that that Passion could never be banish'd from the World without making it as wild and savage as Desarts since it was the only thing which supported Gallantry and maintain'd Union even among the most Barbarous And he had certainly remov'd that great Aversion had not the Queen come in which oblig'd him to quit that Subject The Count went away between Fear and Hope and whereas it behov'd him to justify Love before the Countess the first time he saw her again having an Opportunity to speak to her after a pretty long Conversation the Countess told him that if he did not exceed the Bounds he had prescrib'd to himself he might hope to be hearken'd to in time so that he went away extreamly satisfy'd Some time after this having been ingag'd in a Combat in which he gave Proofs of his great Valour he had the pleasure to hear the Countess praise him in his Rival's Presence with such Elogies that he no longer doubted but she had some Kindness for him And indeed he richly deserv'd the Praises the Countess gave him having done an Action which would pass for a Fable had not his King been a Witness of it as well as most of the greatest Men of the Kingdom It is most certain that the City of Hamburgh being built upon the King of Denmark's Territories they are oblig'd to pay him Homage for the same and that according as they have encreas'd their Power they have endeavour'd to free themselves so that most of the Kings have been oblig'd to take Arms either to assert their Right or to repel those Rebellions Which oblig'd King Christian one of the bravest Princes that ever reign'd in the North to build the City of Glucstad upon the River Elbe with a Fort capable to oppose the Efforts of that little Common-Wealth and to keep them in Awe that the said Prince having been forc'd to take Arms upon the Account of some Things he demanded of the Hamburgers he being at Glucstad with his Forces they set out a Fleet of several Ships designing to make a Descent to make themselves Masters of that Place which they would have done being superiour in Number had not the extream Valour that generous Prince Count Vlfeld and a French Gentleman who belong'd to him show'd on that Occasion prevented them they never abandoning a Battery of some Pieces of Ordnance which commanded the Port notwithstanding all the Gunners were kill'd or wounded and that the Forces that kept it retir'd into the Town upon the continual Fire from on Board the Ships But those three Heroes chose rather to die than to suffer the taking of the Town or to fly And whereas nothing is impossible to those who are capable of great Resolutions they made so great a Resistance for an Hour together that the Garison of the Town taking Heart again by their Example the Fleet being half disabled was oblig'd to retire with as much Shame as Admiration and none of them were wounded tho the Bullets which were shot at them had cover'd their Faces so thick with Dirt that they were hardly to be known again Therefore this Action justly deserv'd the Praises of the Countess Eleonora and she could not refuse this Justice to the Merit of the Count seeing that immediately upon this Expedition the King had given him the Government of the Isle of Funen to honour his Vertue and that his very Enemies were forc'd to own that he deserv'd the Favour and Kindness of his Master And indeed from that time forward the Countess had a particular Respect for him and receiv'd his Addresses in such a manner as satisfy'd him that she was not insensible But that which made an end of winning her Heart and of ruining Hannibal was another Action perform'd by the Count which being very uncommon especially among Courtiers will