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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

The King receiv'd them very graciously and having promis'd to use them kindly he made them hope for a happier Reign than they had injoy'd till then After which the Royal Family repair'd to the Cathedral Church there to sing Te Deum where Swaning complemented them at the Door with an Eloquence which procur'd him the Esteem of all his Auditors The Publick Ceremony was deferr'd for two days longer a Theatre was erected on which the King the Queen the Princes and Princesses their Children being conducted the King being seated on a Throne under a rich Canopy the Chancellor made a Speech to the People about the Behaviour they were to observe under this new form of Government and about the Oath they were to take to the King and his Children After which the Nobles the Ecclesiasticks and the People having taken the Oath of Allegiance the whole City express'd a world of Joy insomuch that the Danes seem'd to have lost the remembrance of their past Miseries which shows what power Novelty has over Mens Minds who always hope by Revolutions either to ease their Afflictions or to satisfy their Ambition The King would also needs make a Publick Feast for every body but whereas the Nobles were at the charge of it it was observ'd that most of them did not come to it and that among those that did some refus'd to eat so that the Clergy and the Citizens only express'd their Joy and Satisfaction at it It lasted some Days after which the City-Gates were open'd to every body Thus the whole State was alter'd in less than a Fortnight by the Conduct and Resolution of Nansen Swaning and Gabel The King in order to reward them for that great Service erected the Church of Copenhaguen into an Archbishoprick in favour of Swaning and augmented the Revenue thereof proportionably His Majesty made Nansen first President of the Senate and Bourgrafe which signifies Earl or Chief of the Burghers and gave him as well as to Gabel several considerable things And whereas the Burger-masters had also contributed considerably towards this great Revolution the King gave them the Injoyment of the Territory of Rotskild which is worth upwards of a hundred thousand Livers per Annum and granted the Inhabitants of Copenhaguen several great Privileges and among the rest the power of possessing Fiefs which till then had only been allow'd to the Nobility During these Transactions Count Vlfeld and all his Family were at Ellensburg in Funen where he endeavour'd to recover his Health which was strangely impair'd by the Ill Treatment he had receiv'd at Bornholm no longer concerning himself with the Affairs of the World Neither was he mov'd in the least when he heard this Overthrow of all the Antient Privileges of the Nobility for the preservation of which at Frederick's Election he had incurr'd his hatred and had since been expos'd to all his Misfortunes And in order not to leave the King the least suspition of his preserving any Resentment he beg'd his leave to go to Spaw there to take the Waters which was granted him Accordingly Count Vlfeld and the Countess Eleonora with all his Family left Ellensburg to go into the Low-Countries where after having seen several Towns the Earl finding that the Air at Bruges did agree better with him than any other he resolv'd to stop there The Earl had not been there above six Months when he was inform'd that Colonel Fowlk that Cruel Governor who had us'd him so barbarously in his Prison at Bornholm was come there to visit his Relations but whereas his Indisposition did not permit him to call him to an account the Earl acquainted his Eldest Son therewith who was at the Academy at Paris who taking Post immediately being fir'd with a generous desire to revenge his Father's Wrongs made so much haste that he reach'd Bruges on the very day Fowlk was to go away from thence so that meeting him in his Coach he attack'd him alone amidst all his Servants and kill'd him without being wounded This ought to teach those who have Imployments not to abuse their Authority and above all to keep within the bounds of respect towards Persons of Quality in Affliction this bold Action met almost with a general Approbation at Copenhaguen The most Judicious and those who were not influenc'd by Count Vlfeld's Enemies prais'd the Son's Courage for having undertaken it But whereas the King was still afraid of the Earl his Enemies improv'd that occasion to raise a new Crime against him and perswaded his Majesty maliciously that he would never have ventur'd to revenge himself thus had he not been sure of the Protection of some Potent Prince The King 's Natural Timorousness being join'd to the Discontents of several Noblemen who had a mind to take Arms made Frederick resolve to ruine Count Vlfeld absolutely and the better to colour the said Resolution they accus'd him of having made Offers to the Elector of Brandenburg to dethrone the King and to invest him with his Crowns which was a thing he had not so much as thought on and yet this was the last pretence of his Persecutions as it will appear by the Sequel Some Months after Fowlk's Death Count Vlfeld desir'd the Countess Eleonora to go into England there to demand a considerable Sum which was due to him This Generous Lady who had no stronger application in the World than to share all her Husband's Misfortunes seeing him overwhelm'd with Sickness made no difficulty of undertaking that Journey and without considering whether the consequences of it would prove favourable to her or not she set out towards London The King who was gloriously restor'd at that time in his Kingdoms and who had gone through many Misfortunes himself being thereby the more inclin'd to pity others receiv'd the Countess with all the Civility and Respect imaginable and his Majesty being inform'd of the Subject of her Journey order'd his Ministers to give the Countess speedy satisfaction in such an obliging manner that she had reason to believe she should not tarry long for her Payment But finding after a Month's stay that the Ministers still put her off from day to day and not being able to appear at Court with all the Grandeur due to her Birth she thought she could tarry there no longer without shame insomuch that she resolv'd to return to the Earl her Husband and so took her leave of the King who us'd her as civilly at her Departure as he had done at her Arrival expressing a great deal of concern at her not being paid The Countess went back for Dover again where she arriv'd the second day in hopes of going back for Flanders but she was strangely surpris'd when being got on Board to continue her Voyage she was seiz'd by a Danish Captain who carry'd her to Copenhaguen As the Countess did not expect this Usage that new Misfortune affected her more sensibly than all the rest had done for tho she had ever appear'd Invincible she

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 LONDON Printed in the Year MDCXCV TO THE Duke of MONT AVSIER Governour to the DAUPHIN My LORD SO many Books have already been dedicated to you and their Authors have so far ingross'd all manner of Thoughts in endeavouring to give us a perfect Idea of your Vertues that I want words to add new Praises to those they have already given you And indeed my Lord where should I find proper words to express the Confidence and Esteem which the greatest and wisest of our Kings has repos'd in and demonstrated towards you in committing the Care of the Dauphin's Education to you This great Choice puts your Merit so far above Praise and Envy that there needs no other Elogy to satisfy Posterity that you are a Man without Defects Therefore my Lord I am perswaded that a respectful Silence will prove more eloquent than all what I could say and that in dedicating my Book to you I shall offer you nothing that is worthy of you If after this sincere Avowsal you will be pleas'd to honour it with your Protection it will be free from the Censure of those Criticks who never like any thing and I will think my self very happy to have found this occasion to let the World know that I am with all the Zeal and all the Respect imaginable My LORD Your most humble and most obedient Servant Rousseau de la Valette TO THE READER THERE are still so many Persons at Court who have known Count Ulfeld and his Retreat into Sweden made so much noise in the World that every body will be pleas'd to hear the History of his Life and to know the motives which induc'd him to make War against his Country But notwithstanding you may find very surprising things in this Story I can assure you that whatever is contain'd in it is certainly true and that I have vritten nothing but what I have found in the Memoirs which were sent to me out of Denmark by unbyass'd knowing Persons without whom I could not have related many singular things which were never written before But whereas the matter I am treating of is considerable enough of it self to be receiv'd kindly by the Publick I will not trouble you with a long Preface provided only you will be pleas'd to excuse my want of Capacity I will think my self sufficiently rewarded for the pains I have taken in writing this History the reading of which is as curious as it may be useful The LIFE of CORNIFIX COUNT of ULFELD Great Master of DENMARK And of the Countess Eleonora his Wife THE Persons whose Lives I undertake to write have shown so much Magnanimity in the different Turns of their Fortune that it is difficult to judg which they are most to be prais'd for the Moderation they have us'd in their Prosperity or the Constancy they have express'd in their Distresses but whatever State we consider them in their Elevation and their Fall are equally Instructive to learn never to rely on the Lustre of a great Favour and to suffer the utmost Rigors of Fortune without betraying the least Weakness Cornifix Count of Vlfeld was the Tenth Son of Count Vlfeld Lord Chancellor of Denmark who in the Reign of King Christian the Fourth made himself as Illustrious by his Merit as he was by his high Birth his Family being one of the First and most Antient of the Kingdom and the only One that was honour'd with the Dignity of Count by Concession from the Emperor Besides the Advantages which Cornifix deriv'd from the Lustre of his Family and from his Father's Favour who rul'd the State Nature prov'd very favourable to him for he was the finest Gentleman of his Time he had a Noble easy Shape and a Majestick Air his Mind was great and capable of all Things his Eloquence was beyond the reach of most Men of his Quality his Judgment was solid he had an undaunted Courage without Ostentation a great deal of Sweetness mix'd with Gravity which procur'd him Respect and Good-Will from all Men he was Faithful and Moderate very Sober Generous and Vigilant In a Word he would have been perfect had he not been Ambitious Before he was ten Years of Age the great Vivacity of his Mind made him commit so many youthful Frolicks that his Father was oblig'd to send him to Paris under the Tuition of a Governour in order if possible to curb him by a Change of Clime but on the contrary his Malice increasing with his Years he became so rebellious towards his Governour that after having endeavour'd in vain for five Years together to alter his Temper he was forc'd at last to acquaint his Father the Chancellor with it who was so angry thereat that he order'd him to forsake him absolutely and to allow him nothing Cornifix finding himself thus at Liberty tho he was but fifteen Years of Age went into Germany where he apply'd himself to the Count of Oldenburgh to whom he had the Honour to be Related and discover'd the Cause of his Disgrace to him As he was incomparably well shap'd and had a great deal of Wit he soon became his Favourite And during the three Years abode he made at his Court he became so accomplish'd that many Husbands became jealous of him But his Martial Temper inspiring him with a desire of War above all other Things Count Oldenburg could not hinder him from ingaging himself in King Christian's Army who was in actual War with some of the Princes of Germany The said Count having given him a magnificent Equipage with Letters of Recommendation to General Fowlk one of the greatest Captains of his Time he took his leave of him with as much Regret as Tenderness No Man ever began the Trade of War better than young Count Vlfeld he always appear'd the first on all Occasions tho never so dangerous and whereas Fortune was resolv'd to be prodigal towards him as it will appear in the Sequel she prov'd so favourable to him that his Reputation was perfectly settled in a short space of Time He went through all Military Degrees and tho he receiv'd no manner of Assistance from Home he always appear'd with so much Splendor and made so great an Expence that he equall'd the Chief Officers of the Army He falling sick of the Plague his Gentleman of the Horse thinking he would never recover sold his Equipage You may easily imagine his Surprize when being cur'd at a time every one expected his Death his said Gentleman of the Horse acquainted him with what he had done he would certainly have punish'd him severely for it had he been strong enough to attempt it But hearing that he had not as yet dispos'd of the best part of his Money he wisely dissembled his Displeasure Insomuch that the said Gentleman who was one of