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Gustavus Vasa, Liberator 99
paths, he reached the home of his sister and her hus-
band, the councilman Joachim Brahe, in Sodermanland.
They were planning to attend Christian’s coronation
in Stockholm. Gustavus warned them of the danger
and begged them not to go. But they had faith in
Christian and went.
Some time later an old servant of his brother-in-law
returned from Stockholm and, in words choked with
tears, told Gustavus of the Massacre of Stockholm,
and the murder of his father and brother-in-law, and
the imprisonment of his mother and sister. This was
bitter news. What enabled Gustavus to bear up was
the thought that Sweden must be saved. His hope lay
in Dalecarlia. Disguised as a Dalecarlian peasant, with
round hat and homespun jacket and an ax on his shoul-
der, he set out on foot as one seeking work.
His Adventures in Dalecarlia. Of his adventures in
Dalecarlia Peder Svart, Bishop of Vester&s, later an
intimate friend of Gustavus, has given the follow-
ing sketch : "He took service with Anders Persson of
Rankhyttan, clad as a peasant and keeping his iden-
tity to himself. But a servant girl informed Anders
Persson that she had noticed a gold embroidered collar
jut out from beneath the coarse peasant jacket. So
Anders Persson knew that the stranger was no com-
mon laborer. He had a private talk with Gustavus and
soon recognized him as a former fellow student at Upp-
sala University. But he was afraid to keep the fugitive
lest he should be discovered, and advised him to seek
a safer place.
"Gustavus then proceeded further, and came to Arent
Persson of Ornas, whom he trusted, and to whom he
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