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and nakedness.” The signatures of the following men
are added : Alexander Trompatt, Carl Leitch, W. Wilson,
David Johnston, Thos. King, Sander Chapman, Nicoll
Rod (?), Hans ScharfF (Sharp or Shairp), Bartel
Long-borough, Hans Waterston, Jacob Lesly, Jacob Konnigham,
and Jacob Gad.1
Whilst the Swedish fleet triumphed over the combined
Danish-Liibeck fleet near Bornholm, almost the
only-success the Swedes could boast of on land was the taking
of the fortress of Varberg in 1564. On this occasion the
Danish Governor and his Scottish troops alone escaped
the fate of being slain like the rest. The latter were
taken prisoners and took service under King Eric or the
Dukes. It was on this occasion that Colonel Hans (or
John) Stuart, who had exchanged the service of King
Erik for that of Duke Charles, was carried to Upsala as a
prisoner, deprived of a large sum of money, and only set
free at the intercession of other Scottish officers. It had
been his second imprisonment, for, when returning from
Edinburgh to Danzig in that year, his ship was seized,
and the Danes had shut him up at Varberg on suspicion of
entering the Swedish army.1 2
The inglorious Northern Seven Years’ War ended, as
we have seen, with the Peace of Stettin in 1570, and now
the question arose what to do with the foreign
legionaries ? King John—king since 1568—who had always
1 This letter is not addressed to the king, but probably to Duke
Charles, his brother.
2 Stuart belonged to the Ochiltree branch of the family. He
afterwards became Colonel of a Scottish regiment and General
Muster-master of all foreign troops (1609). He died in 1618, and lies buried
in Wadsbro Church. After having procured two certificates of birth,
one proving his nobility on the father’s, the other on the mother’s side
(both issued from Edinburgh in the years 1579 and 1585), he was
ennobled.
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