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AAO FORTIA’S TRAVELS IN SWEDEN.
furnifhed. Two vafes of porcelain four feet high. Among other things, two paint-
ings by Ehrenttrabe, regarded as a Swedifh painter, although he was not born in Swe-
den. He lived in the time of Charles XI. and was ennobled by the name of Kloecher.
An apartment containing divers pictures, ferves as a paflage to the library. ‘The fuc-
ceeding room communicates directly with the library ; in it are two fine antique butts,
and fome elegant modern pieces. C£dipus by Gagnerot. Ariadne by Vertmuller, and
different paintings by Watteau and Chardin. The /ibrary is a very handfome room,
ornamented with great tafte : independant of the choice books it contains, there are in
it a pretty numerous collection of Etrufcan vafes, fome of which are valuable. A fin-
gular vafe four feet high, found in the country. Guftavus Vafa in wax, under glafs,
very {mall and exquifitely well executed ; and two {mall antique ftatues in a kneeling
pofture, in marbie. Manufcripts are feen in abundance, many of which ineftimable :
the librarian, A/r. Leopold, not having thought proper to take the trouble of fuffering
us to examine them minutely *, we fhall only cite thirty-/ix volumes on the Swedifh hif-
tory, beginning with Guftavus Vafa: Divers reflections, a manufcript by Queen Chriftina:
a manufcript of Charles XII. when aboy ; in one part of which vincere aut mori. ‘The
library is ornamented with analogous in{criptions :.over the door by which you enter,
Artibus pectora mollefcunt, a/perita/que fugit (the temper of man is foftened by the arts,
and all its ruggednefs difmiffed). Over the fham doors on the fide: Neguwe / charte
Jileant quod benefeceris, mercedem tuleris.
Nor do you gain your due renown,
Unlefs your worthy deeds in hiftory be fhewn.
Carmina fit vivax virtus, experfque fepulchri,
Immortal virtue lives in Jafting fong,
And mocks the tomb.
Over the door at the end: Cordis et oris optima eft harmonia, beft is the harmony of
heart and tongue. On the fides oppofite to each other, Vincit ingenium probitas
(honefty is above genius). Studio minuente labores (flackening your ftudy you en-
creafe your toil). Moniti meliora fequamur (follow better counfel). Vita et pectore
puro (with life unfullied and a confcience clear). The next apartment is a cabinet of
books ; it contains a model in re/ievo of the temple of Ifis at Pompeia. A ftove with two
columns of green antique marble. ‘T’wo large vafes on candelabras after the antique,
eight feet high, with white mafks on the vafes. An antique ftatue of a woman repre-
fenting fculpture, and fome other matters of but flight importance. The Cabinet of
Medals comprifes a very fine collection of Greek, Roman, and ancient of all nations,
in eight cafes, which contain more than twelve thoufand drawers: among the Swedifh,
are a {mall medal taken to be of King Biaurn, but this is doubtful ; another thought to
be of Olaus ; a Stros Konung, very rare, ftruck from all appearance in England ; a very
rare medal, the fize of a half dollar piece, of Gu/avus I. ftruck at Upfal. We were
not able to go over this collection minutely, as it was undergoing an arrangement ; the
perfon employed for the purpofe having underhandedly difpofed of feveral pieces, had
been difmifled, fince when, His Majefty keeps the key of it himfelf. This will be the
proper place to introduce an account of Swedifh medals.
* Asa matter of comfort on this fcore, His Majefty told us that he himfelf could not have the attend-
ance of his librarian at all times he wifhed. Neverthelefs we felt ourfelves much hurt at fuch a procedure,
happening in a country where we had met fo few examples of difcourtely.
ts * According
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