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Chap. II. RUNIC STONES. 31
to bury it in their church. Therefore he became
considered “holy” by many men and in many places.
Such is the chronicle of the murder of King Erik.*
If you care for Runic stones, you will find two in
the gardens of Louisenlund; one stands bolt upright,
the second lies down; removed, unfortunately, from the
place—Wedel sprang—where they once stood. A great
mistake this. No stone, unless found, as often occurs,
imbedded in some bridge or old castle wall, should ever
be removed from its pristine locality; they should stand
mysterious—like dolmens on the wild heath—a cause
of superstitious dread, if you will, to the peasant.
On one of these stones runs the following inscription:—
“ Thoralf placed this stone near to the grave of Svend,
for Erik,his companion, who died when the strong knights
besieged Slesvig.” On the second, “ Isvarin, Ovi, Knubi,
and Osfeld, surrounded this tumulus with stones, to the
honour of the good Sutri.”
Such are the inscriptions. When you have read one,
you have read all; and unless I come across any of
historic interest, I shall not give them.
We did not visit the interior of the chateau, which I
afterwards regretted, as it contains the most interesting
portrait now existing in Denmark of our ill-fated
English Princess, Queen Caroline Matilda; not
Caroline Matilda, the buxom, joyous girl of seventeen, who,
in defiance of her grande-maitresse, would ride through
the scandalized duchy of Slesvig, astride on horseback,
arrayed in man’s costume; f—not Caroline the débonnaire
* Erik was murdered in 1250.
t A so-called portrait of Caroline in her male costume is preserved
among the private collection of his present Majesty in the palace of
Christiansborg.
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