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SLESVIG.
Chap. III.
dered, and buried in the same cathedral church of
Slesvig, with all due honour, as became one of his
royal race, but his restless spirit knew no repose; his
ghost “ walked,” causing so much disturbance to the holy
community that, with one accord, they dragged him
from his grave and reburied him in the “ Mose ” * (bog)
adjoining the town, well pegged down with stakes, after
the custom of the country. The place of his burial is
still pointed out by the peasants, who fight shy of the
neighbourhood, especially after sunset, for they declare
he wanders still, and will wander for ever,—a just
punishment for the crime of fratricide.
High on the bank behind the town stands the church
of St. Michael, scarcely worth a visit, round church
though it be, so degraded and stuffed up by latticed
gallery and woodwork. I have since seen a sketch
of this edifice, as it was and ought to be, among
the drawings of the archaeological archives of
Copenhagen.
But, though Slesvig be no longer capital of the
duchy — for Flensborg has usurped her place — she
still holds high her head as the mother-town of early
Christianity. Here first Anscarius, monk of Corvey,
preached the true faith in the land, and founded a
little church hard by—some say at Haddeby—though
antiquaries have lately come to loggerheads on the
subject.! This same little church enjoys also a notoriety
perhaps less enviable; for from her walls was
proclaimed,! by the Synod of Haddeby, the celibacy of the
* Pronounced “ Moser.” f This early apostle died a.d. 865.
J In the year 1120.
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