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COPENHAGEN.
Chap. IX.
continued to exist between the queen and her early
castigatrix.
Of the endless and innumerable sieges this devoted
city has undergone I will merely call to mind that which
took place in the days of Philippa of England, worthy
sister of the hero of Agincourt.* Philippa was second
daughter of our English sovereign, Henry of Lancaster,
and was married to Erik the Pomeranian, a match which
Queen Margaret gave herself much trouble to bring
about.!
Copenhagen was attacked by the Hanseatic League,
and the town would have fallen had it not been for the
courage of Philippa. “ Queen Philippa,” say the
Chronicles, “ held Princes’ Day at Copenhagen, and invited
to the castle the soldiers and young men of the city, who
had fought against the Wends and Hanseatikers, and,
after counselling them to render good service to the
lord their king, dismissed them to enjoy something
which we cannot find in the dictionary, but imagine to
be “ a regular good blow-out.” Her conduct inspired
the citizens with such enthusiasm, the enemy were
compelled to retire.^ Joyful at her success (Erik was then
* In the year 1428.
t At the time of her betrothal Philippa was too young to leave her
country, and it was not until two years later (1406) she arrived in
Denmark. Among the numerous retinue who accompanied her we find
Richard Earl of Cambridge and Sir Edmund Courtenay; and to
convey the queen to her new home, they equipped “ decern naves et quatuor
balingeres.’’ The marriage ceremony and coronation took place in the
city of Lund.
I After Queen Philippa’s entertainment the youth of the city
became “ pot-valiantand hearing the Hanseatikers had come supplied
with salt to cure the beef they hoped to capture in Denmark, they
brought down a cow to the floating-bridge, and dared the besiegers to
come and pluck one hair out of its tail.
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