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COPENHAGEN.
Chap. X.
At the time of the Reformation it fell into decay, and
in the year 1538 was almost closed. Christian III.,
however, supported it, and, aided by the counsels of
Luther and Melancthon, reformed its statutes, and
summoned to the country many celebrated professors,
assigning sundry church-lands for their support; he also
decided that for the future the Grand Chancellor of the
kingdom should be styled “Protector” of the University.
The University enjoyed the favour of Christian IV.;
and to him the students owe, besides the lodgings of the
Regenz, many pecuniary advantages. James I. of
England, on his visit to the University, presented it with a
silver cup, the melted remains of which, consumed by
the before-mentioned fire of 1728, may still be seen in
the Scandinavian Museum.
Without approaching too near—for the building
itself is of brick, mutilated, tumbling down, degraded
—let us gaze for one minute on the imposing tower
of the church of St. Peter, completed in 1666, in the
architecture, not very pure, of the existing period. It
has, however, a “ cachet ” of its own, and rises majestic
with its cupola-shaped spire resting on massive golden
balls. This church was sadly damaged during the
bombardment of 1807, and many years elapsed before
it was restored so far as to be available for use.
Having “lionized the interior of the city
conscientiously,” before we take our evening stroll along the
ramparts let us indulge in a few calm, unprejudiced
observations on the before-mentioned and often
much-blamed “ bombardment of the city of Copenhagen.”
I have, of course, read the English account, and since
my residence in Denmark have carefully studied the
numerous pamphlets published at Copenhagen shortly
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