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KRONBORG.
Chap. XVIII.
“ importunate the king on such an occasion,” but to put
himself in relation with those members of his council
Hi (^Majesty shall think fit to appoint.
The embassy landed at Elsinore on the 22nd of July;
but it was not until the 19th of August that the
installation took place in the castle of Kronborg, in consequence
of the Danish king declaring that, although he accepted
the order, he positively refused to be dressed in the full
costume, to allow the garter to be buckled round his
leg, or even to take the oath. He would receive the
order and dispense with the ceremony; he hated all fuss
and bother.
Such was the cause of the delay, and great the
consternation of Lord Willoughby and his followers at so
unheard-of a decision on the part of the monarch; and
the good offices of Charles Dantzay, ambassador from
Charles IX. to Frederic II., were then called in aid to
arrange the matter amicably. The ambassador writes to
Queen Elizabeth, “ To satisfy his misconceiving opinion,
I informed him how honourable the order was ”—and, in
fact, he enters into such a tirade of its turns and points,
and of the multitude of renowned emperors, kings, &c.,
winding up the whole by sending the king a doll dressed
up as a knight should be, together with a copy of the
statutes of the order—that Frederic, fearing more
correspondence, for very peace sake consents to publicly
accept the insignia, only he insists on putting them on
himself.
After interminable negotiations the French minister
asks to deliver “the loving commendation” of
Elizabeth to the Queen of Denmark. This Lord Willoughby
refuses, suspecting, though he declares it only contains
proofs of Her Majesty’s affection, he might read them
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