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Chap. XX.
KING JAMES’S PRESENT.
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The king then granted him the privilege of
“copyright ” in Denmark (as far as Scotland was concerned)
for the space of thirty years—the earliest instance
recorded in history—and presented him with the very
hounds which later were the cause of his downfall; for
Tycho’s first quarrel with the minister Walkendorf arose
from a kick given to one of these royal dogs. Tycho
burst out into such violent abuse of the culprit, the
minister never pardoned him, and from that day
compassed his ruin. Among the bitterest of his enemies
may be numbered his own brother Axel, who looked
upon his family as degraded by the pursuits of his
relative.
With the reign of Frederic II. ended the good
fortune of Tycho. One visit alone did Christian IV.
ever pay him, on which occasion he gave the
astronomer his portrait, which compliment Tycho returned
by presenting him with a globe of glass.
During his residence at Uranienborg the best artists
were engaged in painting his various instruments. In
1586 Hans Knieper was employed in decorating his
telescopes, on which are represented mountains and the
setting of the sun. Another artist of the day, Tobias
Gamperlin, was employed to paint Tycho’s own
portrait on his instrument called “ Quadrans muralis,” or
“ Tychonicus.”
In 1596, the year of the coronation of the youthful
James, for I find it again, date 1590, in a Psalm-book given by
Frederic II. to Henrik Eamel, governor to Christian IV., and later
ambassador to England, together with autographs of Frederic U. and
all his family. Queen Anne writes, “ Tout sarrest en la main de bien.
Anna princhesse à Dennemarck, 1588.” This book is now in the
library of Count de la Gardie.
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