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SØBORG.
Chap. XXIII.
tion of her favourite, as well as his subsequent funeral,
exhibited such excessive grief, and spoke in so
inconsiderate a manner on the occasion, that King
Valdemar, who only sought for a convenient opportunity
to gratify his vengeance, accused her of infidelity, and
condemned her to perpetual imprisonment in the castle
of Søborg—an unjust sentence in the opinion of all
historians.
In former days there was shown in the castle of Nyborg
a prison which went by the name of Folq’ Lovmand’s
room, in which, according to the local tradition, he had
been confined for an adventure with some princess or
queen, and afterwards put to death; the queen, forced
to witness his execution, had been immured alive, and
her restless spirit still haunted the castle as a
punishment for her misdeed. Queen Hedvig is now safe
locked up in Søborg—not bricked up ; so there we must
leave her, and turn again to King Valdemar, overpowered
with grief at the loss of the “ Doveso excessive was
his sorrow he could by no means be persuaded to part
from the dead body. He caused it to be laid in a rich
coffin, and carried it about with him wherever he went,
and had it every night placed in his bed. This conduct
might well excite suspicion, and indeed in much later
times would have been ascribed to witchcraft. One of
the courtiers then undertook, during the king’s absence,
to examine the corpse, and found an amulet, which Tove’s
mother had given her, suspended around her neck.
This amulet he removed, and, strange to say, from this
moment the king would never see the corpse more, but
ordered it to be buried directly. His affection was
now transferred to the courtier, whom he never allowed
to leave his side. This constant attendance, flattering
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