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394 FREDERIKSBORG. Chap. XXV.
gouvernante des enfans of Christina Munk; a
strong-minded woman she was, of noble birth and great
possessions; in her hand she bears a birch rod, all
ready for action—a rod which I have no doubt in its day
struck terror into the hearts of Prince Valdemar and
fair Eleanor Ulfeld ; still, with all her ugliness, she was
a favourite with the elder princes.*
Griffenfeld, by Abraham Wuchter : he is of a handsome
countenance, with long flowing locks, a bright clever
face; this portrait has been lately well engraved. Then
there is a portrait of Maria Motzfelt, old Mrs.
Schumacher, his mother, the beau ideal of a femme
bour-geoise of the period; she lived to see her son rise to
the highest honours of the state ; but she lived too long,
for she lived to witness his downhill.
Old acquaintances too now turn up : parson Gerner,
* I find a curious letter of Prince Frederic (then Archbishop of
Bremen) to his old governess, not very episcopal:—
‘‘Dear old Karen Sehested.—My messenger being in Demnark, I
cannot but write to you thefe lines. 1 should like to be with you
myself, and speak with you and others. I am now just prevented, but
hope soon to be there. I thank you much for the goose, sausages,
and corned goose, as well as the white biscuits and gruel and other
good things, also for the hypenen ort.
“ Dear little Karen Sehested, send me some of your strong water, if
you have some. Give my compliments to your sister, with a thousand
good-nights, and wish all my friends good-night. I have no more to
write you, save that I am your affectionate old
“ Frederic.
“ Nieuhuus, 9th April, 1635.
“ P.S. I hope you will answer this. I feel the want of the
Copenhagen ladies’ society here ; here there are none but old and worn-out
things. Heaven knows how I long to go to a wedding in
Copenhagen.
| “ My compliments to Corfitz Ulfeld, and others you know to be my
good friends.
“ God be with you.”
*
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