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Chap. XLIV.
THIM.
211
practice, and a disgrace that the Government should
allow it.*
We turned in to look at the granite round-arch
church of Hee, built by Bishop Hay (as his name was
then spelt) in the twelfth century—a granite model of
the cathedral church of Ribe: when the parish of Ro
was suppressed they carried the church of Noe and
built it up against Hee. Later we pass on our road
that of Thim, celebrated for its stolen bell, the finest
toned in all Jutland.
THIM.
It was in some war with the Swedes that Peter
Gyldenstierne, struck by the tone of these bells,
determined to obtain them by some way or another. So he
consulted all the villagers how to get them down without
injm-y to the church-tower. No one could, or rather
no one would, assist him, till a countryman presented
himself before him, saying, “Provide for my wife
and children, and I will show you how to manage the
matter.” Peter consents; the peasant causes two lofty
hillocks of sand to be erected, and then cutting the
chains lets the bells fall down gently, one after the
other. The plan succeeded, and the man claims his
reward. “ Yes,” answers Gyldenstierne, “ I will perform
my promise and provide handsomely for your wife and
children; but for yourself, a traitor to your country,
you shall take the place of the bells.” So he strung
him up to the church-tower. One bell arrived in
Jutland safe, and was hung up in the tower of Thim
church; but the second came to grief, and was
ship
* I understand a law is about to be passed forbidding this custom,
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