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362
VORDINGBORG.
Chap. LIV.
This is the most daring letter ever received by a
pope, but, being composed with peculiar naivete and
openheartedness, the author was not called to account.
The pope only said, “Valdé amarum est,” it is very
bitter.
In commemoration of the Hanseatic embassy,
Valdemar caused to be constructed the celebrated Goose
Tower, surmounted by a vane—a goose of fine gold.
When, in after days, Erik the Pomeranian fled with
the fair Cecilia to the island of Gothland, they carried
off with them the crown jewels, and all valuables they
could lay their hands upon, among which was numbered
the golden goose—the weather-cock of the castle of
Vordingborg. This fair Cecilia was own lady’s-maid
to our English Queen Philippa; beyond the fact that she
accompanied Erik to Gothland and remained with him
nine or ten years, little is recorded concerning her except
the following anecdote. One day, a powerful noble, Sir
Olaf Axelsen Thott* by name, when riding accompanied
by his squires in the neighbourhood of Vordingborg,
met a lady driving in great state in a queen’s coach; so
he got off his horse, and, taking off his hat, like a
well-mannered gentleman, made her a low bow.
“ Haw, haw! ” laughed the squires. “ Sirrahs, what
do you mean by such insolence?” exclaimed the
astonished noble. The attendants here explained who the
lady was. “ Stop the chariot! ” roared Sir Olaf. “ Pull
the jade out! ” His orders are promptly obeyed, and,
seizing the unlucky Cecilia across his knees, he treats
her just as nurses do refractory children, and gave her,
* He was one of the nine sons of Axel Thott, known under the
name of Axelsønner.
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