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LEDREBORG.
Chap. LVI.
noble house of Rosensparre, killed in a battle against
the Swedes in Skaane in 1612. “You are the sole
surviving member of your house, the last of an old
stock; do not expose your life recklessly,” advised Ris
friends, when the battle raged at its utmost fury. “ A
good name before everything,” was the reply. He
threw himself into the thickest of the fight, and fell
pierced by a hundred wounds. We continued our
course, and arrived amidst a blaze of starlight at our
old quarters of last year—hostel of the Prindsen at
Roeskilde.
LEDREBORG.
October 1th.—The dull cathedral town of Roeskilde is
in a state of unusual excitement, on account of the sitting
of a rix or rath something—one of the endless
innumerable assemblies which Denmark has the ill luck to
be cursed with. The Prindsen is wonderfully smartened
up since last year—hardly recognisable. Breakfast over,
we start on an expedition to Ledreborg, the country seat
of Count Holstein, some five or six miles distant.
Ledreborg, planted on a height overlooking a deep
valley, is a fine specimen of the residence of a Danish
nobleman. In the engravings of Pontoppidan there
existed a fine old French garden of terraces, statues,
and fountains, most in character with the architecture
of the chateau. This was unfortunately destroyed some
thirty years since, and replaced by a jardin Anglais,
very beautiful in its way. The family were unluckily
absent; but we visited the interior of the house, rich
in pictures and works of art; the gorgeous chapel,
where hangs a curious picture, a portrait group of the
early reformers, Luther, Calvin, &c., and among them
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