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12 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [Doc. 205.
it, whose rights and privileges he was unwilling to preserve
in their integrity ; by the aid of the Emperor he was removed
from the government, and his brother’s son, the heir-apparent,*
who lives at New Strelitz, has been appointed in his place. By
so many reverses and misfortunes, so many reminders and ad
monitions of two emperors, by the most opposite and inauspi
cious fates, which seem to deprive him of every hope of a
more favourable turn of fortune, he has not been induced to
change his mind for the better, and to accept better counsel,
and this now for the space of thirteen years. He prefers to
be outlawed and deprived of his government to giving way a
single inch. One’s native disposition, though vexed by mis
fortunes and a long series of adverse fates, cannot be expelled,
and if expelled , it ever returns. Otherwise Mecklenburg
is a most noble country ; for it abounds in nobles, who are
most desirous to abound also in riches. The name of the
Duke of Schwerin is Charles Leopold ; his brother’s son who
is at Strelitz is called Adolphus Frederic [III] .
June 1. After spending a day and two nights at Strelitz,
I journeyed thence to Fürstenberg, and afterwards to Zehde
nick, which belongs to Brandenburg, and which is a finer
town than either of the other two ; there also I spent a night.
June 2. On continuing my route to Berlin I first reached
Oranienburg ; where Oranienburg castle, which was built
by the father of the present king, presents itself to view. It
is charming, for the eye may range over far extended meadows
to the most beautiful forests consisting of pines and oaks,
which in the form of a crown extend at equal distances every
where around. In the middle is the court of the castle, which
in a certain measure is embraced and enclosed by two wings
running out on either side. Where it looks towards the town,
or where the entrance is situated, is a wall adorned with
statues. On the other side , however , or that which is
turned towards the plain and the woods, are double gates,
which are directed on the one hand towards the fields and
the forest, and on the other towards the palace. As they are
* Duke Adolphus Frederic III, who reigned at Strelitz from 1708
to 1752.
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