A residence in Jutland, the Danish isles and Copenhagen . ed by his wife with a pledge of their mutualaffection, a son and heir. The English king inquires after Fengo, and for thefirst time hears of his death. Fengo was his ally, andthese two were bound together by a solemn promise toavenge each others death, even if they spilt the lastdiop of their blood in fuliilling their oaths. His feel-ings are divided between his oath and affection for hisdaughter, added to which, he liighly esteems his son-in-law. He conceals his feelings, greatly tormented by hisoath, until the queen dies. He then dete
A residence in Jutland, the Danish isles and Copenhagen . ed by his wife with a pledge of their mutualaffection, a son and heir. The English king inquires after Fengo, and for thefirst time hears of his death. Fengo was his ally, andthese two were bound together by a solemn promise toavenge each others death, even if they spilt the lastdiop of their blood in fuliilling their oaths. His feel-ings are divided between his oath and affection for hisdaughter, added to which, he liighly esteems his son-in-law. He conceals his feelings, greatly tormented by hisoath, until the queen dies. He then determines to get ridof Amleth by some underhand means, and thus clear hisconscience. So he sends him on an embassy to Scotland existing in Denmark are one or two figures on a rock near Heltborg, inThy. In Sweden they abound on the rocks of Bohuslan. A ship (a)mucli resembling the comb termed by French hairdressers demeloire —up on end—represents a voyage ; a tree a forest, &c. &c. Battles aresometimes more fully described. I give specimens :—. 182 GUDUMKLOSTER. Chap. XLII. to demand for the king the hand of the Scottish queenHermentnide in marriage, being well aware that thissovereign not only loved the life of a maid, but alsoslew all those wooers who approached her court on amatrimonial speculation. Amleth, on arriving in Scotland, sits down with hisfollowers by a rivers side. The Scottish queen is awareof his arrival; a spy passes the guards, and, whileAmleth slumbers, removes his shield and the bae: con-taining the letters from the English king, and carriesthem to his royal mistress. The queen, on seeing theshield of the sleeping prince, at once discovers, by thedevices engraved thereon, who he really is. She readsthe letter from the King of England, and, after Amlethsown fashion, changes the characters, so that Amleth isordered to demand her in marriage for himself. Her-mentrude does this because she hates the old king andprefers for her husband a handsome young warrior
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