willing to part with you, and ther fore, I pray, Madame, doe "not part with us.' When the boore had ended his fpeech he wadled up to the queen, withoute any ceremony, tooke her by the hand and thaked it heartily, and kift it two or three times; then turning his back to her, he pulled out of his pocket a fowle handkercher, and wiped the fo too, especially when he wiped his eyes. Qu. He fhowed his affection to me in that pofture, more then greater men did in their spheres. Ib. Madame, we must looke uppon all men to worke according to their prefent interest; and so I fuppofe do the great men heer as well as elfewhere." from the fame. tears from his eyes, and in the Of the Ruffian Envoy's Audience; fame pofture as he came up he returned back to his own place againe." Upon a fubfequent conference with the queen, the enfuing difcourfe paffed between her and Whitelocke, upon the boor's eloquence and manner. "Ib. Madame, you fpake and acted like yourselfe, and were highly complimented by the feverall marshalls, butt, above all the reft, by the honest boore. Q. Was you so taken with his clownery? b It seemed to me as pure and cleer naturall eloquence, without any forced ftraine, as could be exprcffed. Qu. Indeed there was little elfe butt what was naturall, and by a well-nicaning man, who is underftanding enough in his countrey way b. Whofoever shall confider his matter more than his forme, will find that the man understands his bufnes; and the garment or phiafe wherewith he clothed his mater, 'hough it was rufticke, yett the variety and plaine elegancy, and reafon, could not butt affect Luis auditors. Q. I thinke he spake from his Ph. I believe he did, and acted N audience was defired by Whitelocke from the queen, and att the fame time the fent Grave Tott to Whitelocke to invite him to the audience of the Mofcovia envoyé : the Grave stayed dinner with Whitelocke, and, after that, Whitelocke went to the lodg ing of Piementelle, to refte himfelfe there till the time of the audience; whitherGrave Tott brought him word, that the audience was putt off, bicaufe the Ruffe had fent word, that the notice of his audience not being given him till about ten a'clocke this morning, he had before that time dranke fo much aquavitæ, that he was already drunke, and not in a condition to have his audience that day; butt defired it might be appointed another day, and he to have earlier notice of it. The next day the queen fent one of her fervants to Whitelocke, to give him notice of the audience of the Mofcovia envoyé; Whitelocke went to court att the time, and there fell out a little buftle; the ricks admirali ftepping betwixt the queen and Whitelocke to take his place there, was by Whitelocke putt afide, and Whitelocke ftood next to the queen on her right hand: hand: the perceiving the paffage, fmiled, and afked Whitelocke, how he durft affront fo great an officer in her court and fight? Whitelocke anfwered, bicaufe that officer firft affronted the ambaffador of the great commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The queen replyed, you doe well to inake them know themselves and you the better. The audience was in this manner: First there prefented himfelfe a tall bigge man, with a large rude blacke bearde, pale countenance, and ill demeanor. His habit was a long robe of purple clothe, laced with a fmaile gould lace, the livery of his mafter; on his right hand was a companion in the fame livery, and much like the envoyé in feature and behaviour: he carried on high the great duke's letters, fett in a frame of wood, with a covering of crimson farcenet over them; on the left hand of the envoyé was his interpreter. After his uncouth reverences made, he spake to the queen in his own language; the greatest part of his harangue, in the beginning, might be understood to be nothing but his master's titles: in the midst of his fpeech he was quite out; butt, after a little pause, recovered himfelfe againe with the affiftance of a paper. flooree, and feemed to kiffe it; then rifing up agayne, he went and kift the queen's hand, holding his own hands behind him. In the fame order his fellow demeaned himselfe, and prefented to the queen his mafter's letters. The queen, ga. the letter to Whitelocke to 1ke on it: it was fealed with an eagle; the characters were like theGreek letters, and fome like the Perficke. After the ceremony ended, the Ruffes returnned to their aquavite, and Whitelocke to his lodging to dinner." Anecdotes of Queen Chriftiana, and of her favourite Grave Magnis de la Garde. G RAVE Magnus was fon to Grave Pontus de la Garde, whofe father, comming out of France to ferve the crown of Sweden, was fo fuccessfull, that, for a reward of his merit, he had good revenues, and the title of a grave or earle beftowed uppon him, and marryed there, and became a fubject and inhabitant of Sweden. His fon, Grave Pontus, was made felthere, or generall, of the army, and was in great favour with the King Guftavus, and a fenator. His fon, Grave Magnus, the gentleman of whom is the prefent difcourfe, was a proper, handfome, courtly gentleman; and, befides the honour of being a fenator, he grew into fuch favour with the queen that her fervants feared When he had done, one of the queen's fervants interpreted in Swedish what was faid: then one of the queen's fecrataryes anfwear-left the fhould fettle her affection ed in Swedish to what the envoyé had fpoken; and that was interpreted to him in his own language by his own interpreter. After this, the envoyé caft himfelfe flatt uppon his face on the fo farre upon him as to make him her husband: to prevent which it was fo contrived, that Grave Magnus was married to the fifter of Prince Palatin, coufin-german to the queen, a match of great honor L4 and and advantage to the gentleman, whofe thoughts it feems did not afpire fo high as was fufpected. This favorite of the queen having a faction in court, and free acceffe to her majefty with much refpect, perticularly bicaufe of his alliance, the queen made him grand mafter or high treasurer. Having this honor and credit he would permit none to be received into her majesty's fervice butt his own creatures; and others he would reprefent to the queen as unfit for her service, or unfaithfull. One day Grave Magnus informed the queen, that he was extreamly grieved att fome reports, which, he was told, had bin made to her majefty touching him: the queen afked him, what reports? he faid, of unfaithfullness, and treafon, which never were in his thoughts against her majefty; and it grieved him, that the fhould fay any fuch thing of him. The queen demaunded who had reported this to him; he defired to be excufed from naming the party, but faid he had bin told fo; the queen replyed, I muft know who hath thus informed you: he continued to excufe the naming of parties, butt the queen would know them; which he feeing, he named Grave Tott, and the Baron of Steinbergh. The queen prefently called in thofe in the anti-chamber, divers fenators, and others and faid to them, Sirs, heer is Grave Magnus who hath made me this report and told them what it was: the Grave defired her majefty not to fpeake of thefe things publiquely; the queen faid, the muft fpeake of them before thofe gentlemen, and re cited all that Grave Magnus had faid to her, and fent for Tott and Steinbergh; and,before they came, the faid before the company, that those were men of honor, and if they fay that I have spoken these words, then I have spoken them. As foon as they were come, the queen faid to them, Sirs, have you faid that I fpake thus and repeated Magnus his words: they denied that ever they faid fo, and defired to know who had reported it of them, the queen replyed, heer is Grave Magnus, who informed me fo. Tott and Steinbergh replyed, that they had each of them butt one life, which (by her majesty's permiffion) they would imploy to maintaine, that they never fpake these words; and that if Grave Magnus would justify it, they would deny it to his face. Magnus anfwered, that he did not fay that thefe gentlemen had spoken the words, butt that he was told fo; Tott and Steinbergh defired to know who told him fo? Grave Magnus defired to be excused, and fo tooke his leave. After this, the queen fent Grave Gabriel Oxenstierne, and Marshall Wrangel, to Grave Magnus, to know who had told him that Tott and Steinbergh fpake the words: and, after fome excuíes, finding the queen's refolution to know it, he named a collonell that told him fo, who being fent for, denyed it, and faid, that his life was in the queen's hands, which he would expofe to maintaine that he never fpake the words. Magnus affirmed he did, and the collonell denyed; whereupon, in great chollar, Magnus defired leave of her majefty to retire himselfe into the countrey : the the queen wifhed him a good voyage, and fo he went from court. Afterwards fome of his friends intreated her majefty, that he might return to court, butt fhe would not graunt it: he alfo himfelfe wrote to the queen for that purpose, butt fhe would not give leave for his returne to court; and writt herselfe to him a letter in French, which was this: The English of the letter is thus. Since you defire to fee me agayne, after the difgrace which is happened to you, I am obliged to tell you, how contrary to your fatisfaction this defire is; and I write to you this letter to caufe you to remember the reasons which hinder my confent, and which ought alfo to perfwade you, that this interview is unprofitable to your repofe. It is not in me to bring remedies to your misfortune; it is in yourfelfe only to gaine reparation of your honor. What can you hope for from me, or what can I doe, except to moane and blame you? the friendship which I did beare you, obligeth me both to the one and the other, and a certain indulgence which I have had for you; I cannot without belying my felfe, pardon you the crime which you have committed against yourfelfe. Doe not believe that I am offended; I proteft I am not. I am from henceforth incapable to have any other apprehenfion for you, than that of pitty, which, nevertheleffe, can nothing avayle you, fince yourselfe hath made ufeleffe the thoughts of bounty which I had for you. you are unworthy of them by your own confeffion, and yourselfe hath pronounced the decree of your banishment in the prefence of divers perfons of quality. I have confirmed this decree, be cause I found it juft; and I am not fo forward to contradict myfelfe, as fome have made you to believe. After what you have done and fuffered, dare you fhew yourselfe to me? you make me ashamed, when I confider to what lowenefs you are fallen. How many fubmiffions have you made even to thofe to whom you would have done ill? In this unfortunate rencounter, one can fee nothing of greatnefs, of handfomenefs, or of generofity, in your conduct. If I were capable to repent, I should regret to have contracted friendship with a foule fo feeble as yours; butt this weeknefs is unworthy of me, and having always acted according to reafon, I cannot blame the appearances which I have given to the occurrences of time: I should have kept them all my life, if your imprudence had not conftrained me to declare myself against you; honor obligeth me, and jufticeordains me, to doe it highly. I have done too much for you these nine years, when I have alwayes blindly taken your part against all; butt, att prefent, fince you abandon your most deare interefts, I am difpenfed with from having care of them. You yourfelfe have published a fecret (which I was refolved to have concealed all my life-time) in making knowne, that you are unworthy the fortune which you had with me. If you are refolved to beare these reproaches, you may come hither: I confent to it uppon that condition; butt doe not hope that either tears or fubmiffions can ever oblige me to the least compliance. All that I am capable to doe for you is, to remember little, and to fpeak leffe heerof, except to blame you. This I ought to doe, to make it appeale, appeare, that one is unworthy of my esteem after fuch a fault as yours; this only remains, that I can doe for you: and you are alfo to remember, that it is to yourfelfe only that you owe this difgrace which is befallen you, and that I have the fame equity for you as I thall ever have for all others." Acc unt of a May-day Collation given by i bitelocke, in the Englife manner to the Queen and fome of her favourite Ladies and Courtiers. "THIS being May day, Whitelocke, according to the invitation he had made to the queen, putt her in mind of it, that, a fhe was his miftris, and this Mayday, he was, by the cuftome of England, to waite uppon her to take the aier, and to treate her with fome little collation, as her fervant. The queen faid, the weather was very cold, yett fhe was very willing to beare him company after the English mode With the queen were Woolfeldt, Tott, and five of her ladyes. Whitelocke brought them to his collation, which he had commanded his fervants to prepare in the best manner they could, and altoguher after the English fashion. Att the table with the queen fate La Belle Comteffe, the Counteffe Gabriel Oxenfierne, Woolfeldt, Tett, and Whitelocke; the other laydes fate in another roome. Their meate was fuch fowle as co ld be gotten, dreffed after the English fashion, and with English fawces, creames, puddings, cuftards, tarts, tarfies, English apples, bon chrê. tien peares, cheefe, butter, neats tounges, potted venifon, and fweet meats, brought out of England, as his facke and claret alfo was: his beere was alfo brewed, and his bread made by his own fervants in his house, after the English manner; and the queen and her company feemed highly pleafed with this treatment: fome of her company faid, the did eate and drinke more att it than the ufed to doe in three or four dayes att her own table. The intertainment was as full and noble as the place would af ford, and as Whitelocke could make it, and fo well ordered and contrived, that the queen faid, the had never feen any like it: fhe was pleafed fo farre to play the good hufwife, as to inquire, how the butter could be fo freth and sweet, and yett brought out of England? Whitelocke, from his cookes, fa tisfyed her majefty's inquiry; that they put the falt butter into milke, where it lay all night, and the next day it would eat fresh and fweet as this did, and any butter new made; and commended her majefty's good hufwifry; who, to expreffe ber contentment in this collation, was full of pleasantnefs and gaiety of fpirit, both in fuppertime and afterwards; among other frollickes fhe conmaunded Whitelocke to teach her ladyes the Englifh falutation; which, after fome pretty defences, their lips obeyed, and Whitelocke moft readily. She highly commended Whitelocke's muficke of the trumpets, which founded all fupper time, and her difcourfe was all of mirth and drollery, wherein Whitelocke indeavoured to anfwear her; and the rett of the company did their parts. It was late before the returned to the caftle, whither Whitelocke waited |