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to the empire, were there not that mortal enmity 

 between those two nations as could not agree in one 

 subjection. 



Straight upon his election he married the Infant 

 of Poland, somewhat in years and crooked, only to 

 content the Pollacks, but never companied with her. 

 He dotli tolerate there all religions, himself heareth 

 the mass, but is not thought to be a papist : he had 

 a great part of his education in Turkey, after served 

 the last emperor. 



Frederick the Second, of forty-eight years, King 

 of Denmark and Norway ; his wife Sophia, daughter 

 to Ulricke, Duke of Mechelebourg, by whom he 

 hath six children, four daughters and two sons, 

 Christianus and Ulricus, the eldest of five years 

 of age. 



The chiefest about him, Nicolas Cose his chan 

 cellor, in whose counsel he doth much repose. 



He hath always eight hundred horse about his 

 court, to whom he giveth ten dollars the month. 



His father deceased in the year 1559, after which 

 he had wars ten years space with the Swede, which 

 gave him occasion to arm by sea. His navy is six 

 great ships of one thousand five hundred ton, and 

 fifteen smaller, ten gallies which sail to pass the 

 Straits. 



His revenues grow chiefly in customs, and such 

 living as were in the hands of the abbeys, and 

 bishops, whereby he is greatly enriched : his chief 

 haven is Copenhagen, where always his navy lieth. 



His brother John, Duke of Hoist in Jutland, 



