BATTLE OF BRANNKYRKA. 14? 



farther, compelled him, shortly afterwards, to surrender at 

 discretion. When, however, he was led to the Swedish 

 camp, it was with the greatest difficulty the Regent was 

 enabled to secure him from the indignant soldiery, who in 

 their rage would otherwise have killed him on the spot. 



As far as regarded the deprival of the prelacy (which 

 Trolle took a solemn oath to relinquish, and for that 

 purpose wrote to the Chapter at Upsala, desiring them to 

 elect another Archbishop in his stead), and the destruction 

 of Stake, the decree of the Diet was at once carried into 

 effect ; but for crimen Iffsa majestatis, he was not otherwise 

 punished than by being sent as a prisoner to the Cloister 

 of Westerns, from whence, however, he was allowed to 

 retire to his father's estate, Ekholmen, where, for a time, 

 he remained in privacy. 



Neither crest-fallen by the loss of the battle of Dufvenas, 

 fought three years before, nor by the discomfiture of his 

 chief adherent Trolle, Christian, in 1518, determining on 

 making another attempt to subjugate Sweden, landed in 

 that country at the head of a large force. But he met 

 with no better success than his lieutenants ; for at the battle 

 of Brannkyrka, which was fought soon afterwards, he also 

 suffered a severe defeat, and was obliged to fall back upon 

 his ships, which having regained, he with the remains of his 

 army returned to Denmark. 



We will now return to Gustavus, who, though left at the 

 Court of the Regent, Sten Sture the younger, was not an 

 idle spectator of these stirring scenes. He played a very 

 distinguished part indeed at the battles of Dufvenas and 

 Brannkyrka ; at the latter of which he carried the royal 

 standard, an honour only conferred on illustrious warriors. 



L 2 



