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Tillæg:. Mellem de her foran anførte talrige vidnesbyrd 

 om våbenedens udbredelse hos de gotiske, og da ikke mindst 

 hos de nordiske folk findes intet, der røber dens brug i S ve- 

 rig, hvor jeg hidtil forgæves havde søgt dens spor. Des mere 

 velkommen var da en i sidste ojeblik for afhandlingens udgivelse 

 fra professor dr. E. Holm modtagen velvillig meddelelse om, 

 at der i Cronholms Sveriges historia under konung Gustaf Adolf s 

 regering (III, s. 544, anm. 2) lejlighedsvis var givet en antydning 

 af noget sådant, hentet fra en engelsk kilde. Cronholms an- 

 mærkning, som står meget umotiveret, og som er langt fra at 

 være korrekt, har dog vist den rette vej. I Bulstrode White- 

 iockes Journal of the Swedisk embassy in the years 1653 and 

 1654 (London, 1772, II, s. 173—74 og 193—94; ny udg. Lon- 

 don, 1855, II, s. 229—30 og 248-50) findes følgende. 



Den lOdeMaj 1654 var Whitelocke, Cromwells ambassadør 

 ved dronning Kristinas hof, tilstede paa Stokholms slot, da en 

 friherre Horn viedes til en frøken Sparre, som var dronningens 

 hofdame. Dagen efter var han atter på slottet til anden dags 

 bryllup, og da hedder det: 



-' They [the bridegroom and his friends] came all to the great 

 hall, where the qtieen and the Company tooke their piaces, and 

 the drummes beating and trumpetts sounding, a gentleman entered 

 the hall, carrying a speare or pike, covered with taffata of 

 the bridegroomes colours, all butt the head, which was silver, 

 worth about twenty crownes ; he stood by the bride , holding the 

 speare in the middle, both ends of it about breast high, and the 

 bridegroome was brought and placed by his bride. Then senator 

 Bundt [o: Bonde] made a solemne speech to the queen, which 

 (according to the interpretation made to Whitelocke) was to 

 thanke her majesty for the favour which she did to the bride 

 and bridegroome, in permitting the nuptialls to be in her court; 

 and he acquainted the qtieen, and published to the company, 

 what dowrey the bridegroome had given that morning to his bride, 

 with 2000 ducketts for her provision; and that twelve of the 



