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largeft ftates, as. with the farcophagi of 
St. Denys, with thofe of the Roman Em- 
perors, &c. and certainly, adds the edi- 
tor, none fuch are to be feen at Weiimin- 
{ter. . 
* In other refpects, the town of Ro- 
efkilde is fo much decayed from its prif- 
tine {plendour, that it is hardly credible ; 
and in general, from Cor:Qer to Copen- 
hagen, in a track of fvurteen miles, we 
do not. find a tewn that would deferve to 
be mentioned in Germany. The foil of 
the Ifle of Zealand not being of a quality 
equal to that of Fionia, and its agricul- 
ture being Jels impreved, its population 
mutt, of courfe, be proporrionably lefs. 
The road tiom Copenhagen to Elfing- 
ore reaches ghout fix miles; but if you 
wilh co fake a turn to vifit the royal cha- 
teau of Fredericfburg, it , “ould _ take 
about anoather mile. JLhisis the beft and 
molt interefting canton, fays the author, 
that [nave feen in Zealand ; the foi] mare 
fertile, the lands better cultivated, and 
the population more confiderable, than 
eliewhere. Generally, the alpeé of the 
countrys is finer than in all the reft of the 
Tfle. We firfk mcet with the chateau de 
Sorgenjoire, (Sazs Souct,) the property 
wf Prince Frederic, oinamented with 
a handfome garden. Next comes the 
chateau pf Hirfcholm, which was _ for 
{ome time the fayourite refidence of Queen 
Matilda. ‘This is one of the King’s do- 
snains, but is no Jonger inhabited by the 
Royal Family. Here we remark many 
fine particuiass in detail, but nogare, no 
management, onthe waole. 
Fredericfburg, ditant four miles from 
Copenhages, may weil excite the curiofity 
of travellers. It is the fine edifice, the 
moft complete monument, of the talte and 
magyificence of the latter ages, It was 
built ‘by Chriftian LV. ; and although fe- 
veral paits have undergone alterations, 
and the apartments, likewife, have been 
fomewhat arranged in the medern ftyle, 
the pr.ncipal matters remain hitherto un- 
touched, and exactly as they were, efpe; 
cially the Church and the Hall of the 
Knights, which forms a very beautiful 
ftruGiure cf its kind. Mof of the other 
chateaux which date from that epoch, are 
decayed, or have been fo much repaired 
in the modern tafte, that we can no 
longer diflinguifh the priftine archetype. 
This is not the cafe here; this cha- 
teau has been perfectly well preferved in 
its primitive ftaie, and gives a high idea 
et the luxury and Gothic pomp that pre- 
vailed at the time of its conftruction. It 
is compolcd of three parts, the fir of 
A Tour in Deamark. 
[June 3, 
which, forming the corps de logis, ap- 
pears fo beautiful, fo majeftic, yet per- 
fectly confftent with the Gothic ftyle 
that the mot extravagant admirer, the 
mott exclufive partizan, of Grecian ar- 
chi ectu:e, cannot contemplate it without 
feeling himielt highly interefted. 
As to the Church and the Hall of the 
Knights, I. thall obferye, that I found in 
them a degree of Juxury, .a profulion of , 
ernaments, of which I {careely could have \ 
believed that they had any idea in Den- 
mark. What I perceived there had a 
greater refemblance to the art, fuch as it 
was cultivated in Germany in the fifteenth 
and fixteenth centuries ; byt im the latrer 
country L know of no monument of this 
kind fo pompous ; and, indeed, there re- 
main very tew fuch, with the exception 
ot the churches. You will find, however, 
at. Augfburg and at .Nuremburg, fome 
chef d auvres of Gothic. art, and fome 
reliques .of decorations, which refemble 
thofe here referred to. The cieling of 
the Church, as likewife that of the Hall of 
the Knights, is compofed. of a number of 
pieces, decorated with flutings in wood, 
gilt, and other works of feu'pture, exhi- 
biting figures which reprefent entire paf- 
fages of hittory. Whatever 1s not gilded, 
has been at leaft painted the natural co- 
lour. The ttyle of inlaid-work is every 
where predominant. The altar, made of 
ebony-wood. and ivory, is of invaluable 
workmanfhip; the figures, in maffive fil- 
ver, are not ill executed. The fluoring 
of the Hall of the Knights, larger than 
the church, is all of marble.. The paint- 
ings, which decorate both the church and 
the royal apar:ments, are not without 
their _ of merit. The ftatues. re- 
marked in the court-yard, are of fuperior 
value to any of thoie of that period that 
are commonly feen in Germany, France, 
and England. The environs contain 
beauties of more than one kind, and 
among others, valt and magnificent. fo- 
refts.”” ei . 
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For the Monthly Magazine. 
CASE of a PERSON who during TWELVE 
YEARS was in @STATE of ‘complete 
INERTIA. ir Alig 
“HE following well-authenticated cafe 
is of foremarkable, and, I imagine, 
of fo fngular a nature, that I even fulpect 
the faculty wou'd find it difficult to give a 
name to it. Hiftory has Aeiced Jeane 
a curious fiory concerning the . Seven 
. Sleepers, who awoke. after haying flept 
during 
