New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-06
The Swedish Sc. Bartholomew, 1871.
Finally, however, the counsel of Didrik Na.u


Finally, however, the counsel OF Didrik Eas.
hec called after this, by slight change Of proBr,rs
ton, s,sgh5k, (Slsnghierhswk) prevailed fic wss ths
Kings conessor WestPhslsn oy BIRTH and hsd been
once what our ancestors would have called a hubefs
clerk but what we should call surgeons sssisant:
ana we ina ine a rank between the two and IN occr.
patton uniting both mysteries, we shs have ioerzblc
idea OF what had been ms socsl POSITION. tie Is ssi 10
have been related 70 the mother OF Dvcrkc, the Kings
deceased uis tress Sigbrt 70 whom many Of Chrstans
evil d. eds attributed and who had known how 10
preserve by her own talent the influence hrst acquired
BY the grace and beauty Of her daughter sashec sag
gesed tbs, the King Welded two swords the temporal
and the spirif,s the In his right the other ON
behrf OF The Pope. The King might forgive ossns~s
against himself hut not those against the Holy Sec His
promise OF oblivion for the past therefore. wac 90 be
kept far he personally neil but In his
cayscisy OF representative OF the Church bind
ing Let him then brig The exco,lmanication mo
play, and deal with u who had taken part against Arch
bishop TrollN a heretcs.
On the Wednesday after the coronation the Arch
bishop, by preyions coaeert with the King for
ward In the hs, OF Stockholm Castle where the guests
were assembled and advancing the throne demanded
that S,ekeborg should be re0ult and the authors OF
bis own and the exArchbisaops a.sfortunes punishe
The acf usaion btng pointed against stem sure and his
edhSreuts, in justification OF her husband Christina
GyhensJcrna produccd the deed which soenlnly de-
posed the Archbishop end Gecreod The dcor,ction Of
SiekeboIg. TIE King received gladly and al once
resoh Ell TO tree, 81 who had sigred hertcs They
we're a ked separately whether they ackuowleigcd
Their signatures, ard. when they could deny them
they taken lO custody, with the exception
Otto Bishop OF Vescros, who bad joine-i the Archbishop
as accuser ard John Bsrsk Bishop OF Linkoping who
having desired that hs seal might be broken and the
words 81 have teen neccssiiaicd and compelled hav
ing been fund under il, WIS lcl ~ Ebery. The pr
G. mmi,tcd .or Tie night 10 ,hetowsr chapel
and other psItS Of tie castle Ia the meantime il
referred tribunal consisting OF tue Archhishcn the
Bishop OF Odenscc TIE Bishop of LnkOping and other
ecclefias,icc-smolg whom Lars anderson, or Lsuren
tius indfCOn. he i often called and Pctcr Gale viii
appear again in his history-to consider Whist was the
crime Involved IN the things coinpaincd Oh when they
declared that the perpetrators alter The Just law Of
holy church the Emperor and Sweden manifest
hereiics" Il il said that the public execulioners con-
veyed to the Vi, tins their deaths doom. When they
asked for the lac, consultations OF religion hS boon was
denied
On The morning Of the execution the 9Th OF Noyepi.
Der the inhabitans OF stockholm were forbidden, on
pain of death 10 leave their houses before signal TO be
given by sound oi trumpet The the castle
were loaded and Others placed rs 10 command the
principal streets. heavy gloom and dark ioreboding
opp Ell tue minds OF ali the people When the clock
struck 10 the trumpet sounded, and they were sum
oned 10 the great square msrketpsce OF the city
The castle gsio were soon alter opened the drawodgs
lowered and the unhappy prisoners broeyht iorth.
These Matthias, Bishop oi Strengne-e Nncentius,
Bishop OF Skara twelve secular MOBILES fiot of them
members Of the State Council. includ ~ Eric Abraham,
son. LejohuuivudJ Eric Johsnson the afier and Joa-
chin Brale, the bro'hcrnlawoi Gustavus the Burgo-
master and Town Council Of Stockholm, and mlny
lureessee Danish knight, Nicholas Lycke, AL rcssed
the people, telling them not to be terrified az wnat
they would witness; that the Archbishop had three
times on beudcd knee besought the hgs th1t sentence
Of death might be executed the ouTt and that he
had length yielded his request but Bishop Nincen.
tus intei rupted him by excrimng that not word OF
truth had been uttered that the King could do nothing
without lies end deceit, and that he prayed God for
vengeance or his iyraSy. Christian, VINO beheld all
this from n window OF the old Council Hou'e now gave
sign that the sentence should be carried into exc
cuiiOn.
Bfhcp Methas was the first victim. lie had taken
with him to the coronation his Chancellor, CLAUS Per
n lr.t1 Ia.
hi, bends riscd up to Heaven awaiting the blow of the
rcd forward 10 eInhluce him; nut before
they could reach the spot his head rolled upon the
ground Horrfed az the sight they said this was nhu
nan wOi upcna noble aid venerable man, when they
were seized thsmsel e. and would have been sacrfca
had not German, who had studied with them at Wit
4 nlburg, declared that they were not Swedci Bishop
Vince n,s was beheadcd then the lay mobiles then
the burgcsses OGns Magnus, trembling ell tho while
Tor hi own life, raw ninety persons behoSded 9th
ets hanged or subjected 10 painful and horrible
deaths. According 10 the account OF Zicgler conem
DCraTy historian, one Johannes Magnus crucihed
with circumstances OF the most revolving cruelty; but
the story IL to- disgusting TO be relstod not too hori
BE 10 be believed.
The slaughter continued through the second and third
nys because the general proclamation of peace and
curity continually enticed fresh victims Some
put death because they could not refrain from tears
AZ The eight of friends and ncgbors rufhessy destroy
ed Some-these chiefly the servants and reteiners Of
he n eat nobles-were dragged from their horses
hey rode into the town, and hanged In such numbers
hat gil tbs and tfup leathers must supply the lack OF
haers Tie GU ters ran rel with blood, and the mis-
able survivors stepped them with scpcrstous care
est stain upon their dress should TO mark them
Du the sacrifice For three days the bodies
NAMED upon the market piece. They were then carti
end burntn the south suburb the site OF the
present Church Of st. Catherine II the proper fa
neral of beretcs, and that stem e nigh share Il, his
lead body ana that of bis infant child were torn from
he grave, and cast upon the burning pile
While the st proceeding, Christian sent
ut proclamation to the provinces, stating th, by he
dyce Of the bishops, preatea and other wise men, he
ad punished Stem Sures Chief confelcraes as hercfics
nder the ban of the church. but nceorward meant
o govern the country mildly and peaceaby after the
NV OF ~ Eric. The massacre extended even to Fin.
and where tie cray hairs advanced years and recent
cry ices OF Hemnng Gadd all Intellectual 10 save
ini-ior the king was in the high character OF the
venger OF religion and must not in iuge his own feel.
ngs and private preferences. Vengeance must descend
Win stern importantly upon friend aud foe alike Among
he victims two children OF the noble family OF
.itbiDg; and the kings last exploit in Sweden, his
yalete" 10 the people Laurers Petri calls IT, was
he drowning of the abbot and some monks Of the
Monastery of Nydela"
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