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<P>THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF Carolus Gu&s;tavus KING of <HI>SWEDEN,</HI> &amp;c.</P>
<P>Tran&s;lated out of the <HI>Swedi&s;h</HI> Originall by <HI>THOMAS SCOT, E&s;q;</HI></P>
<P>Printed for <HI>William Lead&s;om,</HI> 1660.</P>
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<HEAD>THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF Carolus Gu&s;tavus KING of <HI>SWEDEN,</HI> &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>IN THE NAME OF <HI>OLIVER, B&V;LSTRODE, RAGOTZI,</HI> AMEN. I <HI>Carolus Gu&s;tavus,</HI> the mo&s;t victorious <HI>Sultan</HI> of the North-Ea&s;t, Duke, Marque&s;s, and Earl of other Princes E|&s;tates, as well as Arch-bi&s;hop of <HI>Bremen,</HI> being &s;ick in body by a defluxion of Rhewm, called, <HI>pouring down hot waters into my &s;tomach,</HI> but of unrea&s;onable great minde, now wholly broken with &s;o many unfor|tunate &s;ucce&s;&s;es, one upon the neck of the other, do make and ordain in writing this my la&s;t Will and Te|&s;tament in manner and form following.</P>
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<P> <HI>Imprimis,</HI> I bequeath my la&s;t breath (by Philo&s;o|phers termed the Soul) to my new initiated, and am|bitious friend, <HI>John Lambert</HI> E&s;quire, to redouble in him the a&s;piring great conceits of &s;overaignty, if he already be not tumbled headlong from that <HI>Precipice,</HI> which my pre&s;aging &s;pirit divines.</P>
<P>Next, my body I will and require to be buried un|der the wals or <HI>Copenhagen</HI> to appea&s;e the angry Gho&s;ts of my &s;laughtered Soldiers there ra&s;hly by me put upon that attempt, otherwi&s;e my &s;aid Corps to be interred in the general ruine and de&s;truction of the Univer&s;e.</P>
<P>As for my worldly E&s;tate, which Rapine, Fraud, and violation of Faith have purcha&s;ed me, with &s;ome little compunction of con&s;cience, I do hereby di&s;po&s;e (my debts which will never be paid, being fir&s;t ca&s;t, up by my &s;hifting <HI>Rex</HI> Senators) as followeth.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, I do re&s;ign, &s;urrender and quite claim of my Kingdom of <HI>Sweden</HI> to <HI>John Ca&s;imer</HI> his Maje&s;ty of <HI>Poland,</HI> to whom of due right it doth belong, if &s;o be my Son cannot keep it, and it be worth the co&s;t and charges of the States of <HI>Poland</HI> to regain it</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I will and require my Executor to redeliver unto the King of <HI>Denmark</HI> the counter part of the Rot|&s;kield Treaty to be cancelled and made void, For that I am &s;ure the Dane will not allow an Article of it.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I a&s;&s;ign unto the Kings of great Brittain my Arms, or Scutcheon of the three Crowns, which more rightly appertain unto, and fitly re&s;emble his Maje&s;ties right,</P>
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<P> <HI>Item,</HI> I give and bequeath unto the Emperor of <HI>Germany</HI> a new pair of cro&s;&s;e Bels to be tied to the Roman Eagles Legs, that he may give warning, and not &s;uddenly &s;urprize his neighbouring States without notice or Declaration of war.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give and bequeath unto his mo&s;t Chri&s;tian Maje&s;ty of <HI>France</HI> a pair of new <HI>Sweden</HI> Battledors to &s;port away the time with the <HI>Sereni&s;&s;ima Infanta</HI> till his other play things are fitted for her.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give unto his mo&s;t Catholick Maje&s;ty of <HI>Spain</HI> one of my be&s;t Copper-mines, to &s;upply him with that &s;ort of Money now he is to part with &s;o much &s;ilver for the portion of the &s;aid Lady <HI>Infanta,</HI> and the di&s;banding his Armies.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give and bequeath unto my Kin&s;man his Highne&s;&s;e of <HI>Brandenburgh</HI> all the brandee Wine I have not drunk up my &s;elf; but he &s;hall ki&s;&s;e the hin|der part of my Wife's B&mdash; before he &s;hall hold the hinder or any part of <HI>Pomerania,</HI> unle&s;&s;e the <HI>Swede</HI> be re&s;olved to be wor&s;e than a <HI>Scot.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give and bequeath unto the <HI>Hogen Mogen</HI> States a &s;hips lading of black wool to &s;top their ears a|gain&s;t the cold and dangerous whi&s;perings of the <HI>Cani&s;h</HI> and <HI>Brandenburgi&s;h</HI> Mini&s;ter again&s;t the Intere&s;ts of my Kingdom.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give unto my dear Cou&s;in <HI>Chri&s;tina</HI> my <HI>Po|li&s;h</HI> Socks which kept my feet from &s;weating in all my long Travels, le&s;t by coa&s;ting up and down from po&s;t to pillar &s;he &s;tink in every Court &s;he comes to.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give unto my Nephew, the Duke of <HI>Hol&s;tein</HI> the Scotch Kirks Stool of Repentance.</P>
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<P> <HI>Item,</HI> I give unto the great <HI>Czar</HI> Duke of <HI>Mo&s;eovy</HI> my City of <HI>Riga</HI> for lo&s;t, now all my pretences to <HI>Life-land</HI> are vani&s;hed into the &s;hades of death.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give and bequeath unto the Duke and Dutche&s;&s;e of <HI>Curland</HI> their libertie at the &s;ame time, de&s;iring them not to mourn as without hope now I am taken from them.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give unto <HI>Moun&s;ieur Akakia</HI> the French <HI>Mercury,</HI> and <HI>Enroy</HI> my lighte&s;t riding &s;purs, to make his heels as nimble as his head-piece, for quicker di&s;patch.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give and bequeath unto the <HI>Rump</HI> late of <HI>England</HI> abominable thanks for their De&s;igns and Councels in thru&s;ting me into the world, and making me as infamous as them&s;elves.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give and bequeath unto my precious Lord <HI>Whitlock</HI> a Medal with my portraicture, as a Charm and Spell to drive from him all dangers and di&s;ea&s;es except choaking.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give and bequeath unto Sir <HI>William Lilly</HI> a piece of <HI>Love</HI> or <HI>Cypre&s;s</HI> to wear my gold Chain I &s;ent him in, that he may look like any Alderman, and be dignified, di&s;tingui&s;hed and known by it as Dr. <HI>Lamb</HI> was by meaner tokens to the Rabble.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give and bequeath my order of Knighthood called of <HI>Amarantha</HI> to all the Knights of the burning &s;nouts made by <HI>Oliver,</HI> to pre&s;erve their honour un|tainted, and unperi&s;hable for ever.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give and bequeath unto Sir <HI>George Fleetwood</HI> and to the u&s;e of his brother (that Imp) <HI>Charls Fleet|wood,</HI> one of my be&s;t and longe&s;t bra&s;&s;e Guns to keep the Army-Officers from his doors, or, if they
<PB N="7" REF="4">come not, the beggars or boyes of the Town.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give unto the <HI>Crim Tartar</HI> one of my fatte&s;t Hor&s;es, to make him a good meal on the day of my Funerals, as 'tis the <HI>London</HI> fa&s;hion for the Compa|nies on &s;uch times for &s;upper to eat Capons.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> I give and bequeath unto Sir <HI>George A&s;cough</HI> 300 l. more <HI>per annum</HI> out of my Crown Lands in the I&s;land of <HI>Fuenen</HI> for addition and amends, to the &s;ame value of his Rebels Lands in <HI>Ireland,</HI> for his good &s;er|vice done at the other <HI>Barbadoes</HI> in <HI>Sweden.</HI></P>
<P>And I do hereby declare, nominate and appoint the pre&s;ent Grand <HI>Signeur</HI> my &s;ole Executor of this my &s;aid La&s;t Will and Te&s;tament, de&s;iring him to u&s;e his con&s;cience in the execution of the premi&s;es; withall earne&s;tly entreating and obte&s;tating him, by all our dear familiarities, intrigues, and corre&s;pondency, to pardon my Comrade, that plundering Prince of <HI>Tran|&s;ilvania,</HI> for he and I will never go &s;hares again.</P>
<P>And la&s;tly, I do hereby revoke and di&s;claim all other Wills by me made, or hereafter to be made, unle&s;&s;e I better under&s;tand rea&s;on of &s;tate in the other world than in this.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Signed, &s;ealed, and declared to be the la&s;t Will of the afore&s;aid <HI>Charls Gu&s;tave,</HI> in the pre&s;ence of</DATELINE>
<SIGNED>CAROL&V;S G&V;STAV&V;S.
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<ITEM>&V;llefelt.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Wrangel.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Oxen&s;tiern.</ITEM>
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