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Show ( 6 ) mis.bty Heat of the People ufuaUy prom8i.es' their Oefi~t1S, as Fuel under l:loili,ng LiqJ o'f\ fcrvcs to raife ~he Dregs and Scum upperroof!:, which otherwife ill all that's cool' an'd' quiet mu!t naturally fink down to the bottom.1 · John de Salftat, Archbifuop of Vpfal, elccorp! municated the King in a fo\emn Mafs, whicW he faid on that occa!ion. .:\fter the Offi'ce was ended, he laid his Eccle!iafiical Ornaments and Habits upon the Altar, fwearihit he would never put them on again til('!ie had driven that Prince out of the Kingdom, Then he took a Cuirafs and Sword, and went out of the Church in that Warlike Equipage, at the head of his Vaffals, to fight againft his Sovereign ; the re!t of the Bilhops took up Arms, and follow'd his Example. They call'd in the King of Denmark, and drove out their lawful Pt ince. Uut the King of Denmark refuiing to leave the Government of the King. dom in the hands of the Archbilhop, and on the contrary having confin'd him as a Perfon of a turbulent and daring Temper, Catil Bi. !bop of Lincoping took up Arms immediate!~ to revenge the Affront that was put upon his Grace; and having obtain'd feveral Victories over the King of Denmark's Army, drove him out of the Kin1<,dom alfo. B'lhop Catil re· main\! Marter of the Government almofi [even ye1rs, ancl upon the King of Denmark's refu. ling to fer the Archbifl1op at liberty, her~· call'd his lawful Sovereign from his Exil~. This unexpected T urn of Affairs open'd the Ring of De11mark's Eyes, and convinc'd him of the Error he <>d committed in difobliging the Clergy. He made his Sub~illion to ~~~ Ar<h~ilhop, wh'o re.cnters the K1ngdom; ~nd · -· ~emg ( 7 ) be~ng alli~ed by t~e reft of the Clergy, vanq? tlbes h1s ~overe1gn a fecond time makes h~m renoun~e hi~ Title of ~ing, and ~onfines hun to a Pnfon. .A:fter whtch not thinking fit to truft the King of Denm~rk any more th.e Archbil~10~ !hares the Supreme Authority Pacr , WltQ the pnnc1pal Lords of his Party. Thus o· + the Kingdom remain'd in a confus'd and fatal ~narchy, ~ill the if!lpat!ent People fet their nghtful Prmce. a thtrd ttme upon the Throne. However the Btlhops,. fays my !rencb Author, Pa . 2 • led by the Confid~ratton of the1r private Ia- g 3 tereft_, endeavour d to fupport the Claim of the Kmg of Denmark, under whofe Reign the had always the largeft !hare of the Gover Y m7nt ; and they contriv'd all pollible means~~ bnng the Nation under a Yoke that was g · d . fi ne-vous an tn upportable to all the other E!tat of the R~alm. No ~rince could live any lo~~ ger at q~tet, than Whllft he fuffer'd the Cler- r gy to enJoy .almoft all the Wealth and Power of the ~huon. Can any one imagine that thefe Pmfts had ever heard of the I 3th of the Romans, and the 2d of St Peter w hi h . days lie em to b e h · ' c m our t e Epitome of the who! Te!l:ament amongft the Clergy? e But w~o ca~ read without Horror what th F~encb Ht~onan relates during the Reign of Ktng Cbrifttan ? This King at his A lli to the Crown h d bl'lh' ' cce on to all his SubJ·;a ~ pud 1 d a gener~l Pardon . . . s, an as a Mark of hts R cthatton, invited all the Lord f h econ- Pag. Jo6. ~~~!I:Ma~~raie~ of the City t~ ~ ~a~n~~~=~~ Troa;, the ~r~~~1~~y of the Entertainment, by two Danifh B{h P of Vpfal, accompany'd Paz;. 107• King d d t opr, appear'd before the ' an emandcd Ju.lti~e againfi; the de- , ceas•d |