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and one c h u rc h , St. M a ry ’s , now alone rem ain , relics o f its form er greatness. T h e Cathedral (D o m k i r k e a sim ple, gloom y, y et m ajestic pile o f red brick, w ith low spires, w as erected b y Bishop W illiam , a n E nglishm an, (as m any of the clergy o f D enm ark a t th a t tim e w ere), who h a d been C hancellor and C onfessor to C anute the G reat. T h e C ath ed ral w as n early finished w hen B ishop W illiam died, in 1074. O f the num erou s m onum ents in this receptacle o f the decayed and decaying bodies o f D enm ark ’s rulers w e will select a few of th e m ore rem ark ab le for ob servation : l)e hellige tre Kongers Kapel , or, Chapel o f the Three Holy Kings ( Three Wise Men o f the E a st), on the S o uth side o f the c h u rc h , w as built in th e tim e of C hristian I., 1462 — 64, and contains the m agnificent m onum ents o f C hristian III. an d F re d e rik II. — th e first, b y th e F lem ish a rtist Cornelius de Briendt or Cornells F loris ; the second, also by a F lem ish artist, bu t his nam e unknow n. T he rem ains o f the fore-m entioned kings a re in a v a u lt below the Chapel. Frederik IV ’s. Chanel, also on the S. side, b uilt betw een 1 7 7 2— 1 8 2 5 , contains two superb m onum ents in w hite m arb le to the m em ory o f th a t m o narch and his queen L ouisa, d au g h ter o f G eorge II. o f E ngland — the king’s m onum ent, b y Wie-