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Je&gerspriis
(the S p o rtsm an ’s prize) situate on
a finely w ooded isth m u s, w as a favorite re so rt o f
K ing C h ristian V . , w ho w as m uch d evoted to
field-sports.
In the g rove stand n um erous sm all m onum ents
o f N orw egian m a r b le , erected in ho n o r o f D an es,
N o rw e g ia n s, an d H olsteiners, w ho w ere considered
as benefactors and orn am ents of th eir c o u n try : they
a re sim p le, an d m erely b e ar th e n am es o f th e
p erso n s to w hose m em ory th ey are raised. T h a t
to
Tycho Brahe
is a sm all sq u are pillar su r
m o u n ted by a g lo b e :
Holberg, Griffenfeld; P.
A . B e r n s t o f f
h ere also hold a p lace. T h e m o
n um en t to
Peter Vessel,
(a N o rw eg ian , and the
N elson o f D enm ark, raised to nobility b y the title
o f
'Tordcnskiold
,
o r ,
Thunder-shield
) is o f
po lished D an ish g r a n ite , the orig in al one h av in g
fallen u n der th e h and o f tim e.
L u th e r
, th ough
n o t a D a n e , h a s here a m o n um e n t, an obelisk
surm o unted by a gilded s ta r, restin g on a rock-
sliaped pedestal. A bove the nam e is th e inscription,
D an. C hap. 12. V er. 3 .; and on the pedestal, M atth.
C hap. 16. V er. 18.
A m onum ent to the G erm an
R efo rm er m ay be accounted for in th a t the L ex
R egia obliges the Sovereigns o f D enm ark to be
p ro fesso rs o f the
Confessio Auyustana lnvariata.
N ear to L u th e r’s m onum ent is th a t o f one of
his m ost zealous follow ers,
Hans Eyede,
the first