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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