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1190, an d n ear to it, on the w all, is a tab le t w ith
epitaph in L atin verse.
A t the w estern end of the church is a chapel,
originally the cem etry o f an an cient fam ily w hich
b o re the nam e o f
Trolle
(ogre or w izard). B u t in
1 7 4 3 , C h ristian V I. p u rc h ase d this chapel, (when
the coffins of the T ro lle fam ily w ere rem oved to
the v a u lt below ), and allotted it as a receptacle for
th e rem ains o f A n n a S o p h ia , (d au g h ter o f H igh
C hancellor C onrad R eventlau), the second consort of
F red erik I V ., and h e r c h ild ren , w hich occupy the
black m arble m onum ents w ithin. T h e original door
of iron trellis w o rk has, how ever, been left untouched,
an d o f w hich a larg e S atanic fig u re, th e T rolle
crest, form s p a rt.
Such an a p p aritio n in a conse
crated building m ay well induce the beh older to
exclaim , "W h a t business h a s he h e re ? ”
B en eath a flat tom b-stone in the S a c risty , on
w hich is represen ted
a man with a, padlock on his
moutli,
lies interred M aster
Jens Henriksen,
P rio r
o f the D o v e -F riars H o spital in R oeskilde, w h o , as
the tale g o e s, treach ero u sly revealed to the king,
h ow th a t his m onastery w as possessed of a v ery
fat incom e.
F o r which foul betray al w as the re
crean t ecclesiastic pun ished a fte r death by th e w o rthy
friars w ith this ignom inious "m o n um en tum ære
perennius.”
On the stone sill o f the door at the S outh