The Northern Courts - 2 Author:John Brown Subtitle: Containing Original Memoirs of the Sovereigns of Sweden and Denmark, Since 1766, Including the Extraordinary Vicissitudes in the Lives of the Grand-Children of George the Second Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1818 Original Publisher: A. Constable and co. Subjects: Denmark Sweden His... more »tory / General History / Europe / Scandinavia Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Having been entertained by the French court with every mark of personal respect, and treated with a constant succession of costly festivities and magnificent spectacles, Gustavus took his leave of the Bourbon princes, and arrived at Stockholm (after an absence of ten months) on the 3d of there were no horses, although they had been previously ordered. We were therefore compelled to substitute oxen, and to put four pair to our carriages. The drivers walked by their side, and drove by their voice and a long stick (or goad), but without reins. The train marched so slow, that in three Jumrs we made no more way than about six English miles. At Nuovi, the next post-house -to St. Benedetto, a new source of delay arose from the want of horses. They arrived late at night; and by all sorts of pretences we were delayed till the next morning. Our former postillions were very ready to drive us, but they demanded four zechins (two pounds sterling) for a station of about ten English miles. The apartments in the inn were so bad that we found the coach preferable. A wretched, abominable, half-baked, dry vheaten loaf, a piece of cheese, and some eggs, Avere all we could get to eat. In Carpi, an episcopal city through which we passed, we breakfasted at the inn, and procured some bread, cheese, and a bottle of ...« less