Warrior Kings of Sweden: The Rise of an Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries by Gary Dean Peterson

Author:Gary Dean Peterson [Peterson, Gary Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2007-03-28T00:00:00+00:00

15. Gustav Enters Germany and the Thirty Years’ War

On May 19, 1630, Gustav stood before an Assembly of the RÃ¥d and the three upper Estates. He addressed those present, the Peasant Estate (not represented) and all Swedish citizens. The speech is considered a masterpiece. He celebrated the union of the king and his subjects. It was a farewell address in which he prophesied his own end:

As it is bound to occur, according to His word, that the jar carries water on the farm until at last it is broken: so be it with me ultimately. How often I have been in the midst of blood and danger in the cause of our Swedish Kingdom and yet through God’s mercy, even though injured, have been allowed to return. Now I must shed blood one last time. So before I leave you I commend you, my Swedish subjects, to the protection of Almighty God and desire that we will meet again in His heavenly Kingdom.1

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