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EG.772.065
10-17 Nov 1772:611,612 (5/225)
Stockholm, (Sweden) August 22. Yesterday being the day when
the form of government, sworn to by the King, the 29th of
May, and by the States the 1st of June, was to be abolished,
and a new one to be produced in a Plenum Plenorum of all
Orders, a large detachment of guards was ordered to take
possession of the square where the house of nobles stands;
and the palace was invested on all sides with troops, and
cannon were placed in the court near the hall where the
States were assembled.
. . . [8 paragraphs follow on the new form of government and
on acceptance by the nobles.]
After all this ceremony was over, the King stood up and
said, that it was proper to thank Almighty God for his
assistance, in bringing about so happy an event, and pulling
a psalm book out of his pocket, he began to sing the Te
Deum, in which he was accompanied by the assembly.
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