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SCGCJ.772.106
10 Nov 1772:21 (363)
Stockholm, August 22. Yesterday being the day when the form
of government, sworn to by the King, . . . was to be
abolished, and a new one to be produced in a Plenum Plenorum
of all the orders, a 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.
. . . [7 more lines]
His Majesty then ordered the new form of government to be
read to them by a Secretary of Revision. This piece consists
of above forty articles; the essential ones are,
. . . [5 Articles and other formalities]
After all this ceremony was over, the King stood up and
said, that it was proper to thank 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 whole assembly.
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