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Visit to Iceland

CHAPTER X
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On each side of the nave of the church are placed effigies of armed knights on horseback, whose armour belonged to the former kings of Sweden.

The walls and angles of the church are profusely decorated with flags and standards, said to number five thousand.

In addition to this, the keys of conquered towns and fortresses hang along the side-walls, and drums are piled upon the floor; trophies taken from different nations with which Sweden has been at war.
Besides these curiosities, several coats of armour and garments of Swedish regents are displayed behind glass-cases in the side-chapels.
Among them, the dress which Charles XII.

wore on the day of his death, and his hat perforated by a ball, interested me most.

His riding-boots stand on the ground beside it.


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