[FIGURE]
28th I walked with Father to the East Cambridge glass
works & went through them & home again
[FIGURE] I spent the evening with Br from we
compared the sweed Bible with the English. He related two
interesting incidents which took place in sweeden, 1st as
follows During the days of the sixts reigning king before
the present one on the Throne, The King had a dream
in the night, he saw Blood upon the floor of his room untill
it increased so that he stood in blood above his Ankles
it frightend him and he awoke he thought the room he
occupied was the Parliament House, as soon as he awoke he
Called one of his Generals to him to tell him his dream and
as the General entered the room he drew his window
curtain aside & looked towards the Parliament House &
saw a light in it. He said General I see a light in the
Parliament House, the General says I think it must be the
Moon, K[ing:] No sir the Moon does not shine there. He then
called six other Generals & two soldiers and order-
ed them to accompany him to the Parliament House
& they accompanied the king when they arived at the
House they saw it lighted with a large pair of Chandel-
iers holding lighted Candles and as their had never
been any such thing in the house they were afrighted
the king ordered one of the Generals to take the key
upon the door & go in & each one of the Generals in
there turn fell upon there knees & said they would
rather die than go into the house the King then said I
am your king I will lead the way you must follow
so the king opened the door & the Generals & soldiers
followed him, they Passed through a long Hall whi-
ch was hung in black in morning they went into
the Main Hall of the Parliament house, which was
brilliantly lighted they there saw three tables two
was occupied by two young men one sitting at each
as recorders with Books upon the top of the other
sat a vary ancient old looking man, upon one side
of the Hall or room stood an exicutioner with an ax in his
hand and a Block before him and 500 Nobleman
were crouded together like sheep in a pen, and when
the old man gave the word the executioner took one at
a time & cut their heads off upon the block untill he had
