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Stormægtilte Monarch, |
Aller-Naadigfte Arve-Herre. |
Gamle bedriffter, Paa Gamle blade, Nedleggis | Nu udj dette Nye
Aars begyndelfe, Udj allerdybefte Underdanigbed | for Eders kong-
lige Majeffets hoye Throne, Med Nye og store Vel- j fignelfers onfke
fra himmelen! Thi fom Jeg haffver fundet fund | et dennem udj
Eders Majeffets Eget Land, Mit fattige Fædeme- | Land Island
Ligefom Liggende udj Morkhed, haffver Jeg taget | mig dendunder-
danigfte driftighed, dennem Og mit FæderneLands | Arbeyde at
fremfore til et onfkeligt og klart Lius, Eders | Maje/tets Naadige
Oyene og Aafiun; med Allerunderdanigfte bon | og begiering, diffe
tvende boger (fom ere atfkillige Antiqviteter) | maatte udj Eders
Majeffets HoyAnfeehge Bibhotecke finde det | Nederfte sted. Og
Jeg Forblifve med storfte veneration, |
Eders kongbye Maje/fets |
Havniæ d. 29. Januarij Aller-Underdanigfte Arfve-Under- |
Anno 1692 faat, Og |
Tropligtigfte Forbedere til Gud |
Biomo Thorlevius |
Eccle/ise oddenfis Paftor et Præpofitws. |
With this letter and gift Bjom Borleifsson undoubtedly hoped to
enhance his chances of preferment to the see of Holar, which was
vacant at this time. He hoped for the goodwill of King Christian’s
son too, Ulrich Christian Gyldenløve, for whom also he brought a
manuscript. Gyldenløve was only 13 years old at this time, but he
had been Govemor of Iceland since he was 5.
It is worth spending a moment on Gyldenløve’s manuscript. It
is known that Bjom Borleifsson gave Gyldenløve a manuscript
from a note written by Ami Magnusson and stuck in the beginning
of AM 143, fol. He says there of 143: Er confererud vid Vigaglums
S6gu i Giildenloves bok, fem Mag. Biorn gaf honum. Miss Agnete
Loth has examined the collations in Viga-Glums saga in 143, and
her conclusion, privately communicated, is that they undoubtedly
come from AM 160, fol. This manuscript was written in the main by
Jon Erlendsson, but the first item in it (Svarfdæla saga) was prob-
ably written by Påll Sveinsson. It is interesting to see that lilte