ABSTRACT
The next summer it happened, as usual, that a session of the High Court of Justice was held at the Castle in Copenhagen 1 , and according to custom the Council and nobility of Denmark repaired thither, so that one could look on many a fine noble with his noble lady and daughters, and the servants who accompanied them. Each of the seniors has his own house 2 , where he lodges during his stay in the town. Amongst other gentlemen of the Council was Manderup Parsberg 3 , a very fine man, at that time advanced in years. He ordinarily kept seven serving-men, of whom four were sword-bearers bearing one rapier in a belt on the left side, and three more under the left arm. This Manderup had his castle in Jutland and a great fief 1 , but his house in Copenhagen was over against the East Gate 2 .
