deed of his efteem and admiration than remarkable for claflic elegance.
In 1592 he was honoured with a vifit from his own fovereign,
Chriftian the Fourth, then in the fifteenth year of his age, who
continued fome days at Uranienburgh. That promifing young
prince ihewed great curiofity in examining the aftronomical and
chymical apparatus, expreffed the higheft fatisfadtion in receiving
explanations and inftrudtions, propofed various queftions on fe-
veral points of mathematics and mechanics, to which his majefty
was attached, and particularly on the principles of fortification,
and the conftrudtion of ihips. He was alfo highly delighted with
a gilt tin globe which reprefented the face of the heavens, and
was fo contrived, that, being turned on his own axis, it ihewed
the rifing and fetting of the fun, the motions of the planets and
heavenly bodies ; a wonderful contrivance for that age. Tycho,
obferving the delight which the young king ihewed in obferving
thefe phasnomena, prefented it to his majefty. The king gra-
cioufly accepted it, gave him in return a gold chain, and allured
him of his unalterable protedtion and attachment.
Notwithftanding however thefe affurances, the king’s youth
was worked upon by thofe courtiers who were envious of
Tycho Brahe’s merit, or who had been offended by the violence
of his temper, and the feverity of' his fatire, and under
various pretences prevailed upon Chriftian to deprive him of
his penfion, and the canonry of Roikild.
Tycho
T Y C H O B R A H E .
Tycho Brahe being thus deprived of the means to fupport the
great expences of his eftabliihment at Uranienburgh, quitted
with chagrin his favourite refidence, and repaired to his houfe at
Copenhagen/where he waited for an opportunity to retire from
his native country.. Having traniported from Uranienburgh all
the inftruments and apparatus which could be removed, he quitted
Copenhagen, embarked with his wife and family, landed
at Roftock, and remained a year at Wanibeck with his learned
friend Henry Rantzau.
Having dedicated a treatile on aftronomy to the emperor Rho-
dolph the Second, who was extremely addidted to aftronomy,
chymiftry, and judicial aftrology, he at length received a very
flattering invitation from that monarch, which he accepted without
hefitation, and repaired to Prague in 1599, The emperor
received him in the kindeft and molt honourable manner, built
for him an obfervatory and elaboratory, fettled on him an ample
penfion, and treated him with the higheft marks of deference
and refpedt.
In the fervice of Rhodolph he palled the remainder o f his
days, but did not live long to enjoy his protedtion. He had enjoyed
a good ftate of health till the year previous .to his death,
when his. conftitution, fomewhat weakened by the intenfenefs of
his application,' was ftill farther lhattered by the chagrin occa-
fioned by his removal from Uranienburgh. At that period he
began to experience fymptoms of complaints which announced his
I 2 approaching