l^êafagë, 'wHö, -ï prtftiSfïis ftüMivis^gJ at öopeöfia-
géu, ’feb^jbls Wedifeg^-^tie hotifë ö# hÉÈkeeUe^|«épïmfcDauiie t
Schióld abóht fifteen ^ëairs-Sgo, and-tH'eri-idwks laid to be a hun- .
fö that be muft'UoW be aboüt.a hundred
aM^thifty’ ^cHisipi^tfi-ebb^-feaft the honour. aHoftgctimei
fince tö belpüt üp .'ip- the Royal Mufeurm i 11 cannot fay how.fat;
that ancient pair-'fire advanced tin-'their-yékrs-of which Mr.uWieb
l§nd j qusted’ above, gives mi-aceountin p. 8#;''ad ann. «»y,è.y.
He fays, that the hufband, by name Hans Nanfén, was then ninety.
feven/andhis wife Mafia Mkds was a hundred and one years-.old *
liadl féVei%.'ye^s:'fagelher in wedlock,i»t a
plaGe Gdlfed Steens-gaafd, ■ in .the'County'of;Jart{berg-,dlhat.,they
béfeeijö^A Wivery ■ goodrftate bfdheahhi dancTIffikt the óHmMm
epu^do'the Wöfk <?fèa labourer.; In rt^e..^aris^;, mÊM
mand, a-labourer at Eégelands ironw^ksf died; beingM hundred
and nineteen years'old; at a hundred and twoihe married; a fecond
Wife,'-and Wag fo vigorous that he céuld walk .fröni fibg^find to
dfe-town rfdMiDsen, -wMbtèis
dfed and twenty Enghfh nhles^WHandiRelat.''ad hd7 anrt. p. 7/
Bat there is flill I a more'- extraordinary inftap.ee* afecoult-of
which was delivered into the Royal-Chancery-ih thè year-’ï» ^ ] *
An extraor- by his "excellency'de Witth,' relating'tö' a farmer ofthat prevSfèd
f “ *? “®*3hy-éamé Khuid Küüdfèn? Who^-in-the-yepf- i jö f c and in the
cighty-firft of his age, married his dêceSfed*- Wïfe’s” fifte% Ingri
AKlfechIs-*daughtêr, whö was then tlhi^4 l&te''-^^s
böth fentenced t k death ;fof^thêt^h^ftnéölfithhfedl^
they fifed to the niöun'^t»7S ^ ‘Hid^^ii^^flöh^'^i«8sÉi* tfie
Wöbdsj living like hermits, - ör rather like wild’-beaft8 Uf>ori w & i
thhy'cöüld catch by hunting, &c; ^hèy- cöhtinxiëd:,i^ this folMrjf
glaéé1 tfll fhfewomdnwas feverity yfÊ^maj hiditaé1'lxïkftrM%uhdirë3
and eleven, and perhaps would have liv’d fomé years lodger^ iFffie
minifter, whom he follicited to; adminifter the^KBiy faerament ’to
Him, had 'ndtiout of an indifeteet £eal, delivered this extraordinary
couple: up‘törthè hmdïof juffiée; arid put them into* a prifon f
where the poor old man could not iurvive thé return of the king’s
pardon, and thé woman was obliged" to do penance';publidy tn'
the church, -Thefë is another moft remarkablb account,- and
perhapsffo èxtraordiriary an inftahee is riot tobfe niet w'ith in the
hiftory of any country* which I have front undoubted authority,
and therefore cannot_ leave this fubjeA without inferting it. In
thevyegs when his lateplilajefty ;C)hrjjftign;J{I) and Bis, royal
confort Sophia Magdalena* vifited their Norvegian dominions^ they
took np rf_g.im ---nf-hfilcnce in - the .houfe pf-dfeutenantTeolopel Ctolbi-7
or-nfen in Fxiderickihald, whojwgi^ defiroust o f -diverting bisj royal
guefts, withf.^hat>^h,fey calf^J-i^iiegj-Wjedding. _ This w^s^per^AnesVaw*
formed,in jth^.garden unde^nt^igitefied., for * t|ia£ purpofe. ,V, ^, weddm*
K|!;;There were, foun-pouples married, being.country-peopfe ^invited
from the Spljfl&ejit parts, ajid^-out o f .all, ,t|j^fev^h(erp p»er|; none un^-
der- a hundredjjyear.s,old ^ fo-.-that all th^irtjag^sqput t.qggther-made
Upwards of teight hundred.-yda#^ ;TT-heir.,tfarr^es/^^e^.ple. Tprrev
fen Sologfeqn., who! e%ht?,y!eafsyaf^fw;ardss . aEfdj.his wife
I lelje, ten yeps* Jem Oer who Jived; fix,fjear^aft^-.,, a%d hi|s,wi|e
IngerIwho4 lived- - fevMUyS&fs-; Ole Befleber and his ,\yife^---,|a|id
Hans Torkikfen who liv'dd^teri yeaisjUtef, and broUgltfwith him
jdrah’Qallemwfewas.msc(t B s - ,w ffe^ u li|h h i^ l^ ^ 4n%e4 jIJ^'p4s j)
old, he borrowed 1 her for. thistpereriXon.y;4^Si ^|fo .liK^d ten-.years ®
afterwaids. 1 T-hefe, eight married/ people, i b,eing; teachisUp Wapls^ofa
hundred -yeairs.old,. made, thenTelvjesV^xti-dme%J3ia|eri^ a t; this ;jd-
hileerwedding, arid the;Women, '.aeeprehrig.-to the cct|l^^p£ the
.country,: danced with green wreaths^on theirrhead%, which, brings
illWaySyStei'bn their. <wcddingT-day. |
! .ufp-he roytfl family andmohilifiyi w-ere- prefent to fee ttH§’?eeffi?aqri
'dinaryJhalhj which without,.doubtj-^w^as dhnocent a pnej ass evef
was exhibited. They had-e-aphu a j.gentpel 1 bride-i|a;ofent;gi,yen ^iep,
to Gariy home. C I . .thonght^rnyfelf in aiimamfek obliged .tof?t%ke ’
ndtitefM this tincommoa entertainment,:! asj-it has:notj,;dawfe§ agil
hyi aiiyWriter. .T h e ^ q ^ w h p
breathe the fame,air.with u^;havdalfo.anaongft.themvPt-great
■ many' examples»of-perfons.of an.uncommon, great „age. f)r. .Bab.
Sibbald "tells us in', his» Prodom. ‘H ift.^ aU .Sq atijej^ ^ ^ and l i k ifo
p.j 4), o f a, man whofemame^was Lawrdnce, thaji married a fo&fpd
time in the hundredth.year, ofehis .age,- could, row,out. in. his boat
tfO f i b , fill hRiwaJ«a hundred» and-forty* ^nd dieefattfafl: worn pqt
-with age5, without the-jliaft fyriaptoms of^anyfdiftemper..: Among^
thef8wedes/iwha are om^nei'ghbours■ on the/o,thef (.and lifo.e^-
wife bjeathe th® fafoe.air,: are.found ftil|..m.ore extyaordinary.in-
ftariees,-, o f perfons living t©fa, hundred and fifty-fix;and a hundred
and fixtyi-Oae;years; of,this, as well as o f the fruitfulnefs o f t$ie
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