KING. Stop!
OLAVUS. Not yet!—The gold and silver of the churches was meant to pay the debt to Luebeck, and much of it was used for that purpose, but a considerable part found its way to Eskil's Chamber under the Royal Palace, and has since been wasted on Prince Eric's silly courtships among other things....
KING. The devil you say!
OLAVUS. Well, Queen Elizabeth is merely making fun of him.
KING. Do you know that?
OLAVUS. I do.—The bells were also to be used in payment of the debt to Luebeck, but a part of them went to the foundry and were turned into cannon, which was not right.
KING. Is that so?
OLAVUS. Add also that the Convent of Vreta was left unmolested in violation of the ordinance concerning the closing of all such places—and for no other reason than that the King's mother-in-law happened to be a Catholic. This is a cowardly and mischievous omission that has caused much bad blood.
KING. The convent is to be closed.
OLAVUS. It should be closed now, and it is not!—If I were to sum up what is reprehensible in my great King, I should call it a lack of piety.