Consequently I refer to my former demands, and claim the verdict I proposed.
F. W. Wiwet.
Copenhagen, April 23, 1772.
CHAPTER XIII.
STRUENSEE'S APOLOGY.
THE TRAVELLING DOCTOR—COUNT HOLCK—THE FOREIGN TOUR—STRUENSEE AT COURT—THE QUEEN'S CONFIDENCE—THE MUTUAL FRIEND—THE HOLSTEIN PROGRESS—HOLCK DISMISSED—THE MINISTRY—THE KING'S ADVISERS—COUNT VON RANTZAU—THE RUSSIAN ALLIANCE—THE NEW CABINET—STRUENSEE'S ADVICE—THE CABINET MINISTER—EDUCATION OF THE PRINCE ROYAL.
The two advocates for the prosecution and defence of Struensee having thus alleged everything that could ruin the prisoner; the first, by exciting the temper of the judges with malicious insinuations; the second, by most shamefully neglecting his duty, as I think has been sufficiently proved, Uldall had a right of reply to Wiwet's last diatribe. As he declined to avail himself of it, however, the next step taken was to hand in the prisoner's own defence—a defence written, be it borne in mind, under the most appalling circumstances. It was in a dungeon, with fetters on his hands and feet, and an iron collar round his neck, fastened to a chain clenched in the wall, that the unfortunate Struensee drew up this hopeless appeal, only a few days before he was dragged to the scaffold.