rk,
Fredrik might count on him. Despite these mutual promises of fidelity,
neither party relied much on the other. Gustavus, in a letter to his
Cabinet in Finland, openly declared his discontent with Fredrik.
However, a common danger kept the allies together, and early in August
Gustavus sent a fleet to Kalmar Sound with orders to make an incursion
into Bleking on the north, at the same moment that Fredrik's fleet was
attacking Norby from the south. For some reason Fredrik did not hear of
the Swedish movement till the day was won. On August 24 the Danish and
Lubeck fleets were lying off the coast of Bleking, and, thinking that an
attack would soon be made by land, bore down upon the fleet of Norby. It
was an unequal contest, and the allied fleets were victorious. Seven of
Norby's vessels were captured, with four hundred of his men. The
conquerors then entered Bleking, and placed the district once more under
Danish rule. Norby himself escaped across the Baltic Sea to Russia.
There he expected to enlist the grand duke in a war against Gustavus. He
found, however, that he had mistaken the opinions of his host. The grand
duke threw him into prison, where he remained two years. At the end of
that time he was set at liberty by request of Charles V., under whose
banner he then enlisted. After serving about a year, he was killed
outside the walls of Florence, whither he had been sent with the
emperor's forces to storm the town. "Such was the end," so runs the
chronicle, "of one who in his palmy days had called himself a friend of
God and an enemy to every man."[125]

Meantime matters had progressed to some extent with Norway. On the 22d
of July, the passport issued for the refugees having nearly expired
without intimation that it would be used, Gustavus wrote to Fredrik:
"Sunnanvaeder and the other fugitives are still maintained with honor in
Norway, and are continually plotting new revolt. They receive especial
favor from the archbishop of Trondhem, who is said to have appointed one
of them his deacon. We have written frequently about them to the Cabinet
of Norway, but the more we write the more honor they receive." This
charge was proved by subsequent events to be a trifle hasty. Scarce had
the letter been despatched when Knut, who was probably the least guilty
of the two conspirators, arrived. He came by order of the archbishop of
Trondhem, and along with him came a letter from the archbishop,
declaring that, as the king had