[2] Two of the most celebrated artists of Norway--Gude and Tiedemann--have jointly produced a very beautiful, but fanciful, picture representing the arrival of "Colonel Sinclair" on the coast of Romsdalen with five or six vessels, and the plundering of the inhabitants by his followers, one of whom, in the garb of a Calvinistic priest, is engaged in abducting a fair Norwegian maiden, while the rest are engaged in looting. [3] A translation of it is given in Part II. [4] The Norwegian term for peasant proprietors or yeomen; _sing._ Bonde. [5] A translation _in extenso_ is given of this work in Part II. [6] Vol. II. of "Samlinger til det Norske Folks Sprog og Historie." [7] "Skottetoget efter Folkesagnet og Historien." O. O. Olafsen, Molde, 1877. [8] See Sir Robert Gordon's "History of the Earldom of Sutherland;" the "History of Caithness," by J. T. Calder; Chambers's "Domestic Annals of Scotland;" the "History of Gustavus Adolphus," by B. Chapman; "Memoirs and Adventures of Sir John Hepburn, Kt.;" Laing's "Residence in Norway;" Clarke's "Travels." [9] Examined and kindly copied by the late Mr. Alfred Kingston of the Public Record Office, London. [10] Communicated by Mr. T. Dickson, Curator of the Historical Department, Register House, Edinburgh, to whom the author is indebted for much valuable assistance. [11] Search was made for those documents by the orders of the King of Sweden and Norway. In this respect the thanks of the author are due to Mr. C. G. Malmström, Keeper of the State Archives at Stockholm, and to Mr. C. H. de Lagerheim and Mr. M. de Björnstjerna of the Swedish Foreign Office, for their researches and friendly co-operation. His acknowledgments are also due to Joseph Anderson, LL.D., Keeper of the National Museum, Edinburgh. [12] November 16, 1611, for the levying of auxiliary troops in Scotland. For copy, see p. 173. [13] A judicial officer attached to a tribunal as a kind of witness of its proceedings. [14] Vol. XIV. of the _Historisk Tidskrift_, or Historical Magazine. Dr. Nielsen's aid and advice have been invaluable to the author. II. THE CALMAR WAR, AND SWEDISH MEASURES FOR RAISING MERCENARIES. Such being the documents and the information at last available in the matter of the Mönnichhofen and Scottish expeditions of 1612, it is time to narrate briefly why auxiliary troops were at that time wanted in Sweden. When Gustavus Adolphus, on the 26th December 1611, took into his own hands, at the age of seventeen, the government of Sweden, his first step was to seek the conclusion of peace with Denmark; and with that object he formally surrendered the title of King of the Lapps, the assumption of which by his father had caused so much ill blood between Christian IV. and Charles IX. that it became one of the principal causes of the so-called Calmar War, commenced in the spring of 1611.