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ROSCCHILD

Volume 16 · 60 words · 1797 Edition

a town of Denmark, in the isle of Zealand, with a bishop's see and a small university. It is famous for a treaty concluded here in 1688; and in the great church there are several tombs of the kings of Denmark. It is seated at the bottom of a small bay, in E. Long. 12° 20'. N. Lat. 55° 40'.