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There are two instances of Denmark in two chapters.
Normalized frequency of Denmark in the Essays
negotiating a marriage to his niece, the daughter of the king of Denmark∗ who is now the dowager of Lorraine, he could not be known …
she limped, he said: “Hang me! Hang me! She’s lame.” Similarly, in Denmark, they say that a man condemned to have his head cut off, …