Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel dronningens vagtmester by carit etlar which takes place during the dano-swedish war in 1658-1660. Svend poulsen, gøngehøvdingen, and his gønger has been at the gjorslev castle to free ib abelsøn. They leaves together with the noble people who has wanted to flee for a long time. As they rides through the forest during the night they meets several other gønger who joins them. When they comes to a moor in the morning the noble woman elsebeth buchwald notices that the once gønger now are around thirty. Svend poulsen tells her that they will meet more along the way. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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