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of_o that_o river_n unto_o the_o lake_n of_o constance_n and_o the_o sarunetes_n now_o the_o country_n of_o sargan_n and_o werdenberg_n and_o until_o the_o lake_n walensee_n of_o these_o the_o helvetij_fw-la rauraci_n allobroges_n seduni_n and_o veragri_n be_v part_n of_o the_o gaul_n contain_v part_n of_o the_o province_n of_o the_o alps_n graiae_n and_o paeninae_n maxima_fw-la sequanorum_fw-la and_o vienniensis_n the_o vennonete_n aetuatij_fw-la cotuantij_fw-la rucantij_fw-la vennones_n rheguscae_fw-la &_o sarunetes_n be_v part_n of_o the_o rhaeti_fw-la &_o 5._o vindelici_n the_o lepontij_fw-la strabo_n place_v 5._o among_o the_o rhaeti_fw-la ptolemie_n 1._o among_o the_o people_n inhabit_v italy_n the_o vennones_n 20._o and_o vennonete_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v the_o same_o nation_n and_o to_o have_v be_v mistake_v by_o tschudus_n a_o cause_n of_o this_o error_n may_v be_v their_o different_a place_n in_o their_o author_n the_o vennones_n by_o 5._o strabo_n be_v put_v among_o the_o vindelici_n and_o the_o vennonete_n by_o pliny_n among_o the_o rhaeti_fw-la 20._o by_o caius_n and_o augustus_n caesar_n in_o their_o war_n of_o gaul_n &_o with_o the_o