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that_o in_o largeness_n of_o territory_n they_o exceed_v the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n but_o not_o in_o revenue_n 12._o pomerania_n and_o meclemburg_n the_o first_o be_v bound_v on_o the_o east_n wirh_n the_o river_n vistula_n on_o the_o west_n with_o meclemburg_n on_o the_o north_n with_o the_o baltic_a sea_n and_o on_o the_o south_n with_o brandenburg_n the_o chief_a town_n be_v 1._o stetin_n the_o prince_n seat_n and_o a_o university_n 2._o wolgast_n 3._o wallin_n 4._o gripswald_n a_o university_n 5._o newtrepton_n a_o sea_n town_n meclenburg_n or_o megalopolis_n stand_v on_o the_o west_n of_o pomeren_n the_o chief_a town_n whereof_o be_v 1._o malchaw_n 2._o sternberg_n 3._o wismar_n 4._o rostock_n a_o university_n on_o the_o west_n hereof_o stand_v the_o fair_a hans-town_n of_o lubeck_n and_o about_o ten_o mile_n from_o it_o hamborough_n on_o the_o further_a side_n of_o the_o river_n be_v stoade_n where_o the_o english_a house_n be_v to_o sell_v their_o ware_n 13._o saxony_n which_o 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werde_n 3._o cronach_n 4._o culmbach_n 5._o hough_v saxony_n lie_v on_o the_o north_n of_o thuringia_n and_o misnia_n the_o chief_a city_n be_v 1._o magdeburg_n former_o parthenopolis_n 2._o worlit_v seat_v on_o the_o albie_n 3._o helderick_n 4._o wittenberg_n the_o seat_n of_o the_o duke_n and_o a_o university_n where_o luther_n live_v within_o the_o bound_n of_o saxony_n be_v the_o two_o small_a principality_n of_o anhalt_n and_o mansfield_n 14._o brunswick_n and_o luneburg_n which_o have_v on_o the_o east_n brandenburg_n on_o the_o west_n westphalia_n on_o the_o north_n denmark_n and_o on_o the_o south_n saxony_n and_o hassia_n the_o river_n ems_n run_v through_o this_o country_n and_o the_o chief_a city_n be_v 1._o brunswick_n 2._o wolfohaiton_n where_o the_o duke_n keep_v his_o court_n halberstade_n 4._o lunebourg_n 5._o cella_n 5._o hassia_n which_o have_v saxony_n on_o the_o east_n franconia_n on_o the_o south_n westphalia_n on_o the_o west_n and_o north_n the_o chief_a town_n be_v 1._o dormestad_fw-es 2._o marpurg_n a_o university_n 3._o geysen_n 4._o dry_v 5._o frankenburg_n 6._o cassels_n in_o this_o country_n be_v the_o wederaw_n contain_v the_o county_n of_o nassaw_n and_o hannaw_v and_o the_o free_a city_n of_o friburg_n in_o the_o county_n of_o nassaw_n be_v 1._o dillingbourg_n 2._o nassaw_n 3._o catzenelbagen_n and_o 4._o herborne_n a_o university_n where_o piscator_fw-la and_o alstedius_n be_v professor_n denmark_n describe_v denmark_n contain_v the_o cimbrick_n chersoness_n part_n of_o scandia_n and_o the_o island_n of_o the_o baltic_a sea_n the_o chersoness_n be_v in_o length_n one_o hundred_o twenty_o mile_n and_o in_o breadth_n fourscore_o wherein_o be_v contain_v eight_o and_o twenty_o city_n and_o twenty_o royal_a castle_n or_o palace_n the_o chief_n province_n be_v 1._o holstein_n who_o chief_a city_n be_v nyemunster_n and_o brumsted_n 2._o ditmars_n who_o chief_a city_n be_v meldory_n where_o they_o cover_v their_o house_n with_o copper_n 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