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albis_n 5._o weldaw_n 6._o pilsen_n silesia_n be_v bound_v with_o bohemia_n on_o the_o west_n brandenburg_n on_o the_o north_n poland_n on_o the_o south_n and_o hungary_n and_o moravia_n on_o the_o east_n it_o be_v in_o length_n two_o hundred_o and_o forty_o mile_n and_o fourscore_o in_o breadth_n and_o be_v equal_o divide_v by_o the_o river_n oder_fw-ge the_o chief_a town_n be_v 1._o preslaw_n or_o uratislavia_n 2._o jagundorfe_n 3._o glat_n 4._o oppolen_n 5._o glogaw_n 6._o olderberg_n all_o seat_v on_o the_o river_n oder_fw-ge lusatia_n which_o have_v on_o the_o east_n and_o north_n silesia_n on_o the_o west_n brandenburg_n and_o on_o the_o south_n silesia_n the_o chief_a city_n be_v gorlits_n and_o trabel_n on_o the_o river_n nisse_fw-la spemberg_n and_o gotthuse_n on_o the_o river_n spe_fw-mi and_o last_o bautsen_n moravia_n which_o have_v on_o the_o north_n and_o east_n silesia_n on_o the_o west_n brandenburg_n and_o on_o the_o south_n austria_n and_o hungary_n it_o abound_v 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