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to_o nor_o have_v any_o dependence_n upon_o any_o superior_a landlord_n so_o that_o sometime_o we_o find_v freyen_v and_o freyherrn_v use_v synonymous_o by_o some_o of_o the_o german_a writer_n and_o then_o a_o high_a dutch_a freyherr_n be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o scotch_a laird_n which_o be_v a_o title_n any_o scotch_a man_n will_v pretend_v to_o who_o have_v get_v but_o as_o much_o free-land_n as_o will_v yield_v he_o twenty_o shilling_n a_o year_n but_o ordinary_o the_o title_n be_v only_o give_v to_o such_o as_o hold_v considerable_a territory_n and_o jurisdiction_n from_o the_o emperor_n and_o be_v proceres_fw-la proximo_fw-la post_fw-la comites_fw-la gradu_fw-la ornati_fw-la as_o paurmeister_n define_v barones_n and_o the_o most_o considerable_a herald_n and_o lawyer_n of_o the_o german_a nation_n have_v maintain_v the_o assertion_n that_o a_o freyherr_n differ_v only_o from_o a_o grave_a in_o name_n and_o title_n but_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o dignity_n and_o jurisdiction_n besoldus_n determine_v the_o difference_n thus_o exit_fw-la moribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la comiti_fw-la baro_n aequiparatur_fw-la nullumque_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la censetur_fw-la esse_fw-la discrimen_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la baro_n non_fw-la est_fw-la investitus_fw-la de_fw-fr comitatu_fw-la qui_fw-la tamen_fw-la aliis_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la suscipiendis_fw-la honoribusque_fw-la administrandis_fw-la haudquaquam_fw-la comite_fw-la inferior_a censetur_fw-la i._n e._n by_o our_o german_a custom_n a_o baron_n be_v equal_a to_o a_o count_n only_o the_o former_a be_v ceremonious_o invest_v into_o his_o territory_n but_o in_o no_o other_o thing_n as_o confer_v of_o honour_n and_o the_o like_a be_v he_o inferior_a to_o the_o late_a some_o reckon_v up_o six_o kind_n of_o baron_n in_o the_o german_a empire_n and_o give_v they_o their_o several_a name_n thus_o 1._o such_o as_o be_v style_v simple_o freyen_v without_o the_o additional_a title_n of_o herr_n that_o be_v freeman_n 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