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silesian_n duke_n whence_o it_o happen_v within_o a_o short_a while_n after_o to_o be_v make_v a_o part_n of_o the_o marquisate_n of_o brandenburg_n cromer_n say_v it_o be_v mortgage_v by_o boleslaus_n the_o bald_a and_o never_o redeem_v but_o dlugossus_n ad_fw-la ann_n 1198._o tell_v we_o it_o be_v sell_v by_o boleslaus_n son_n to_o henry_n duke_n of_o vratislavia_n from_o that_o time_n the_o king_n of_o poland_n have_v have_v very_o little_a to_o do_v in_o new_a marck_n and_o at_o present_a have_v not_o one_o foot_n of_o land_n in_o it_o vladislaus_n jagello_n bring_v it_o whole_o under_o his_o power_n but_o his_o son_n find_v it_o too_o hot_a service_n for_o he_o to_o keep_v it_o and_o be_v therefore_o fain_o to_o resign_v it_o up_o to_o the_o marquis_n john_n casimir_n their_o late_a king_n part_v with_o the_o last_o stake_n by_o deliver_v up_o the_o town_n and_o castle_n of_o drahim_n to_o the_o present_a elector_n of_o brandenburg_n in_o the_o treaty_n at_o bydgost_n in_o the_o 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dominion_n and_o before_o his_o day_n adam_n bremensis_n give_v we_o the_o same_o account_n micraelius_n a_o historian_n of_o good_a credit_n lib._n 2._o chron._n pomer_n num_fw-la 46._o p._n 191._o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o first_o entrance_n which_o the_o polander_n make_v upon_o pomeren_n be_v in_o the_o ten_o century_n when_o the_o emperor_n otto_n iii_o authorize_v boleslaus_n chrobri_n king_n of_o poland_n to_o make_v war_n upon_o and_o bring_v into_o his_o subjection_n the_o prussian_n pomeranians_n wendi_n and_o russian_n which_o do_v the_o emperor_n at_o a_o visit_n give_v king_n boleslaus_n make_v the_o bishop_n of_o colberg_n a_o suffragan_n to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o gnesna_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o eleven_o century_n miecislaus_fw-la ii_o spread_v his_o dominion_n all_o over_o casubia_n and_o the_o eastern_a pomeren_n put_v garrison_n into_o all_o the_o fort_n and_o castle_n between_o the_o persandt_n and_o the_o vistula_n and_o commit_v the_o government_n of_o they_o to_o bela_n the_o king_n of_o hungary_n brother_n but_o upon_o bela_n return_n into_o hungary_n pomeren_n shake_v off_o the_o polish_v yoke_n and_o only_o be_v subject_n to_o duke_n of_o its_o own_o till_o svantibor_n surrender_v it_o again_o to_o boleslaus_n iii_o duke_n of_o poland_n upon_o condition_n he_o will_v free_v he_o from_o prison_n to_o which_o his_o own_o subject_n have_v commit_v he_o after_o svantibors_n death_n the_o dukedom_n of_o pomeren_n be_v divide_v among_o his_o four_o son_n whereof_o two_o who_o be_v duke_n of_o the_o western_a pomeren_n from_o colberg_n as_o far_o as_o the_o marck_n and_o the_o dukedom_n of_o mecklenburgh_n be_v admit_v prince_n of_o the_o empire_n by_o frederick_n barbarossa_n the_o other_o two_o be_v force_v to_o yield_v themselves_o subject_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o poland_n but_o the_o pomeranian_o soon_o weary_a of_o bondage_n revolt_v once_o more_o from_o the_o king_n of_o poland_n and_o perhaps_o have_v for_o ever_o reject_v 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who_o the_o
knight_n of_o the_o teutonick_n order_n have_v make_v their_o master_n in_o the_o year_n 1525_o it_o be_v agree_v upon_o that_o the_o teutonick_n order_n shall_v be_v whole_o extirpate_v and_o that_o part_n of_o prussia_n which_o to_o this_o day_n be_v call_v ducal_z prussia_n shall_v be_v govern_v by_o the_o say_a marquis_n with_o the_o title_n of_o duke_n of_o prussia_n and_o the_o rest_n or_o regal_a prussia_n remain_v still_o subject_a to_o the_o king_n of_o poland_n but_o with_o this_o proviso_n that_o the_o duke_n shall_v always_o pay_v homage_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o poland_n and_o as_o a_o member_n of_o that_o kingdom_n be_v precedent_n of_o the_o king_n council_n last_o john_n casimir_n the_o late_a king_n of_o poland_n grant_v first_o in_o the_o year_n 1657_o and_o again_o 1663._o full_a and_o absolute_a power_n and_o dominion_n over_o ducal_z prussia_n to_o the_o present_a elector_n of_o brandenburg_n on_o this_o condition_n that_o the_o dukedom_n upon_o defect_n of_o 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war_n be_v between_o the_o two_o nation_n till_o casimir_n the_o great_a in_o the_o year_n 1340_o reduce_v the_o southern_a russia_n into_o the_o form_n of_o a_o province_n but_o how_o little_a of_o that_o remain_v at_o this_o day_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o present_a king_n of_o poland_n we_o have_v show_v before_o several_a of_o the_o king_n of_o poland_n have_v style_v themselves_o king_n of_o sweden_n sweden_n sweden_n upon_o no_o other_o pretence_n then_o have_v make_v themselves_o master_n of_o a_o great_a part_n of_o liefland_n but_o this_o title_n cease_v upon_o the_o death_n of_o john_n casimir_n their_o late_a king_n as_o have_v already_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o description_n of_o liefland_n of_o the_o pretension_n of_o foreign_a prince_n to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o poland_n we_o have_v see_v to_o what_o kingdom_n and_o country_n the_o king_n of_o poland_n have_v in_o former_a age_n claim_v a_o right_a and_o title_n and_o we_o may_v perhaps_o find_v as_o many_o king_n 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into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o elector_n of_o brandenburg_n but_o the_o title_n remain_v still_o with_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n to_o who_o both_o title_n and_o territory_n be_v heretofore_o give_v by_o the_o emperor_n rodulph_n i._n who_o at_o the_o same_o time_n annex_v the_o burggrafschaft_n of_o noremberg_n to_o the_o grave_n von_fw-mi zollern_n which_o be_v since_o make_v a_o part_n of_o the_o marquisate_n of_o brandenburg_n how_o great_a the_o power_n of_o these_o marggrave_n be_v former_o the_o author_n of_o the_o saxon-spiegel_n inform_v we_o when_o he_o say_v palatinus_n seu_fw-la palansgravius_n imperatoris_fw-la judex_n est_fw-la burggravius_fw-la vero_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la perpetuus_fw-la castellanus_fw-la judex_n marchionis_n i._n e._n a_o count_n palatine_n may_v sit_v judge_n in_o a_o case_n wherein_o the_o emperor_n be_v a_o party_n and_o a_o burggrave_n have_v the_o privilege_n of_o pass_a sentence_n upon_o a_o marquis_n and_o besoldus_n assure_v we_o that_o the_o 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tell_v we_o be_v former_o burggrave_v of_o a_o great_a castle_n erect_v in_o the_o place_n where_o leyden_n now_o stand_v which_o city_n have_v be_v before_o destroy_v by_o the_o norman_n for_o though_o those_o man_n be_v lord_n of_o the_o rhine_n and_o as_o such_o demand_v toll_n of_o all_o vessel_n that_o trade_v upon_o that_o river_n as_o far_o as_o their_o territory_n reach_v which_o privilege_n their_o successor_n always_o afterward_o challenge_v yet_o they_o never_o advance_v to_o that_o height_n as_o to_o have_v any_o inspection_n over_o marquess_n in_o old_a memorial_n and_o other_o paper_n of_o state_n register_v by_o the_o high_a dutch_a antiquary_n we_o shall_v often_o meet_v with_o the_o word_n burggraf_n and_o landtgrave_n in_o a_o literal_a signification_n and_o not_o as_o title_n of_o honour_n in_o which_o sense_n we_o have_v hitherto_o speak_v of_o they_o for_o though_o burggrave_n in_o the_o ordinary_a acception_n of_o the_o word_n and_o as_o a_o title_n of_o honour_n 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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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