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34._o christian_n i_o son_n of_o theodoric_n count_n of_o oldenburgh_n be_v elect_v king_n of_o denmark_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o king_n christopher_n he_o be_v a_o generous_a pious_a and_o valiant_a prince_n but_o whole_o ignorant_a of_o all_o manner_n of_o learning_n he_o reduce_v the_o swede_n to_o their_o allegiance_n who_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n have_v revolt_v from_o the_o crown_n of_o denmark_n annex_v holstein_n to_o his_o dominion_n make_v himself_o duke_n of_o dithmar_n and_o stormar_n and_o have_v rule_v three_o and_o thirty_o year_n dye_v in_o peace_n in_o the_o year_n 1481_o and_o be_v bury_v in_o a_o chapel_n which_o he_o himself_o have_v build_v at_o roschild_n leave_v his_o crown_n to_o his_o son_n 35._o john_n who_o be_v a_o prince_n endue_v with_o all_o the_o royal_a quality_n of_o his_o father_n he_o be_v devout_a in_o exercise_n of_o religion_n temperate_a in_o diet_n grave_n in_o apparel_n and_o valiant_a in_o exploit_n of_o war_n which_o except_v 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office_n of_o marschal_n and_o mark-grave_a or_o mar-grave_a as_o they_o write_v it_o in_o the_o feud_n we_o read_v qui_fw-fr de_fw-fr marchia_n investitur_fw-la marchio_n dicitur_fw-la dicitur_fw-la autem_fw-la marchia_n quia_fw-la marcha_n &_o ut_fw-la plurimum_fw-la juxta_fw-la mare_fw-la sit_fw-la posita_fw-la where_o what_o be_v say_v of_o the_o derivation_n of_o the_o word_n marchio_n from_o marcha_n be_v true_a but_o if_o by_o ut_fw-la plurimum_fw-la juxta_fw-la mare_fw-la the_o author_n mean_v that_o the_o word_n mare_n bear_v a_o part_n in_o the_o original_n of_o mark-grave_a or_o marquis_n he_o be_v manifest_o mistake_v for_o although_o the_o marca_n anconitana_n and_o trevigiana_n in_o italy_n as_o also_o the_o marquisate_n of_o the_o holy_a empire_n in_o brabant_n and_o the_o marca_n normanica_fw-la and_o britannica_fw-la in_o france_n be_v adjoin_v to_o the_o sea_n yet_o the_o marquisates_n of_o misnia_n lusatia_n brandenburg_n moravia_n austria_n mountferrat_n and_o susa_n in_o savoy_n be_v inland_o country_n but_o have_v the_o name_n of_o margrafchaften_o fix_v on_o they_o because_o they_o be_v such_o province_n as_o be_v the_o limit_n or_o frontier_n of_o the_o german_a kingdom_n when_o marquis_n as_o well_o as_o duke_n and_o count_n begin_v to_o multiply_v in_o the_o german_a empire_n there_o be_v four_o of_o they_o who_o have_v the_o title_n of_o die_fw-fr vier_fw-mi hohen_o mark-graffen_a i._n e._n the_o four_o high_a or_o chief_z marquis_n these_o be_v they_o of_o brandenburg_n merhern_n or_o moravia_n meisen_n and_o baden_n who_o territory_n be_v thence_o call_v die_v vier_fw-mi hohen_o markgrafchaften_o i._n e._n the_o four_o chief_a marquisates_n in_o the_o title_n of_o landtgrave_n and_o burggrave_n the_o termination_n grave_n signify_v the_o same_o thing_n as_o in_o markgrave_n landtgraven_v landtgraven_v landt_n in_o the_o german_a tongue_n signify_v no_o more_o than_o a_o province_n or_o territory_n so_o that_o the_o word_n 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credential_n the_o proposal_n of_o every_o thing_n to_o be_v discuss_v in_o the_o assembly_n belong_v to_o the_o emperor_n alone_o â—â—osals_n â—â—osals_n and_o not_o to_o the_o estate_n or_o member_n of_o the_o diet._n and_o although_o in_o his_o summons_n a_o particular_a day_n be_v always_o nominate_v for_o their_o session_n yet_o it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o his_o imperial_a majesty_n to_o defer_v the_o proposal_n of_o any_o business_n for_o some_o time_n long_o insomuch_o that_o oftentimes_o the_o estate_n to_o save_v charge_n have_v make_v a_o late_a appearance_n than_o be_v appoint_v in_o their_o summons_n when_o the_o late_a emperor_n ferdinand_n iii_o have_v call_v a_o diet_n at_o ratisbon_n in_o the_o year_n 1654._o three_o month_n be_v almost_o slip_v over_o after_o the_o day_n appoint_v before_o any_o thing_n be_v propose_v to_o the_o assemble_v member_n when_o at_o last_o the_o emperor_n be_v please_v to_o make_v the_o state_n acquaint_v with_o their_o business_n 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continual_a quarrel_n at_o every_o meeting_n insomuch_o that_o sometime_o the_o diet_n be_v ready_a to_o break_v up_o in_o confusion_n and_o will_v doubtless_o often_o do_v it_o if_o some_o mild_a spirit_n than_o the_o rest_n do_v not_o compose_v the_o strife_n by_o yield_v their_o place_n to_o their_o antagonist_n with_o a_o reserve_a protestation_n against_o make_v use_n of_o this_o single_a instance_n as_o a_o precedent_n for_o the_o future_a the_o order_n observe_v by_o the_o elector_n in_o the_o assembly_n be_v somewhat_o different_a from_o what_o it_o be_v before_o the_o treaty_n of_o munster_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o bavaria_n be_v make_v one_o of_o the_o number_n at_o this_o day_n they_o seat_v themselves_o thus_o first_o the_o elector_n of_o mentz_n challenge_v the_o chief_a place_n and_o sit_v always_o in_o the_o middle_n on_o his_o right_a hand_n be_v place_v the_o elector_n of_o treves_n and_o colen_n by_o turn_n and_o after_o one_o of_o they_o the_o 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reason_n be_v the_o same_o because_o the_o prelate_n use_v not_o to_o intermeddle_v with_o matter_n of_o state_n but_o concern_v themselves_o only_o in_o settle_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n with_o which_o the_o secular_a prince_n be_v never_o concern_v but_o afterward_o when_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v remove_v the_o debate_n of_o all_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n from_o the_o german_a assembly_n to_o their_o own_o court_n the_o prelate_n of_o the_o empire_n appear_v no_o more_o in_o the_o public_a diet_n as_o bishop_n but_o as_o temporal_a prince_n such_o as_o have_v no_o secular_a jurisdiction_n be_v shut_v out_o of_o the_o court._n on_o the_o spiritual_a bench_n sit_v the_o archduke_n of_o austria_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o burgundy_n who_o be_v permit_v this_o honour_n because_o prince_n though_o secular_a yet_o of_o a_o more_o than_o ordinary_a eminence_n in_o the_o empire_n the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n that_o be_v not_o elector_n several_a abbot_n some_o of_o which_o have_v princely_a dignity_n confer_v on_o they_o by_o charles_n the_o great_a and_o last_o the_o master_n of_o the_o teutonic_n order_n the_o lutheran_n prelate_n be_v former_o whole_o exclude_v from_o all_o appearance_n at_o any_o general_a assembly_n of_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o empire_n against_o which_o hard_a usage_n their_o often_o repeat_v protestation_n prove_v unsuccessful_a at_o last_o matter_n be_v so_o order_v in_o the_o westphalian_a treaty_n of_o peace_n that_o they_o obtain_v a_o seat_n in_o the_o diet_n but_o not_o among_o the_o roman_a prelate_n nor_o the_o secular_a prince_n but_o on_o a_o bench_n by_o themselves_o betwixt_o both_o the_o other_o but_o because_o the_o archbishopric_n of_o magdeburg_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o say_a treaty_n be_v turn_v into_o a_o dukedom_n and_o the_o bishopric_n of_o lubeck_n and_o osnabrug_n into_o secular_a principality_n by_o turn_n therefore_o at_o this_o day_n all_o the_o reform_a prince_n except_v those_o that_o be_v elector_n sit_v on_o the_o secular_a bench_n which_o be_v appoint_v for_o all_o prince_n count_n and_o baron_n of_o the_o empire_n who_o
tell_v we_o of_o they_o contain_v as_o many_o incredible_a thing_n as_o the_o most_o romantic_a popish_a legend_n however_o the_o saxon_a commonalty_n have_v still_o their_o memory_n and_o name_n in_o great_a veneration_n and_o will_v as_o soon_o part_v with_o christmas-day_n as_o st._n ansgar_n which_o be_v the_o eight_o of_o february_n out_o of_o their_o almanac_n st._n wilhad_n day_n be_v keep_v on_o the_o eight_o of_o november_n and_o st._n rembert_n on_o the_o four_o of_o february_n 6._o rembert_n be_v succeed_v by_o one_o adelgar_a a_o monk_n of_o corbey_n of_o who_o nothing_o be_v record_v worth_a the_o take_a notice_n of_o 7._o hoyer_n who_o be_v elect_v into_o the_o archbishops_n see_v in_o the_o year_n 909_o and_o die_v the_o year_n follow_v the_o bremen_n chronicle_n report_v that_o about_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n after_o his_o death_n his_o grave_n be_v open_v where_o nothing_o be_v find_v but_o a_o pillow_n which_o have_v be_v lay_v under_o his_o head_n and_o a_o cross_n both_o fresh_a and_o uncorrupted_a whereupon_o the_o monk_n of_o bremen_n conclude_v that_o his_o body_n be_v immediate_o after_o his_o death_n snatch_v up_o into_o heaven_n 8._o reginward_a 9_o vnni_n who_o go_v to_o convert_v the_o infidel_n in_o sweden_n die_v at_o birca_n in_o gothland_n 10._o adaldag_n 11._o libentius_fw-la a_o italian_a 12._o vnwan_n call_v by_o some_o wimar_n 13._o libentius_fw-la ii_o 14._o hermannus_n 15._o bezeline_n 16._o albert_n son_n of_o one_o of_o the_o duke_n of_o bavaria_n 17._o liemar_n or_o leimar_n a_o bavarian_a nobleman_n the_o fourteen_o and_o last_o archbishop_n of_o hamburg_n for_o when_o at_o the_o request_n of_o eric_n king_n of_o denmark_n the_o pope_n have_v erect_v a_o archbishop_n see_v at_o lunden_n in_o schonen_fw-mi the_o bishop_n of_o denmark_n sweden_n and_o norway_n be_v subject_v to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o lunden_n and_o only_o lubec_n schwerin_n lebus_n and_o ratzenburg_n remain_v suffragans_fw-la to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o bremen_n who_o thereupon_o for_o ever_o quit_v the_o title_n of_o archbishop_n of_o hamburg_n 18._o humbert_n the_o first_o that_o ever_o style_v himself_o bare_o archbishop_n of_o bremen_n 19_o frideric_n 20._o adalbar_fw-la 21._o hartwic_n 22._o baldwin_n who_o successor_n some_o have_v make_v one_o barthold_n but_o without_o any_o good_a authority_n 23._o sifrid_n son_n to_o albrecht_n marquis_n of_o brandenburg_n 24._o hartwic_n ii_o 25._o woldemar_n duke_n and_o bishop_n of_o sleswic_n 26._o gerhard_n former_o bishop_n of_o osnabrug_n 27._o gerhard_n ii_o earl_n of_o lip_n 28._o hildebold_n or_o hildebrand_n earl_n of_o broch-hausen_a 29._o giselbert_n 30._o henry_n i._n 31._o florentius_n de_fw-mi brunchor_v against_o who_o appear_v bernherd_v earl_n of_o wolpe_n who_o some_o historian_n make_v archbishop_n instead_o of_o florentius_n â—at_a lose_v the_o day_n 32._o john_n bishop_n of_o lunden_n and_o provost_n of_o roschild_n in_o denmark_n 33._o burchard_n 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wartislaus_n the_o former_a seat_v himself_o in_o pomerellia_n and_o retain_v the_o language_n and_o manner_n of_o his_o countryman_n the_o slavonian_n the_o late_a be_v make_v lord_n of_o the_o low_a pomeren_n border_v upon_o the_o dukedom_n of_o mecklenburg_n and_o short_o after_o conform_v himself_o to_o the_o law_n and_o language_n of_o the_o saxon_n his_o neighbour_n whereupon_o this_o part_n of_o his_o father_n territory_n begin_v to_o be_v reckon_v a_o part_n of_o the_o german_a empire_n and_o bugislaus_fw-la and_o casimir_n wartislaus_n son_n receive_v the_o title_n of_o duke_n of_o pomeren_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n from_o the_o emperor_n frideric_n barbarossa_n this_o dukedom_n be_v afterward_o in_o the_o year_n 1217_o part_v betwixt_o bugislaus_fw-la and_o otho_fw-la two_o brother_n from_o who_o spring_v the_o two_o house_n of_o wolgast_n and_o stetin_n which_o continue_v near_o two_o hundred_o year_n but_o the_o house_n of_o stetin_n fail_v a.d._n 1464_o 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and_o dukedom_n of_o lignitz_n lignitz_n a_o fair_a city_n on_o the_o bank_n of_o a_o small_a rivulet_n call_v katsbach_n be_v think_v to_o have_v its_o name_n from_o the_o lygii_n city_n city_n a_o german_a people_n the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n of_o this_o part_n of_o silesia_n about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 1170_o this_o town_n be_v much_o enlarge_v beautify_v and_o fortify_v by_o boleslaus_n the_o long_a the_o first_o duke_n of_o lignitz_n after_o he_o duke_n frideric_n the_o second_o so_o far_o improve_v his_o predecessor_n boleslaus_n undertake_n that_o in_o the_o year_n 1532_o it_o become_v one_o of_o the_o best_a fortify_v city_n next_o to_o breslaw_n in_o all_o silesia_n thing_n best_o worth_a see_v in_o the_o town_n be_v the_o hospital_n the_o town-hall_n and_o castle_n the_o dukedom_n of_o lignitz_n be_v reckon_v one_o of_o the_o best_a corn-country_n in_o silesia_n dukedom_n dukedom_n and_o afford_v near_o as_o great_a plenty_n of_o the_o terra_fw-la sigillata_fw-la as_o 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can_v lawful_o pretend_v to_o exact_v any_o tribute_n or_o homage_n from_o the_o citizen_n of_o stralsund_n upon_o the_o noise_n of_o this_o revolt_n prince_n witzlaus_n assist_v by_o some_o of_o the_o neighbour_a king_n and_o prince_n besiege_v stralsund_v demand_v submission_n together_o with_o a_o humble_a acknowledgement_n of_o their_o unpardonable_a crime_n in_o dare_v to_o make_v so_o traitorous_a a_o revolt_n but_o in_o vain_a for_o the_o stralsunder_v not_o only_o persist_v in_o the_o resolution_n of_o assert_v their_o liberty_n to_o the_o last_o but_o brave_o withstand_v the_o assault_n of_o witzlaus_n and_o his_o associate_n and_o after_o many_o hot_a dispute_n slay_v this_o prince_n in_o a_o sally_n thereby_o put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o controversy_n and_o whole_a lineage_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o rugen_n in_o the_o year_n 1325._o after_o this_o the_o island_n of_o rugen_n with_o other_o part_n of_o that_o principality_n upon_o the_o continent_n come_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o