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to_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o city_n and_o the_o statue_n of_o alexander_n farneze_n the_o first_o a_o horseback_n in_o brass_n modenois_n or_o the_o state_n of_o medena_n lie_v to_o the_o east_n of_o parma_n it_o be_v erect_v into_o a_o dukedom_n by_o the_o emperor_n frederick_n iii_o in_o 1452._o in_o favour_n of_o borso_n d'este_fw-fr the_o country_n abound_v with_o plenty_n of_o all_o thing_n as_o for_o the_o duchy_n itself_o it_o hold_v of_o the_o emperor_n to_o who_o the_o duke_n of_o modena_n pay_v a_o yearly_a tribute_n of_o 4000_o crown_n the_o revenue_n of_o it_o amount_v to_o about_o a_o million_o of_o italian_a livre_n which_o make_v seven_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o livre_n of_o france_n and_o in_o a_o time_n of_o need_n the_o duke_n be_v able_a to_o arm_v five_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o men._n modena_n the_o capital_a of_o the_o duchy_n be_v the_o usual_a residence_n of_o the_o duke_n it_o be_v seat_v between_o the_o river_n of_o sechia_n and_o panaro_n and_o although_o the_o street_n be_v somewhat_o narrow_a yet_o it_o be_v a_o very_a pleasant_a habitation_n foreigner_n go_v to_o see_v the_o duke_n and_o the_o bishop_n palace_n the_o cathedral_n and_o the_o citadel_n where_o there_o be_v nothing_o however_o very_o remarkable_a history_n inform_v we_o that_o modena_n be_v former_o a_o roman_a colony_n and_o that_o after_o the_o death_n of_o julius_n caesar_n brutus_n be_v there_o in_o vain_a besiege_a by_o marc_n antony_n in_o the_o year_n of_o rome_n 710._o that_o the_o city_n be_v afterward_o ruin_v by_o the_o goth_n and_o lombard_n and_o rebuilt_a under_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o son_n charlemagne_n and_o that_o it_o be_v near_o modena_n that_o in_o the_o year_n of_o rome_n 711_o hirtius_n and_o pansa_n be_v defeat_v by_o marc_n antony_n the_o steeple_n of_o modena_n be_v one_o of_o the_o high_a tower_n in_o italy_n chap._n vi_o of_o the_o territory_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o mantua_n the_o duke_n