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16._o monekendam_fw-la 1500_o 17._o medenblick_a 850_o 18._o purmerent_fw-la 709_o total_a 88909_o city_n in_o germany_n and_o in_o the_o seventeen_o province_n city_n house_n 1._o antwerp_n 18550_o 2._o aix_n la_fw-fr chapelle_n 2250_o 3._o arford_n 8440_o 4._o berlin_n 5200_o 5._o bon_fw-fr 410_o 6._o brisack_n 1200_o 7._o breme_n 9200_o 8._o breda_n 3420_o 9_o bolduke_n 6240_o 10._o bergen_n open_fw-mi some_o 2120_o 11._o brussels_n 19200_o 12._o cologne_n 12000_o 13._o cleave_v 640_o 14._o coblentz_n 420_o 15._o castle_n 1520_o 16._o dresden_n 6420_o 17._o disseldorpe_n 620_o 18._o dunkirk_n 2440_o 19_o emden_n 2400_o 20._o francfort_n 10200_o 21._o groningen_n 8400_o 22._o guant_n 18200_o 23._o harford_n 1420_o 24._o hanover_n 1850_o 25._o heidelberg_n 7520_o 26._o hambourg_n 12500_o 27._o lubeck_n 6500_o 28._o louvain_n 8420_o 29._o lypsick_a 3242_o 30._o lunenburg_n 3100_o 31._o lewardin_n 5860_o 32._o mayence_n 2420_o 33._o malin_n 8000_o 34._o middelburg_n 6200_o 35._o madelburg_n 1120_o 36._o mastricht_n 5600_o 37._o munster_n 1240_o 38._o nurenburg_n 18240_o 39_o osenburg_n 2200_o 40._o osburg_n 8420_o 41._o oldenburg_n 620_o 42._o praag_n 18640_o 43._o passaw_n 560_o 44._o ratisbonne_n 6540_o 45._o strasbourg_n 8560_o 46._o spire_n 540_o 47._o stockholm_n 6480_o 48._o salsburg_n 12460_o 49._o uytrick_n 8240_o 50._o vienna_n 4520_o 51._o vean_n 340_o 52._o worm_n 1200_o 53._o westburg_n 2420_o total_a 314460_o city_n in_o france_n city_n house_n 1._o avignion_n 12400_o 2._o amiens_n 5200_o 3._o bullion_n 1400_o 4._o bomont_n 800_o 5._o bordeaux_n 8420_o 6._o calais_n 1324_o 7._o cain_n 2147_o 8._o chalons_n 1850_o 9_o diepe_a 1920_o 10._o lion_n 16840_o 11._o montrevil_n 820_o 12._o montpeiller_n 5240_o 13._o marselles_fw-fr 9100_o 14._o nantes_n 4420_o 15._o nismes_n 3120_o 16._o orleans_n 10200_o 17._o orange_n 354_o 18._o paris_n 72400_o 19_o rochel_n 4200_o 20._o rouen_n 11200_o 21._o tolouze_n 13200_o 22._o valence_n 458_o total_a 187013_o 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