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Lautern.] GERMANY, 29<br />

mortgage from the archblfhopric <strong>of</strong> Mentz by Lewis the Swarthy, duke <strong>of</strong><br />

Deuxponts; but in the year 1471, Frederic I. Elector-palatine, made himfelf<br />

mafter <strong>of</strong> it, and kept p<strong>of</strong>Tefllon there<strong>of</strong>. The Elector Frederic IV".<br />

united it to the dutchy <strong>of</strong> Sitwnern, which he conferred on his own fon<br />

Lewis Philip. In the year 1663, the Elector <strong>of</strong> Mcntz <strong>of</strong>fering to redeem<br />

this bailiwick, Lewis Henry, the lafl: duke <strong>of</strong> Simmern, confented to Hold it<br />

<strong>of</strong> him as a fief, and allowed him the acceptance <strong>of</strong> homage ; but this duke<br />

dying in 1673, the Eledlor-palatine feized on the bailiwick <strong>of</strong> iJö

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