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Bergesaber ; the other three brethren have no cer 

 tain dwelling-place. George John, son of Rupert, 

 Count Palatine, dwelleth at Lysselsteyn. 



Augustus, Duke and Elector of Saxony, re- 

 maineth the most part at Dresden on the Elbe ; 

 sometimes at Torge on Elbe, a goodly castle forti 

 fied by John Frederick. This elector is Lutheran, 

 and a great enemy to our profession ; of sixty years 

 of age, half frantic, severe, governed much by his 

 wife, greater exactor than the German princes are 

 wont to be, and retaineth in his service divers Ita 

 lians ; his eldest son married of late the daughter of 

 the Duke of Brandebourg. 



The sons of John Frederick, captive, and yet in 

 prison, remain at Coburge in East Franconia, near 

 the forest of Turinge. 



The sons of John William, abide at Vinaria in 

 Turingia. 



Joachim Frederick, son of John George, Elector 

 of Brandebourg, at Hala in Saxony on the river of 

 Sala, as administrator of the Archbishopric of Mag- 

 debourg. 



George Frederick, son of George, dwelleth at 

 Orsbuche in East Franconia, or at Blassenbourge, 

 the which was the mansion of his uncle Albert the 

 warrior, 



The Elector of Brandebourg, John George, re- 

 maineth at Berlin on the river of Sprea : his uncle 

 John dwelleth at Castryne, beyond Odera, very 

 strong both by the situation, and fortified. 



William, Duke of Bavyre, a papist, at Munich 



