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 vium sgnofcit MecropoIin,arce Dueali fplendida (uperbien- 

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 ne Mercatorum Bremenfiumr 2^d- Livonia Curlandiis^ licora 

 merGatus caufiTa frequenterproficifcentium ibidemque coIo« 

 nias deducentium , fenfim ad fidem Chriftianam converfi, 

 quod fadum circiter (eculum undecimum, temporibus i^ri- 

 deria Barbarojfd, Imperatoris> & Akxmdri JIL PontificiSi con« 

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 concra infideles^qui in vifceribus Regionis adhuc habicabanft 

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