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99.4. Vosego, the Vosges: in fact, the Meuse flows from the plateau of Langres. 99.5.

parterecepta: the Rhine branches in these low, marshy regions; one branch (Vacalus, the modern Waal) unites with the Meuse near Bois-le-duc (see note, ch. 15). 99.6.

Omit the words in brackets. 99.9.

Nantuatium: cf. Bk. iii. ch. 1, where they are placed upon the Rhone, just above Lake Geneva; this was perhaps a branch or kindred tribe. The list of names here is incomplete. 99.12.

multiseffectis: translate actively, making many, etc. 99.13.

ferisnationibus: see the introduction to Motley's "Dutch Republic." 99.15.

captibus, mouths (more commonly, sources).


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