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 354 HISTORY OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE seigniors were compelled to allow their children to serve at the manor-house for very low remuneration. From these statistics, gathered from different sources, it is evident that at the close of the Middle Ages the industrious labourer was enabled to provide well for his own wants, and, if he were married, to lay up what was called an independence for his family. END OF THE FIRST VOLUME PRINTED BY 8P0TTISW00DE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON