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 This redoutable Prince is said to have performed one of the most astonishing deeds of prowess on record; once, by a single stroke, he severed the head from the neck of an infuriated bull.

See Herodotus.

The town of Bearborough (Bernburg). The capital of the principality of Anhalt. Bernburg, on the river Lata, five leagues from Dessau, and four from Magdeburg,. [sic] The river separates the ancient and stately castle from the town.

Eagleborough. Aarburg, in German, is a town in Helvetia, on the river Aar, (Eagle) which unites with the Rhine, equalling it in size, at the junction. The town is situate in the canton of Berne, nine leagues from Basle. It has a fortress erected on the summit of a steep and lofty rock.

The Dolphinate. (Le Dauphiné) The Dolphinate is a province of France, forty-two leagues in length., [sic] thirty-four broad. Udo Guignes, called the Dolphin, seized the province in the year 879, From him, the first born son of his successors was called the Dolphin, in French, (Le Dauphin), which title was transferred to the eldest son of the kings of France, when they obtained possession of the Dolphinate.