2.  Gottingen,  in  the  kingdom  of  Hanover,  is  fifty-six  miles  south-west  from  Brunswick.    It  is
especially  noted  for  its  university,  which,  down  to  1831,  was  fully  entitled  to  its  appellation
"  the  queen  of  German  universities."    (Map  No.  XVII.)

3.  Brunswick,  the  early  seat  of  the  dukes  of  that  name,  is  a  city  of  Germany,  situated  on  the
Ocker,  a  branch  of  the  Weser,  thirty-seven  miles  a  little  south  of  east  from  Hanover.    (Map
No.  XVII.)

4.  Stralsund  is  a  strongly-fortified  Prussian  town,  on  the  narrow  strait  of  the  Baltic  which
separates  the  island  of  Rugen  from  the  continent.    (Map  No.  XVII.)


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loss  of  twelve  thousand  men.  This  signal  discomfiture  induced  the
emperor  to  consent  to  treat  for  peace  with  Denmark  ;  and  by  the
treaty  of  Lubec,1  Christian  was  restored  to  his  dominions,  on  the
condition  of  abandoning  his  German  allies.  (May,  1629.)  Thus
terminated  the  Danish  period  of  the  thirty  years'  war.
