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excepting one, the Elector of Mentz. There are present, however, a good many bishops, the Bishop of Ratisbon, of Augsburg, Spire, Bremen, Saltzburg, Brixen, Worms, Bamberg, Heidelsheim, and some others.
[246] The two brothers, William and Louis of Bavaria, reigned in common in that country.
[247] Henry, Duke of Brunswick, unhappily distinguished throughout the whole of Germany by his turbulent spirit and disorderly conduct. He was deprived of his states in 1542 by the Elector of Saxony and the Landgrave of Hesse.
[248] Christopher of Wurtemberg, who succeeded Duke Ulrich his father in 1550.
[249] Gaspar Contarini, a prelate as remarkable for his moderation as for his enlightened mind and understanding. Legate of Pope Paul III. at the Diet of Ratisbon, he in vain attempted to bring the two parties to agreement, and died the year following, not without suspicion of poison.
[250] The Cardinal Morone, Archbishop of Modena, one of the most merciless persecutors of the Reformed in Italy.