warring man. He stood true by the great Barbarossa, second of the
Hohenstauffen, greatest of all the Kaisers; which was a luck for
him, and perhaps a merit. He kept well with three Kaisers in his
time. Had great quarrels with "Henry the Lion" about that
"Billung" Saxon Heritage; Henry carrying off the better part of it
from Albert. Except that same Henry, head of the Guelphs or Welfs,
who had not Albert's talent, though wider lands than Albert, there
was no German prince so important in that time.

He transferred the Markgrafdom to BRANDENBURG, probably as more
central in his wide lands; SALZWEDEL is henceforth the led
Markgrafdom or MARCK, and soon falls out of notice in the world.
Salzwedel is called henceforth ever since the "Old Marck (
Alte Marck, Altmarck );" the Brandenburg countries
getting the name of "New Marck." Modern NEUMARK, modern "Middle-
Marck" (in which stands Brandenburg itself in our time), "UCKER-
Marck" (OUTSIDE Marck,--word UCKER is still seen in UKRAINE, for
instance): these are posterior Divisions, fallen upon as
Brandenburg (under Albert chiefly) enlarged itself, and needed new
Official parcellings into departments.

Under Albert the Markgrafdom had risen to be an ELECTORATE withal.
The Markgraf of Brandenburg was now furthermore the KURFURST of
Brandenburg; officially "Arch-treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire;
"and one of the Seven who have a right (which became about this
time an exclusive one for those Seven) to choose, to KIEREN the
Romish Kaiser; and who are therefore called KUR Princes, KURFURSTE
or Electors, as the highest dignity except the Kaiser's own.
In reference to which abstruse matter, likely to concern us
somewhat, will the uninstructed English reader consent to