Sentence:  Since the reign of "Charlemagne", this country is divided into <WSD>"High</WSD>" and "Low" <WSD>"Germany</WSD>": the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the "Palatinate" of the "Rhine", "Franconia", "Suabia", "Bavaria", "Bohemia", "Moravia", "Auſtria", "Carinthia", "Carniola", "Stiria", "Tyrol", the "Swiſs", and the "Griſons"... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Southern Germany, the high-lying land of the German people in Central Europe around the Alps.