Sentence:  Since the reign of "Charlemagne", this country is divided into "High" and "Low Germany"... the provinces of "Lower Germany" towards the north conſiſt of the "Low Country" of the "Rhine", "Triers", "Cologn", "Mentz", "Weſtphalia", "Heſſe", "Brunſwic", "Miſnia", "Luſatia", "High <WSD>Saxony</WSD>" upon the "Elbe", "Low <WSD>Saxony</WSD>" upon the "Elbe", "Mecklenburg", "Lauenburg", "Brandenburg", "Magdeburg", and "Pomerania". 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A historic realm and modern state of Germany.