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MEZIERS

Volume 7 · 54 words · 1778 Edition

a strong town of France, in Champagne, with a citadel. It was besieged with a powerful army by Charles V. who was obliged to raise the siege in 1521. It is seated on the river Meafe, partly upon a hill, and partly in a valley, in E. Long. 3° 48'. N. Lat. 49° 46'.