Trèves

/ trɛv /

noun

Trèves and its bridge are shut out by the trees, and the river nymphs surround us with garlands and with song.

The Archbishop of Trèves, in 1589, sentenced so many women to the stake, that in two districts only two women remained.

Trèves was frequently the residence of the Roman Emperors, and its inhabitants had all the privileges of Roman citizenship.

The madman was seized and taken to the Archbishop of Trèves, who had him confined in a cell, where he soon after died.

Thrice this dream was repeated; so, going to the Bishop of Trèves, the priest told him what had occurred.

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