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Nu wart des ersten ein ber gevangen, darumb wart die stat bern genempt; und gab do den burgeren in der stat ein wappen und schilt, nemlich einen swarzen bern in einem wissen schilt in gender wise.
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vowed to choose as namesake the first animal his hunt met in the wood that was to be chopped down for the new city. Then, as
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