7. Upper Saxony, formed of the Duchies of Saxony, and Pomerania, the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
8. Lower Saxony, composed of the Duchies of Brunswick, Luneburg, and Holstein (held by the King of Denmark), Mecklenburg, the Archbishoprics of Magdeburg and Bremen, and the towns of Hamburg, Lubeck, and Goslar.
9. Austria.
10. Burgundy, including the Netherlands and Franche-Comté.
N.B.—Bohemia did not form part of any circle.
The duty of police and administration were to be in the hands of a captain (Hauptmann), with two assessors elected by the circles.
[38] List of Cantons in 1499, with date of their admission to the league:
| 1291. | ⎰ ⎱ | Three | ⎰ ⎱ | Uri, | 1335. | Zurich. | 1353. | Bern. | ||||
| Forest | Schwytz, | 1352. | ⎰ ⎱ | Glarus. | 1481. | ⎰ ⎱ | Fribourg. | |||||
| Cantons | Unterwalden. | Zug. | Solothurn. | |||||||||
| 1332. | Lucerne. | |||||||||||
[39] List of ‘Confœderati’ before 1497—
The league of Wallis, | Schaffhausen | Rothweil | ||
| Mülhausen | Appenzell. | |||
| 1497, The Grisons. | 1498, The League of God’s House. | |||