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landgrave_n of_o hesse_n a_o account_n of_o a_o confederacy_n of_o the_o german_a prince_n 114._o beghardi_fw-la vide_fw-la picard_n belgrade_n vide_fw-la solyman_n bellay_v sieur_n de_fw-fr langey_a send_v by_o k._n francis_n to_o smalcald_v 183._o his_o speech_n to_o the_o protestant_n there_o ibid._n die_n 309._o s._n bernard_n his_o letter_n to_o p._n eugenius_n 24._o bern_n the_o canton_n of_o bern_n desire_v a_o public_a dispute_n at_o bern_n 110._o they_o publish_v thesis_n of_o disputation_n 111._o there_o be_v a_o disputation_n hold_v ibid._n they_o abolish_v popery_n 112._o they_o join_v with_o the_o zuricher_n to_o stop_v provision_n to_o the_o other_o canton_n 155._o they_o be_v slack_a in_o send_v the_o zuricher_n relief_n 156._o bichling_n count_n condemn_v to_o die_v for_o side_v with_o the_o french_a 326._o be_v pardon_v ibid._n blancer_n ambrose_n dispute_v at_o bern_n 111._o preach_v up_o the_o reform_a religion_n at_o constance_n 112._o leave_v his_o monastery_n ibid._n assist_v bucer_n in_o constitute_v a_o protestant_a church_n at_o ulm._n 149._o bohemian_n communicate_v in_o both_o kind_n 26._o their_o suppression_n consult_v about_o in_o the_o four_o lateran_n council_n 27._o sect_n among_o they_o 53._o they_o invade_v saxony_n unwilling_o 408._o they_o return_v home_o 409._o they_o refuse_v to_o fight_v against_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n 417._o the_o nobility_n of_o prague_n desire_v a_o convention_n to_o be_v call_v 420._o a_o league_n among_o they_o ibid._n they_o write_v to_o ferdinand_n and_o duke_n maurice_n 423._o they_o write_v to_o the_o moravian_o to_o defend_v their_o liberty_n 424._o they_o write_v to_o ferdinand_n intercede_v for_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n 425._o and_o prepare_v for_o war._n ibid._n they_o stand_v by_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n 426._o they_o promise_v to_o comply_v 427._o pope_n boniface_n the_o 8_o appoint_a a_o jubilee_n every_o 100_o year_n 9_o book_n print_v in_o french_a against_o the_o huckster_n of_o sacred_a thing_n 178._o a_o account_n of_o it_o ibid._n boor_n rise_v in_o swaben_n 76._o be_v quiet_v ibid._n rise_v again_o there_o 79._o publish_v their_o demand_n ibid._n they_o treat_v with_o the_o deputy_n of_o the_o empire_n at_o ulm._n 80._o they_o be_v rout_v by_o george_n truchse_v at_o lippen_n ibid._n the_o boor_n in_o algow_n disperse_v themselves_o ibid._n they_o rise_v in_o franconia_n ibid._n kill_v count_n helfenstein_n at_o winsperg_n ibid._n be_v rout_v by_o truchse_n 81._o he_o punish_v those_o who_o kill_v count_n helfenstein_n ib._n another_o body_n take_v wirtzburg_n ibid._n be_v rout_v by_o truchse_n ibid._n up_o in_o lorraine_n ibid._n there_o defeat_v ibid._n and_o every_o where_o else_o in_o germany_n ibid._n many_o kill_v treacherous_o after_o promise_n of_o life_n ibid._n the_o demand_n of_o the_o boor_n in_o schwabia_n 90._o bourbon_n vide_fw-la charles_n d._n of_o bourdeaux_n a_o sedition_n there_o 474._o quell_v and_o the_o inhabitant_n punish_v severe_o 475._o brandenburg_n duke_n of_o appeal_v to_o a_o general_n council_n from_o the_o bishop_n of_o bamberg_n 152._o brandenburg_n elector_n vide_fw-la joachim_n the_o marquess_n of_o brandenburg_n act_n against_o the_o protestant_n 376._o bremer_n answer_n to_o the_o proposal_n make_v to_o they_o by_o the_o prince_n 502._o brentius_n john_n in_o great_a distress_n at_o hall_n about_o the_o interim_n 461._o receive_v by_o the_o d._n of_o wirtemberg_n 462._o he_o draw_v up_o a_o confession_n of_o the_o divine_n in_o the_o duchy_n and_o be_v esteem_v by_o the_o duke_n 515._o bru_o peter_n preach_v the_o reform_a religion_n in_o the_o netherlands_o 341._o be_v seize_v upon_o at_o tournay_n ibid._n the_o protestant_n in_o germany_n intercede_v for_o he_o ibid._n he_o be_v examine_v 342._o burn_a ibid._n brunswick_n hen._n d._n of_o hot_a against_o the_o protestant_n 239._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o mentz_n and_o eldo_n intercept_v by_o the_o landgrave_n 246._o he_o quarrel_n with_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n 247._o accuse_v the_o protestant_n 267._o hire_v incendiary_n to_o burn_v some_o town_n in_o saxony_n 275._o who_o be_v accuse_v of_o it_o to_o the_o emperor_n ibid._n he_o be_v throw_v out_o by_o the_o saxon_a and_o the_o landgrave_n 298._o appeal_v to_o the_o imperial_a chamber_n 304._o protestant_n in_o the_o diet_n of_o spire_n 319._o the_o story_n of_o the_o duke_n mistress_n eve_n trottine_n 322._o he_o answer_v the_o calumny_n of_o the_o confederate_n 323._o his_o country_n sequester_v into_o the_o emperor_n hand_n 326._o he_o cheat_v the_o french_a king_n of_o his_o money_n 351._o his_o duchy_n sequester_v to_o the_o emperor_n 352._o he_o be_v obstinate_a ib._n raise_v a_o army_n 352._o make_v great_a spoil_n in_o the_o duchy_n of_o brunswick_n ibid._n be_v oppose_v by_o the_o landgrave_n 353._o employ_n d._n maurice_n to_o mediate_v for_o he_o ibid._n break_v the_o truce_n ibid._n fight_v the_o landgrave_n 354._o surrender_n at_o discretion_n ibid_fw-la offer_v to_o betray_v the_o popish_a council_n to_o the_o landgrave_n 388._o be_v set_v at_o liberty_n and_o go_v to_o the_o emperor_n at_o hall_n 432._o commence_v his_o action_n against_o the_o landgrave_n in_o the_o imperial_a chamber_n 474._o besieges_n brunswick_n 500_o out_v of_o his_o country_n by_o volrat_n count_n mansfield_n 576._o complain_v of_o it_o to_o the_o emperor_n at_o metz._n ibid._n league_n with_o maurice_n 578._o plague_n his_o westphalian_a neighbour_n 579._o rout_n albert_n 591._o besieges_n brunswick_n 593._o make_v a_o agreement_n with_o john_n frederick_n d._n of_o saxony_n ibid._n prosecute_v the_o war_n in_o albert_n country_n 594._o raise_v money_n from_o the_o city_n in_o the_o low_a saxony_n 602._o buce_a mart._n meet_v luther_n at_o marpurg_n 121._o endeavour_n to_o unite_v luther_n and_o zuinglius_fw-la 141._o constitute_v a_o church_n at_o ulm_n 149._o go_v to_o cologne_n at_o gropper_n invitation_n 288._o be_v kind_o receive_v by_o the_o bishop_n ibid._n preach_v at_o bon_n 310._o be_v oppose_v by_o the_o clergy_n of_o cologne_n 311._o oppose_v malvenda_n about_o justification_n at_o ratisbon_n 359._o go_v from_o the_o conference_n ibid._n be_v send_v for_o to_o ausburg_n 454._o reject_v the_o interim_n 457._o go_v into_o england_n 479._o and_o die_v at_o cambridge_n 513._o buda_n besiege_a by_o ferdinand_n 284._o take_a by_o solyman_n by_o a_o trick_n 285._o budaeus_fw-la will._n die_v 269._o bull_n de_fw-fr coena_fw-la domini_fw-la what_o 42._o bull_n golden_a what_o 19_o buren_n maximilian_n count_n of_o come_v to_o assist_v the_o emperor_n 397._o he_o join_v the_o emperor_n 403._o take_v darmstadt_n 414._o and_o frankfort_n upon_o composition_n ibid._n die_n 478_o c_o caden_n mich._n send_v a_o account_n to_o nuremberg_n of_o their_o ambassador_n be_v confine_v at_o piacenza_n 125._o present_v a_o protestant_a book_n to_o charles_n ibid._n for_o which_o he_o be_v in_o danger_n ibid._n but_o make_v his_o escape_n ibid._n caesar_n leonard_n burn_v for_o relgion_n 110._o calvin_n john_n preach_v at_o strasburg_n 241._o answer_v cardinal_n farness_n speech_n against_o the_o protestant_n 266._o write_v a_o antidote_n against_o the_o sorbonâ—_n doctor_n and_o a_o book_n of_o relic_n 314._o be_v expel_v geneva_n 616._o campegio_fw-la cardinal_n go_v to_o nuremberg_n 66._o write_v to_o the_o elector_n frederick_n duke_n of_o saxony_n 67._o his_o speech_n to_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o empire_n 68_o his_o reply_n to_o their_o answer_n 69._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o deputy_n from_o strasburg_n 73._o make_v a_o speech_n at_o the_o diet_n at_o worm_n 271._o capua_n nich._n archbishop_n of_o capua_n against_o reformation_n 238._o send_v a_o copy_n of_o the_o draught_n into_o germany_n ibid._n caracciolus_n martinus_n send_v to_o frederick_n by_o the_o pope_n against_o luther_n 38._o make_v a_o cardinal_n 39_o cardinal_n the_o delegate_n cardinal_n draw_v a_o model_n of_o reformation_n 233._o the_o cardinal_n at_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n answer_n mendoza_n speech_n 360._o carolostadius_fw-la andrew_n dispute_v with_o eckius_fw-la at_o leipzick_n 22._o pull_v down_o image_n at_o wittenberg_n 52._o go_v over_o to_o the_o enthusiast_n ibid._n write_v against_o luther_n about_o the_o eucharist_n 97._o excuse_n himself_o from_o be_v engage_v with_o the_o boor_n ibid._n beg_v luther_n protection_n ibid._n capnio_n vide_fw-la reuchlin_n cajetan_n tho._n card._n scent_n by_o pope_n leo_n to_o the_o diet_n at_o ausburg_n 4._o exhort_v the_o prince_n of_o the_o empire_n to_o defend_v it_o against_o selimus_n the_o turk_n ibid._n treat_v with_o luther_n at_o ausburg_n 7._o command_v stupit_n to_o treat_v private_o with_o luther_n 8._o exclaim_n against_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n in_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n 10._o write_v to_o frederick_n complain_v against_o luther_n ibid._n publish_v leo_n bull_n at_o lintz_n 12._o send_v it_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o germany_n ibid._n exasperate_v the_o breach_n of_o luther_n 24._o casa_n john_n archbishop_n of_o
his_o presence_n that_o general_o all_o his_o friend_n have_v advise_v he_o to_o appeal_v from_o he_o to_o the_o pope_n that_o he_o will_v not_o indeed_o have_v do_v it_o of_o his_o own_o accord_n as_o not_o think_v it_o to_o be_v very_o necessary_a but_o that_o he_o can_v not_o but_o respect_v their_o admonition_n and_o the_o rather_o that_o he_o believe_v duke_n frederick_n incline_v more_o to_o have_v that_o appeal_v make_v than_o that_o he_o shall_v rash_o and_o unadvised_o make_v any_o retractation_n the_o appeal_n be_v conceive_v in_o word_n much_o to_o this_o effect_n appeal_n that_o the_o question_n about_o indulgence_n which_o have_v be_v various_o handle_v by_o many_o be_v never_o clear_o determine_v and_o that_o about_o such_o dubious_a question_n it_o be_v lawful_a especial_o for_o divine_n to_o dispute_v that_o he_o have_v also_o do_v so_o at_o that_o time_n when_o some_o preacher_n not_o only_o write_v and_o teach_v rash_o and_o unadvifed_o but_o also_o use_v strange_a 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