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explication_n of_o they_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o brandenbourg_n and_o to_o stupitz_n ibid._n vindicate_v himself_o to_o pope_n leo_n ibid._n answer_v eckius_fw-la 3._o answer_v prierias_n dialogue_n ibid._n rejoin_v upon_o silvester_n reply_n 4._o answer_n hogostratus_fw-la ibid._n desire_v that_o his_o cause_n may_v be_v hear_v in_o germany_n 6._o be_v urge_v to_o retract_v his_o thesis_n by_o cajetan_a at_o augsbourg_n 7._o submit_v to_o the_o pope_n but_o refuse_v to_o recant_v ibid._n refer_v himself_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o german_a university_n with_o that_o of_o paris_n ibid._n give_v his_o opinion_n in_o write_v to_o cajetan_n 8._o go_v from_o augsbourg_n two_o day_n after_o ibid._n and_o write_v to_o cajetan_n when_o he_o go_v away_o to_o excuse_v himself_o ibid._n appeal_n from_o the_o pope_n not_o right_o inform_v to_o his_o determination_n after_o full_a information_n 9_o luther_n answer_v frederick_n letter_n excuse_v his_o retreat_n from_o augsbourg_n 11._o he_o appeal_v from_o the_o pope_n to_o a_o general_n council_n 12._o he_o write_v submissive_o to_o pope_n leo_n 13._o go_v to_o leipzick_n to_o dispute_v 21._o oppose_v the_o pope_n supremacy_n against_o eckius_fw-la 22._o write_v submissive_o to_o the_o pope_n at_o miltitz'_v desire_n 23._o his_o character_n of_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n 24._o make_v proposal_n for_o peace_n ibid._n write_v a_o book_n of_o christian_a liberty_n 25._o another_o call_v tessaradicus_n ibid._n and_o about_o confession_n and_o vow_n ibid._n and_o communion_n in_o both_o kind_n ibid._n he_o anwser_n the_o louvain_n and_o cologne_n divine_v 27._o he_o write_v to_o charles_n v._n 31._o and_o to_o the_o state_n of_o the_o empire_n ibid._n and_o submissive_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o mentz_n 32._o and_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o mersburgh_n 33._o oppose_v the_o pope_n bull_n and_o appeal_v to_o a_o general_n council_n 36._o write_v about_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n ibid._n condemn_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o seven_o sacrament_n ib._n write_v against_o the_o pope_n bull_n ibid._n his_o book_n burn_v by_o the_o pope_n messenger_n to_o frederick_n 39_o he_o burn_v the_o canon-law_n and_o the_o pope_n bull_n ibid._n his_o reason_n for_o it_o ibid_fw-la 40._o answer_v ambrose_n catharinus_n 40._o promise_v to_o appear_v at_o worm_n in_o a_o letter_n to_o frederick_n 41._o be_v put_v into_o the_o bull_n de_fw-fr coena_fw-la domini_fw-la 42._o turn_v it_o into_o high-dutch_a and_o write_v animadversion_n ibid._n go_v to_o worm_n ibid._n be_v dissuade_v from_o it_o ibid._n to_o no_o purpose_n ibid._n own_v his_o book_n ibid._n take_v time_n to_o consider_v of_o his_o defence_n ibid._n have_v a_o day_n allow_v ibid._n plead_v to_o his_o accusation_n before_o the_o emperor_n and_o state_n 43._o answer_n eckiu's_fw-mi return_v upon_o his_o plea_n 44._o meet_v commissioner_n who_o be_v to_o hear_v he_o private_o ibid._n his_o answer_n to_o the_o commissioner_n 45._o parley_n with_o they_o 46._o submit_v to_o the_o next_o general_n council_n ibid._n go_v home_n from_o worm_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o emperor_n for_o protection_n upon_o the_o road_n ibid._n and_o to_o the_o state_n ibid._n droll_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o parisian_a censure_n of_o his_o book_n 47._o write_v letter_n to_o strengthen_v his_o friend_n in_o his_o retirement_n 49._o and_o book_n against_o the_o mass_n and_o monastic_a vow_n and_o one_o against_o latomus_fw-la ibid._n answer_v henry_n the_o viii_o sharp_o 50._o return_v to_o wittenberg_n 51._o excuse_n it_o to_o frederick_n ibid._n disapprove_v the_o take_n down_o of_o image_n 52._o he_o write_v to_o the_o bohemian_n to_o persuade_v they_o to_o unity_n 53._o write_v against_o false_a bishop_n ibid._n call_v himself_o preacher_n of_o the_o gospel_n ibid._n refuse_v to_o stand_v to_o the_o determination_n of_o any_o under_o god_n 54._o translate_v adrian_n instruction_n to_o the_o diet_n with_o remark_n 60._o interpret_v the_o decree_n of_o the_o diet_n at_o nuremberg_n 64._o and_o add_v thereto_o a_o discourse_n against_o private_a mass_n 65._o admonish_v the_o prince_n of_o germany_n 75._o write_v de_fw-fr servo_n arbitrio_fw-la against_o erasmus_n ibid._n warn_v the_o saxon_n of_o muncer_n 86._o write_v a_o book_n to_o prevent_v sedition_n ibid._n his_o answer_n to_o the_o demand_n of_o the_o boor_n in_o schwabia_n 90._o his_o monitory_a epistle_n to_o the_o prince_n and_o nobility_n 94._o his_o general_n epistle_n to_o nobility_n and_o boor_n 95._o his_o alarm_n against_o the_o boor_n 96._o censure_v as_o too_o sharp_a ibid._n he_o defend_v it_o afterward_o ibid._n write_v against_o caralostadius_n about_o the_o eucharist_n 97._o undertake_v his_o protection_n upon_o his_o submission_n ibid._n marry_v a_o num_fw-la ibid._n differ_v with_o zuinglius_fw-la about_o the_o eucharist_n ibid._n write_v submissive_o to_o henry_n viii_o 100_o and_o to_o george_n d._n of_o saxony_n 101._o complain_v of_o k._n henry_n answer_n 102._o have_v a_o conference_n with_o zuinglius_fw-la at_o marpurgh_n 121._o write_v to_o the_o bishop_n at_o the_o diet_n of_o augsbourg_n 140._o comfort_n melancthon_n ibid._n he_o defend_v the_o league_n of_o smalcald_a 148._o he_o persuade_v the_o leipzicker_n to_o continue_v protestant_n 168._o he_o justify_v himself_o from_o the_o charge_n of_o rebellion_n ibid._n quarrel_n with_o erasmus_n 170._o write_v against_o the_o anabaptist_n at_o munster_n 199._o write_v against_o the_o draught_n of_o a_o reformation_n publish_v by_o the_o delegate_n cardinal_n 238._o write_n against_o the_o antinomian_o 244._o preach_v at_o leipzick_n 250._o he_o publish_v a_o book_n about_o the_o authority_n of_o council_n ibid._n he_o write_v against_o the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n 272._o he_o install_v amstorfius_n 288._o write_n against_o phlugius_fw-la ib._n write_v a_o camp_n sermon_n for_o those_o who_o go_v against_o the_o turk_n 292._o his_o opinion_n about_o magistracy_n 293._o his_o second_o camp_n sermon_n 294._o his_o prayer_n against_o the_o rage_n of_o the_o turk_n 295._o he_o write_v about_o the_o sacrament_n 340._o answer_n what_o the_o louvain_n doctor_n write_v against_o the_o reformation_n 343._o publish_v a_o book_n against_o the_o roman_a hierarchy_n 349._o his_o thesis_n about_o government_n ib._n his_o ludicrous_a picture_n about_o the_o pope_n ibid._n write_v to_o dissuade_v the_o protestant_n from_o release_v the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n 354._o he_o go_v to_o isleben_n to_o be_v a_o arbitrator_n between_o the_o count_v mansfield_n 362._o fall_v sick_a ibid._n his_o prayer_n 363._o dies_z ibid._n be_v bury_v at_o wittenberg_n ibid._n his_o life_n ibid._n his_o skill_n in_o the_o german_a language_n ibid._n his_o undaunted_a courage_n ibid._n m._n magdebourg_n refuse_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o emperor_n 434._o be_v proscribe_v 436._o in_o great_a distress_n upon_o that_o account_n 485._o they_o publish_v a_o manifesto_n 486._o another_o manifesto_n of_o they_o 496._o they_o be_v by_o the_o d._n of_o mecklenbourg_n 500_o condition_n be_v propose_v to_o they_o 501._o they_o publish_v a_o three_o declaration_n ibid._n they_o sally_n out_o brisk_o upon_o maurice_n 502._o they_o answer_v the_o deputation_n of_o their_o own_o state_n 502._o they_o overcome_z d._n maurice_n in_o a_o sally_n and_o take_v the_o d._n of_o mecklenbourg_n prisoner_n 505._o they_o be_v solicit_v to_o surrender_v 506._o the_o declaration_n of_o the_o state_n and_o clergy_n against_o they_o ibid._n their_o answer_n to_o it_o 508._o a_o mutiny_n in_o the_o town_n 515._o they_o accept_v of_o a_o peace_n 528._o their_o preacher_n vindicate_v themselves_o to_o d._n maurice_n 529._o they_o get_v credit_n by_o their_o constancy_n ibid._n malvenda_n open_v the_o conference_n at_o ratisbon_n 359._o treat_v of_o justification_n ibid._n answer_v bucer_n ibid._n mantua_n a_o council_n call_v to_o meet_v there_o by_o p._n paul_n iii_o 207._o the_o d._n of_o mantua_n demand_v a_o garrison_n before_o the_o council_n shall_v sit_v 230._o marcellus_n ii_o choose_a pope_n 615._o die_v after_o a_o reign_n of_o 22_o
accommodation_n 132._o very_o much_o disconsolate_a 140._o comfort_v by_o luther_n ibid._n come_v to_o cologne_n 310._o defend_v bucer_n 311._o his_o opinion_n about_o indifferent_a thing_n 481._o he_o draw_v up_o a_o confession_n of_o faith_n for_o the_o saxon_a divine_n 515._o congratulate_v john_n frederick_n safe_a return_n home_n 574._o send_v letter_n of_o comfort_n to_o the_o banish_a bohemian_a preacher_n 613._o mendoza_n send_v by_o the_o emperor_n to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 360._o ambassador_n to_o strasbourg_n 419._o his_o speech_n to_o the_o pope_n about_o the_o council_n from_o the_o emperor_n 443._o send_v the_o pope_n answer_n to_o the_o emperor_n 445._o mentz_n the_o seat_n of_o the_o elector_n four_o german_a mile_n from_o francfort_n 13._o elector_n of_o mentz_n vide_fw-la albert._n the_o elector_n approve_v the_o interim_n crafty_o in_o the_o diet_n 460._o send_v the_o pope_n indult_n into_o the_o landgraviate_v 483._o deny_v to_o register_n maurice_n protestation_n against_o a_o council_n 499._o he_o leave_v trent_n 543._o he_o fly_v from_o albert_n of_o brandenbourg_n 567._o he_o die_v 614._o mersburgh_n bishop_n answer_v to_o luther_n 33._o milan_n the_o council_n remove_v thither_o from_o pisa_n 27._o miltitz_n charles_n bedchamber_n man_n to_o pope_n leo_n vide_fw-la wittenberg_n miltitz_n send_v by_o leo_n to_o frederick_n against_o luther_n 12._o treat_v with_o luther_n 23._o and_o the_o augustine_n friar_n concern_v he_o ibid._n minden_n proscribe_v by_o the_o imperial_a chamber_n 245._o mirandula_n joannes_n picus_n his_o book_n censure_v 28._o monte_fw-la cardinal_n de_fw-mi the_o pope_n legate_n at_o bononia_n his_o answer_n to_o the_o pope_n letter_n 444._o his_o insolent_a usage_n of_o vargas_n the_o emperor_n ambassador_n at_o bononia_n 446_o 447._o make_v pope_n and_o call_v julius_n iii_o 492._o montmorency_n anne_n make_v constable_n of_o france_n 239._o be_v in_o disgrace_n 277._o gain_v favour_n with_o henry_n ii_o king_n of_o france_n take_v metz_n for_o the_o french_a king_n 555._o his_o treaty_n with_o the_o deputy_n of_o strasbourg_n 557._o more_o sir_n thomas_n chancellor_n of_o england_n 180._o behead_v for_o not_o deny_v the_o pope_n supremacy_n ibid._n morin_n john_n under-provost_a of_o paris_n prosecute_v the_o protestant_n severe_o 175._o morone_n john_n legate_n to_o p._n paul_n iii_o at_o spire_n 291._o muleasses_n k._n of_o tunis_n out_v of_o his_o country_n come_v to_o augsbourg_n 457._o muncer_n thomas_n begin_v to_o preach_v in_o franconia_n 52._o a_o account_n of_o his_o enthusiasm_n 83._o settle_v at_o mulhansen_n 84._o turn_v out_o by_o the_o rabble_n help_v all_o the_o magistrate_n ibid._n joyns_n with_o the_o boor_n of_o swabia_n and_o franconia_n ibid._n be_v rout_v by_o count_n mansfield_n ibid._n retires_n with_o his_o gang_n to_o franckhausen_a ibid._n his_o speech_n to_o the_o rabble_n 85._o his_o man_n fright_v 86._o rout_v by_o the_o prince_n army_n ibid._n 5000._o of_o they_o take_v ibid._n muncer_n take_v at_o franckhausen_a ibid._n rack_v to_o confess_v his_o accomplice_n ibid._n behead_v ibid._n munster_n a_o city_n in_o westphalia_n possess_v by_o the_o anabaptist_n 174._o the_o senate_n estabilsh_a the_o reform_v religion_n there_o 191._o they_o make_v a_o treaty_n with_o the_o bishop_n 192._o banish_v the_o anabaptist_n ibid._n they_o be_v tumultuous_a there_o 193._o it_o be_v besiege_v by_o its_o bishop_n ibid._n who_o be_v assist_v by_o the_o neighbour_a prince_n 194._o a_o great_a famine_n in_o the_o city_n 198._o the_o prince_n threaten_v to_o send_v the_o force_n of_o the_o empire_n upon_o they_o 197._o murner_n thomas_n a_o franciscan_a friar_n complain_v to_o campegio_n against_o the_o senate_n of_o strasbourg_n 73._o musculus_fw-la wolfgangus_n fly_v from_o augsbourg_n to_o bern_n for_o not_o subscribe_v the_o interim_n 461._o n._n naples_n a_o sedition_n there_o because_o of_o the_o inquisition_n 434._o nassaw_n count_n of_o desire_v the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n to_o come_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o spire_n 152._o henry_n of_o nassaw_n charles_n v'_v general_n in_o picardy_n 208._o unsuccessful_a there_o ibid._n william_n son_n to_o count_n nassaw_n succeed_v the_o prince_n of_o orange_n 327._o nave_n discourse_n with_o count_n solmes_n about_o the_o war_n design_v against_o the_o protestant_n 357._o speak_v to_o the_o landgrave_n at_o spire_n in_o the_o emperor_n name_n 368._o dies_z 419._o naumbourg_n the_o chapter_n choose_v phlugius_fw-la for_o their_o bishop_n 288._o netherlands_o reformation_n get_v foot_v there_o 341._o northumberland_n john_n d._n of_o marry_v his_o son_n guildford_n dudley_n to_o the_o lady_n jane_n grace_n 580._o be_v sieze_v on_o at_o cambridge_n 589._o and_o behead_v by_o q._n mary_n ibid._n nuremberg_n a_o diet_n convene_v thither_o 51._o their_o minister_n accuse_v to_o the_o pope_n legate_n 62._o the_o act_n of_o the_o diet_n publish_v 63._o the_o treaty_n of_o pacification_n remove_v hither_o from_o schurnfurt_n 160._o a_o peace_n be_v there_o conclude_v ibid._n a_o holy_a league_n there_o draw_v up_o among_o the_o popish_a prince_n 245._o another_o diet_n there_o 298._o the_o decree_n of_o that_o diet_n 299._o the_o netherlands_o ambassador_n accuse_v theâ—â—_n of_o cleve_n in_o the_o diet_n 306._o the_o decree_n of_o the_o diet_n 307._o their_o quarrel_n with_o albert_n of_o brandenbourg_n 561._o vide_fw-la albert_n their_o answer_n to_o albert_n remonstrance_n 599._o o_o obersteyn_n ulrick_n count_n make_v general_n of_o the_o army_n against_o the_o munster_n mad_a man_n 197._o his_o soldier_n be_v tumultuous_a for_o want_v of_o pay_n 200._o he_o carry_v the_o town_n at_o last_o 201._o ockham_n william_n condemn_v by_o the_o university_n of_o paris_n 28._o what_o his_o doctrine_n 29._o oecolampadius_n john_n preach_v at_o basil_n 76._o he_o embrace_v the_o doctrine_n of_o zuinglius_fw-la 97._o dispute_n at_o bern_n 111._o meet_v luther_n at_o marpurg_n 121._o dies_z 156._o orleans_n vide_fw-la franciscan_n friar_n d._n of_o orleans_n die_v 352._o osiander_n come_v to_o marpurg_n to_o the_o conference_n betwixt_o luther_n and_o zuinglius_fw-la 121._o set_v up_o a_o new_a sect_n about_o justification_n in_o prussia_n 511._o rail_n against_o melancthon_n and_o the_o saxon_a divine_n 512._o die_v at_o coningsberg_n 575._o his_o sect_n in_o prussia_n promise_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o augustane_n confession_n 632._o otho_n prince_n palatine_n embrace_v the_o protestant_a religion_n 300._o recover_v his_o country_n and_o joyns_n with_o the_o confederate_a prince_n 556._o oxford_n a_o dispute_n there_o concern_v the_o lord_n supper_n 483._o oxline_n john_n a_o minister_n carry_v by_o force_n from_o his_o house_n by_o the_o governor_n of_o turegie_n 76._o this_o occasion_n the_o canton_n of_o zurich_n to_o remonstrate_v 77._o p._n palatine_n george_n vide_fw-la spires_n palatine_n prince_n vide_fw-la lewis_n vide_fw-la otho_fw-la palaeologus_n john_n emperor_n of_o constantinople_n come_v to_o the_o council_n of_o ferrara_n 10._o pall_n the_o excessive_a charge_n of_o it_o 273._o the_o ceremony_n of_o its_o consecration_n 274._o passaw_n a_o treaty_n there_o 563._o the_o prince_n mediator_n there_o answer_v maurice_n grievance_n 564._o and_o they_o answer_v the_o french_a ambassador_n speech_n 565._o they_o exhort_v the_o emperor_n to_o a_o peace_n by_o letter_n 566._o they_o answer_v the_o emperor_n letter_n 568._o the_o head_n of_o the_o pacification_n 572._o paris_n doctor_n of_o that_o university_n appeal_v against_o p._n leo_n for_o abrogate_a the_o pragmatic_n sanction_n 10._o censure_v the_o book_n of_o reuchlin_n 30._o and_o condemn_v luther_n book_n 47._o a_o account_n of_o the_o faculty_n of_o divinity_n at_o paris_n 48._o a_o young_a gentleman_n of_o thoulouse_n burn_v there_o for_o religion_n 239._o they_o be_v severe_a upon_o the_o lutheran_n 296._o the_o manner_n of_o proceed_n upon_o he_o 297._o their_o divine_n at_o melun_n draw_v up_o article_n against_o the_o reformation_n 342._o the_o parliament_n answer_v the_o k._n of_o france_n edict_n 619._o paul_n iii_o farnese_n choose_v pope_n 174._o instruct_v vergerius_n how_o to_o stave_v off_o a_o council_n 175._o issue_n out_o bull_n to_o call_v a_o council_n 206._o and_o other_o to_o reform_v the_o vice_n of_o rome_n 209._o prorogue_n the_o council_n call_v at_o mantua_n 230._o be_v solicitous_a to_o reconcile_v the_o emperor_n and_o the_o king_n of_o france_n 232._o appoint_v a_o committee_n of_o cardinal_n to_o examine_v the_o corruption_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 233._o nominate_v vicenza_n for_o the_o session_n of_o the_o council_n 238._o return_v to_o rome_n 241._o prorogue_n the_o council_n without_o limitation_n 250._o send_v his_o legate_n to_o the_o emperor_n 264._o make_v war_n upon_o perugia_n 266._o the_o speech_n of_o his_o legate_n at_o the_o diet_n of_o spire_n 291._o allow_v a_o council_n 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