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A60366 The general history of the Reformation of the Church from the errors and corruptions of the Church of Rome, begun in Germany by Martin Luther with the progress thereof in all parts of Christendom from the year 1517 to the year 1556 / written in Latin by John Sleidan ; and faithfully englished. To which is added A continuation to the Council of Trent in the year 1562 / by Edward Bohun. Sleidanus, Johannes, 1506-1556.; Bohun, Edmund, 1645-1699. A continuation of the history of the Reformation to the end of the Council of Trent in the year 1563. 1689 (1689) Wing S3989; ESTC R26921 1,347,520 805

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day_n ibid._n marot_n clement_n a_o account_n of_o he_o 310._o marry_o q._n of_o hungary_n make_v governess_n of_o the_o netherlands_o 149._o go_v to_o augsbourg_n to_o mediate_v for_o the_o mitigation_n of_o the_o emperor_n edict_n 501._o hold_v a_o convention_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o netherlands_o at_o aix_n la_fw-fr chapelle_n 560._o she_o stop_v the_o landgrave_n at_o mastricht_n 573._o marry_o q._n of_o scot_n trouble_v in_o her_o minority_n 316._o affiance_a to_o prince_n edward_n of_o england_n ibid._n be_v carry_v into_o france_n 477._o marry_o daughter_n to_o henry_n viii_o proclaim_v herself_o queen_n of_o england_n upon_o k._n edward_n death_n 589._o enter_v london_n ibid._n make_v gardiner_n chancellor_n ibid._n behead_v the_o d._n of_o northumberland_n ibid._n she_o establish_v the_o popish_a religion_n again_o in_o england_n 591._o order_n a_o public_a disputation_n at_o london_n 593._o dissolve_v k._n edward_n law_n about_o religion_n in_o parliament_n 595._o 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surrender_v 354._o purge_v himself_o of_o treachery_n ibid._n hold_v a_o secret_a conference_n with_o the_o emperor_n at_o ratisbon_n 380._o have_v a_o conference_n with_o k._n ferdinand_n 391._o call_v a_o convention_n of_o the_o state_n at_o chemnitz_n 405._o consult_v against_o the_o protestant_n ibid._n his_o friend_n write_v to_o the_o protestant_n 406._o he_o write_v to_o the_o landgrave_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o elector_n 409._o and_o to_o his_o son_n ibid._n take_v most_o of_o the_o elector_n town_n ibid._n be_v ill_o speak_v of_o and_o lampoon_v by_o the_o protestant_n 410._o publish_v a_o manifesto_n to_o clear_v himself_o ibid._n join_v ferdinand_n to_o go_v towards_o bohemia_n 423._o intercede_v for_o the_o landgrave_n 429._o write_v to_o the_o landgrave_n to_o comply_v 430._o receive_v wittenberg_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o electorate_v from_o the_o emperor_n 431._o exact_v a_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n of_o john_n frederick_n subject_n ibid._n promise_v the_o landgrave_n to_o intercede_v with_o the_o emperor_n at_o hall_n 433._o and_o remonstrate_v about_o it_o ibid._n receive_v the_o wittenberg_n divine_v gracious_o 435._o he_o be_v invest_v in_o the_o electorate_v solemn_o at_o augsbourg_n 457._o call_v a_o convention_n at_o meisen_n who_o draw_v up_o a_o form_n of_o religion_n for_o saxony_n 478_o intercede_v with_o prince_n philip_n for_o the_o landgrave_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o state_n to_o clear_v himself_o from_o the_o imputation_n of_o popery_n 484._o his_o deputy_n at_o augsbourg_n protest_v against_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 499._o he_o engage_v in_o the_o expedition_n against_o the_o magdebourgher_n 502._o he_o be_v make_v generalissimo_n of_o that_o war_n 503._o he_o attack_n the_o magdebourgher_n 504._o defeat_v heideck_n and_o mansfeldt_n ibid._n he_o promise_v the_o landgrave_n aid_v secret_o 505._o rout_v in_o a_o sally_n by_o the_o magdebourgher_n ibid._n proposes_n condition_n of_o peace_n to_o the_o town_n 515._o command_v his_o divine_n to_o draw_v up_o a_o confession_n of_o their_o faith_n ibid._n demand_n a_o safe_a conduct_n for_o his_o divine_n to_o go_v to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 516._o send_v the_o proposal_n to_o the_o magdebourgher_n by_o heideck_n 521._o he_o hold_v a_o convention_n about_o the_o business_n of_o magdebourg_n 525._o he_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o fidelity_n from_o the_o man_n of_o atzenelbogen_fw-mi 526._o he_o conclude_v a_o peace_n with_o the_o city_n of_o magdebourg_n 528._o complain_v of_o the_o preacher_n ibid._n hatch_n a_o war_n against_o the_o emperor_n 529._o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o emperor_n about_o the_o landgrave_n 531._o he_o hold_v a_o conference_n with_o prince_n william_n the_o landgrave_n son_n 534._o his_o ambassador_n come_v to_o trent_n and_o declare_v their_o instruction_n 537._o they_o join_v with_o the_o agent_n of_o wirtemberg_n and_o strasburg_n to_o solicit_v for_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o protestant_n in_o the_o council_n ibid._n 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