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66._o agricola_n vide_fw-la islebius_n aix_n parliament_n of_o aix_n make_v a_o cruel_a decree_n against_o the_o waldenses_n 343._o albert_n of_o brandenburg_n bishop_n of_o mentz_n and_o magdeburg_n 2._o luther_n write_v to_o he_o vide_fw-la luther_n be_v make_v cardinal_n 4._o his_o speech_n to_o the_o elector_n at_o frankfort_n 14._o he_o proclaim_v charles_n the_o five_o election_n 18._o answer_v luther_n letter_n kind_o 31._o make_v a_o speech_n to_o charles_n the_o five_o 37._o be_v concern_v in_o the_o ban_n by_o which_o luther_n be_v proscribe_v 49._o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o protestant_n at_o smalcald_a 153._o dies_z 354._o albert_n of_o brandenburg_n grand_a master_n of_o the_o teutonick_n order_n war_n with_o sigismond_n king_n of_o poland_n 99_o demand_n succour_n from_o germany_n ibid._n swear_v allegiance_n to_o sigismond_n ibid._n marry_v and_o be_v make_v duke_n of_o prussia_n ibid._n what_o he_o do_v be_v rescind_v by_o the_o emperor_n 139._o he_o be_v proscribe_v 161._o he_o assist_v osiander_n and_o banish_v those_o minister_n who_o refuse_v his_o doctrine_n 511._o albert_n marquis_n of_o brandenburg_n assist_v duke_n maurice_n 417._o he_o keep_v rochlitz_n 420._o be_v take_v prisoner_n by_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n ibid._n set_v at_o liberty_n 428._o go_v into_o france_n to_o mediate_v a_o league_n between_o the_o french_a king_n and_o duke_n maurice_n 549._o his_o declaration_n of_o war_n against_o the_o emperor_n 551._o he_o joins_z d._n maurice_n and_o the_o landgrave_n son_n 555._o he_o waste_v the_o country_n about_o ulm_n 556._o he_o be_v very_o cruel_a to_o the_o noremberger_n 561._o fines_n the_o bishop_n of_o bamberg_n and_o wurtzburg_n 562._o make_v peace_n with_o the_o noremberger_n ibid._n he_o write_v to_o the_o city_n of_o ulm_n to_o yield_v to_o he_o 563._o he_o desert_n the_o confederate_n and_o war_n in_o his_o own_o name_n 567._o break_v in_o upon_o the_o bishop_n of_o mentz_n and_o trier_n ibid._n demand_n his_o chief_a castle_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o trier_n ibid._n he_o fall_v upon_o the_o bishop_n upon_o the_o rhine_n 571._o his_o demand_n of_o the_o strasburger_n ibid._n he_o besieges_fw-fr frankfort_n 572._o make_v war_n against_o the_o bishop_n of_o mentz_n and_o spire_n ibid._n and_o rob_v the_o church_n of_o those_o bishopric_n 573._o be_v receive_v at_o trier_n ibid._n march_n into_o luxemburg_n 574._o make_v a_o peace_n with_o the_o emperor_n 575._o beat_v the_o french_a at_o pont_n a_o mousson_n ibid._n complain_v to_o the_o franconian_a bishop_n 577._o refuse_v a_o accommodation_n at_o heidelberg_n and_o declare_v war_n against_o the_o bishop_n of_o franconia_n 578._o take_v bamberg_n and_o spoil_v the_o country_n ibid._n make_v war_n upon_o duke_n maurice_n 581._o war_n be_v declare_v against_o he_o ib._n his_o answer_n to_o their_o declaration_n 584._o his_o territory_n be_v invade_v ibid._n he_o be_v rout_v by_o d._n maurice_n 585._o write_v a_o letter_n to_o d._n maurice_n subject_n 586._o renew_v the_o war_n against_o the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n 591._o be_v rout_v by_o he_o ibid._n he_o retire_v towards_o france_n 592._o he_o be_v proscribe_v 594._o sue_v in_o vain_a to_o have_v it_o take_v off_o 595._o he_o remonstrate_v to_o the_o diet_n of_o ausburg_n against_o the_o noremberger_n 599._o by_o continue_v the_o war_n he_o be_v at_o last_o out_v of_o all_o 601._o go_v into_o france_n 604._o write_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o frankfort_n ibid._n albert_n count_n mansfield_n go_v against_o muncer_n rabble_n 84._o he_o rout_v they_o ibid._n albert_n of_o brunswick_n kill_v 404._o albertus_n magnus_n vide_fw-la aquinas_n aleander_n hieronymus_n send_v against_o luther_n to_o frederick_n by_o the_o pope_n 38._o make_v a_o cardinal_n 39_o alexander_n de_fw-fr medicis_n recover_v florence_n 132._o be_v kill_v by_o his_o kinsman_n lorenzo_n medicis_n 209._o alaski_n send_v by_o ferdinand_n ambassador_n to_o solyman_n 270._o imprison_v by_o he_o 271._o aloisia_n mother_n to_o francis_n i._o write_v to_o pope_n clement_n during_o his_o captivity_n 98._o make_v a_o league_n with_o henry_n the_o viii_o 102._o amstorfius_n vide_fw-la john_n frederick_n elector_n of_o saxony_n anabaptist_n their_o original_a 110._o their_o doctrine_n at_o munster_n 190._o their_o book_n call_v the_o restitution_n 196._o their_o supper_n ibid._n their_o 28_o apostle_n ibid._n who_o be_v all_o execute_v 197._o they_o write_v to_o the_o landgrave_n 198._o their_o hellish_a doctrine_n ibid._n their_o book_n of_o the_o mystery_n of_o christ_n 199._o angelical_a doctor_n vide_fw-la aquinas_n anne_n boleyne_v wise_a to_o hen._n viii_o behead_v 208._o anthony_n d._n of_o lorraine_n forbid_v his_o subject_n to_o read_v luther_n book_n 75._o defeat_v the_o boor_n in_o his_o country_n 81._o kill_v 18000_o of_o they_o ibid._n of_o which_o many_o after_o promise_n of_o life_n be_v grant_v ibid._n he_o negotiate_v a_o peace_n between_o the_o emperor_n and_o french_a king_n in_o vain_a 320._o dies_z 327._o antinomian_o their_o original_a 244._o apparition_z of_o ghost_n frequent_a in_o the_o time_n of_o popery_n 172._o aquinas_n tho._n chief_o quote_v to_o prove_v indulgence_n 3._o study_a at_o cologne_n and_o paris_n 4._o scholar_n to_o albertus_n magnus_n ibid._n saint_a by_o pope_n john_n xxii_o ibid._n die_n an._n 1274._o ibid._n call_v angelical_a doctor_n ibid._n arbitrator_n elector_n of_o mentz_n and_o prince_n palatine_n choose_v to_o mediate_v between_o the_o protestant_a prince_n and_o the_o emperor_n 154._o their_o answer_n to_o the_o prince_n proposition_n 158._o aristotle_n better_a use_v by_o the_o louvain_n doctor_n than_o luther_n 29._o arnstadt_n a_o town_n in_o thuringia_n a_o convention_n of_o protestant_n there_o 251._o arras_n vide_fw-la anthony_n perenot_n granvell_n d'avalos_n ferd._n marquess_z of_o pescara_n hearten_v the_o imperialist_n to_o fight_v at_o pavia_n 79._o accuse_v the_o french_a king_n 295._o augsburg_n a_o diet_n there_o 4._o the_o diet_n at_o ausburg_n remove_v to_o spire_n 97._o they_o embrace_v the_o protestant_a religion_n 109._o commissioner_n to_o frame_v a_o decree_n there_o 135._o the_o tenor_n of_o it_o ibid._n the_o decree_n of_o that_o diet_n 139._o they_o publish_v a_o book_n against_o the_o ecclesiastic_n 212._o they_o promise_v to_o lend_v no_o more_o money_n to_o the_o emperor_n 389._o they_o capitulate_v with_o the_o emperor_n 418._o a_o diet_n call_v to_o ausburg_n 435._o it_o be_v a_o arm_a diet_n 437._o it_o be_v open_v ibid._n a_o decree_n there_o about_o a_o free_a council_n 467._o another_o arm_a diet_n at_o augsburg_n 499._o the_o decree_n of_o the_o diet_n about_o a_o council_n 512._o their_o divine_n examine_v of_o a_o sudden_a by_o granvell_n and_o send_v out_o of_o germany_n 516._o be_v surrender_v to_o d._n maurice_n and_o the_o confederate_a prince_n 555._o great_a contest_v about_o religion_n in_o the_o diet_n 621._o the_o allegation_n of_o the_o papist_n against_o the_o protestant_n 622._o the_o decree_n of_o the_o diet_n 626._o augsburg_n cardinal_n of_o vindicate_v himself_o 633._o augustane_n confession_n read_v to_o charles_n the_o five_o 129._o oppugned_a by_o the_o popish_a divine_n 130._o augustine_n monk_n at_o wittenberg_n forbear_v say_v mass_n 49._o two_o augustine_n friar_n examine_v at_o brussels_n 63._o burn_v 64._o augustus_n sucee_v his_o brother_n maurice_n in_o the_o electorate_v of_o saxony_n 587._o call_v a_o convention_n of_o his_o state_n what_o be_v their_o answer_n to_o his_o proposal_n ibid._n refuse_v to_o appear_v at_o the_o diet_n of_o ausburg_n 612._o austrian_a nobility_n petition_n ferdinand_n for_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n 285._o they_o renew_v their_o instance_n 287._o they_o address_v again_o 628._o their_o reply_n to_o ferdinand_n answer_n 630._o ferdinand_n answer_n to_o their_o reply_n 632._o b_o baden_n a_o disputation_n there_o of_o both_o party_n of_o swisser_n 105._o the_o point_v dispute_v of_o ibid._n bamberg_n wigand_n bishop_n of_o quarrel_n with_o the_o elector_n of_o brandenburg_n 152._o barbarossa_n the_o turkish_a admiral_n take_v castlenovo_n 251._o lie_v with_o his_o fleet_n at_o thoulon_n 314._o he_o besieges_n the_o castle_n of_o nizza_n ibid._n when_o he_o can_v not_o take_v it_o he_o retire_v to_o thoulon_n 316._o as_o he_o retire_v from_o thoulon_n make_v sad_a ravages_n in_o italy_n 326._o barn_n rich._n burn_a at_o london_n 269._o basil-council_n assert_v the_o superiority_n of_o council_n to_o a_o pope_n 10._o oecolampadius_n preach_v there_o 76._o great_a dissension_n about_o religion_n 116._o image_n break_v down_o and_o burn_v upon_o ash-wednesday_n 117_o mass_n abolish_v there_o ibid._n the_o form_n of_o the_o safe_a conduct_n which_o be_v grant_v at_o the_o council_n of_o basil_n 539._o bavaria_n the_o duke_n oppose_v the_o election_n of_o ferdinand_n king_n of_o the_o roman_n 158._o the_o d._n of_o bavaria_n intercede_v for_o the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n 307._o beaton_n david_n cardinal_n archbishop_n of_o st._n andrews_n kill_v 382._o beckon_v otho_n give_v the_o
give_v in_o their_o opinion_n of_o it_o 547._o cheregatus_fw-la franciscus_n legate_n to_o p._n adrian_n at_o nuremberg_n 57_o city_n of_o the_o empire_n complain_v against_o the_o diet_n at_o normiberg_n 65._o and_o in_o the_o diet_n of_o spire_n against_o the_o decree_n of_o worm_n 103._o they_o complain_v against_o mendicant_a friar_n 104._o immunity_n of_o the_o clergy_n ibid._n and_o against_o holy_a day_n ibid._n city_n for_o the_o reform_a religion_n protest_v against_o the_o decree_n of_o spire_n 120._o be_v for_o acknowledge_v ferdinand_n king_n of_o the_o roman_n 151._o some_o city_n quarrel_n at_o the_o tax_n lay_v at_o coblentz_n to_o carry_v on_o the_o war_n at_o munster_n 198._o catholic_n city_n complain_v that_o they_o be_v exclude_v from_o the_o prince_n council_n at_o ratisbon_n 282._o some_o city_n refuse_v at_o spire_n to_o grant_v subsidy_n against_o the_o french_a 326._o they_o refuse_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n at_o augsbourg_n 440._o clareback_n adolph_n burn_v at_o cologne_n for_o religion_n 121._o clement_n the_o v._o insert_v into_o the_o canon-law_n that_o emperor_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o pope_n 38._o clement_n the_o vii_o succeed_v to_o adrian_n 66._o send_v cardinal_n campegio_n to_o the_o diet_n at_o nuremberg_n ibid._n write_v to_o d._n frederick_n of_o saxony_n ibid._n send_v a_o golden_a rose_n to_o henry_n the_o viii_o of_o england_n 75._o write_v to_o the_o parliament_n of_o paris_n 97._o enter_v into_o a_o league_n with_o charles_n the_o v._o 105._o write_v expostulatory_a letter_n to_o he_o 106._o write_v to_o the_o king_n of_o poland_n to_o be_v ready_a to_o send_v deputy_n to_o a_o general_n council_n 142._o send_v a_o legate_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n 162._o his_o legate_n speech_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n ibid._n go_v to_o marseilles_n to_o meet_v francis_n 168._o marry_v his_o niece_n catharine_n de_fw-fr medicis_n to_o his_o son_n henry_n ibid._n die_n 174._o cleve_n duke_n of_o cleve_n sue_v to_o the_o emperor_n for_o guelderland_n 266._o his_o treaty_n with_o the_o french_a king_n 277._o marry_v the_o queen_n of_o navarre_n daughter_n ibid._n retake_v duren_n 304._o a_o pacification_n attempt_v between_o he_o and_o the_o emperor_n 307._o submit_v to_o the_o emperor_n 315._o renounce_v his_o league_n with_o france_n and_o demand_v his_o wife_n 316._o intercede_v with_o the_o archbishop_n of_o cologne_n to_o lay_v down_o his_o bishopric_n 418._o coblentz_n a_o town_n in_o the_o bishopric_n of_o trier_n upon_o the_o confluence_n of_o the_o rhine_n and_o the_o moselle_n 13._o some_o prince_n meet_v there_o to_o quiet_a the_o stir_v of_o munster_n 197._o cologne_n university_n condemn_v luther_n write_n 27._o condemn_v and_o burn_v reuchlin_n book_n 30._o the_o elector_n of_o cologne_n herman_n call_v a_o provincial_a council_n 209._o endeavour_n a_o reformation_n 310._o confer_v with_o bucer_n ibid._n oppose_v by_o the_o clergy_n 311._o who_o publish_v their_o antididagma_a ibid._n and_o oppose_v bucer_n ibid._n the_o bishop_n mediates_n for_o the_o duke_n of_o cleve_n 313._o the_o clergy_n plead_v against_o their_o archbishop_n 340._o they_o appeal_v to_o the_o pope_n and_o emperor_n ibid._n the_o archbishop_n answer_v their_o appeal_n ibid._n they_o subscribe_v the_o appeal_n 341._o the_o archbishop_n be_v cite_v by_o the_o emperor_n and_o the_o pope_n 351._o answer_n to_o his_o citation_n to_o the_o emperor_n 352._o appeal_v to_o a_o council_n 411._o the_o archbishop_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o pope_n 417._o he_o be_v persuade_v to_o resign_v his_o bishopric_n 418._o vide_fw-la adolph_n count_n schauwenbourg_n herman_n the_o old_a bishop_n die_v 573._o conclave_n the_o ceremony_n there_o practise_v in_o the_o choose_n of_o pope_n 489._o confederate_a prince_n against_o charles_n the_o v._o propose_v condition_n to_o he_o 109._o vide_fw-la maurice_n consecration_n of_o all_o sort_n bell_n church_n altar_n etc._n etc._n 481_o 482._o constance_z council_z decree_v a_o pope_n subject_n to_o a_o council_n 9_o that_o safe_a conduct_n shall_v be_v null_a to_o declare_v heretic_n 47._o that_o the_o laity_n shall_v communicate_v in_o one_o kind_a ibid._n the_o bishop_n of_o constance_n hugh_n oppose_v zuinglius_fw-la 51._o send_v a_o book_n about_o image_n to_o the_o senate_n at_o zurich_n 72._o they_o abolish_v popery_n 112._o they_o send_v deputy_n with_o humble_a submission_n to_o the_o emperor_n 469._o their_o bishop_n die_v of_o a_o apoplexy_n ibid._n they_o repulse_n the_o spaniard_n who_o will_v seize_v the_o town_n 470._o upon_o their_o be_v proscribe_v they_o desire_v the_o swisser_n to_o intercede_v for_o they_o 471._o they_o surrender_v entire_o to_o the_o house_n of_o austria_n 474._o the_o condition_n upon_o which_o k._n ferdinand_n receive_v they_o ibid._n contarini_n card._n the_o pope_n legate_n at_o ratisbon_n his_o opinion_n at_o the_o diet_n 279._o his_o exhortation_n to_o the_o bishop_n 280._o his_o speech_n be_v communicate_v to_o the_o state_n ibid._n he_o give_v in_o other_o paper_n to_o the_o diet_n 281._o protest_v by_o letter_n against_o a_o national_a council_n 282._o accuse_v to_o the_o pope_n and_o die_v 299._o cosimo_n succeed_v alexander_n de_fw-fr medicis_n in_o the_o duchy_n of_o florence_n 210._o marry_v eleanor_n daughter_n to_o the_o viceroy_n of_o naples_n ibid._n cosmus_n vide_fw-la cosimo_n coyre_n bishop_n of_o coyre_n recall_v by_o the_o grison_n from_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 529._o cranmer_n tho._n a._n b._n of_o canterbury_n call_v bucer_n and_o fagius_n into_o england_n 479._o vindicate_v himself_o from_o the_o aspersion_n of_o the_o papist_n 590._o be_v send_v to_o the_o tower_n ibid._n burn_v at_o oxford_n ibid._n crescentio_n cardinal_n the_o pope_n legate_n at_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 518._o die_v at_o verona_n 548._o fall_v sick_a with_o see_v a_o apparition_n of_o a_o black_a dog_n ibid._n cronberg_n walter_n grand_a master_n of_o the_o teutonick_n order_n 99_o solicit_v char._n v._n for_o aid_n against_o albert_n the_o late_a grand_a master_n 139._o which_o be_v grant_v ibid._n the_o emperor_n in_o the_o diet_n of_o ratisbon_n ratify_v cronberg_n title_n 161._o cusanus_fw-la nicolaus_n cardinal_n vide_fw-la sigismond_n d_o decius_n philip_n write_v for_o the_o council_n of_o pisa_n 27._o denmark_n vide_fw-la christiern_n k._n of_o denmark_n send_v no_o aid_n to_o the_o protestant_n 415._o his_o ambassador_n intercede_v for_o the_o landgrave_n 534._o deux-ponts_n vide_fw-la wolfgang_n d._n of_o deux-ponts_n diazi_n john_n go_v to_o the_o conference_n at_o ratisbon_n 365._o be_v earnest_o persuade_v by_o malvenda_n to_o turn_v papist_n 366._o and_o by_o his_o brother_n alfonso_n diazi_n ibid._n go_v to_o newbourg_n ibid._n be_v assassinate_v there_o 367._o the_o ruffian_n flee_v to_o inspruck_a ibid._n ditlebius_n valentine_n his_o letter_n to_o frederick_n 33._o doria_n andrew_n a_o genoese_a char._n v_n admiral_n restore_v liberty_n to_o his_o country_n 416._o his_o kinsman_n joannin_n doria_n be_v kill_v in_o a_o insurrection_n ibid._n dragut_n a_o pirate_n force_v from_o tripoli_n by_o char._n v._n fly_v to_o constantinople_n 500_o e_o ebleben_n christopher_n negotiate_v a_o peace_n for_o the_o landgrave_n 430._o die_v for_o grief_n that_o the_o condition_n be_v so_o treachersou_o keep_v 434._o eckius_fw-la john_n write_v against_o luther_n 3._o dispute_n with_o he_o at_o leipzick_n 21._o maintain_v the_o pope_n supremacy_n against_o he_o 22._o exasperate_v the_o quarrel_n 24._o 34._o dispute_n at_o baden_n with_o oecolampadius_n 105._o dispute_n with_o leonard_n caesar_n 110._o answer_v the_o augustan_n confession_n 130._o answer_n the_o confession_n of_o the_o confederate_a city_n 139._o be_v reward_v for_o his_o zeal_n in_o oppugn_v heresy_n ibid._n be_v displease_v with_o the_o book_n which_o be_v present_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o ratisbon_n 278._o write_v to_o the_o prince_n against_o the_o collocutor_n 282._o eckius_fw-la a_o lawyer_n draw_v up_o luther_n charge_n at_o worm_n 42._o question_v he_o if_o he_o will_v defend_v his_o book_n ibid._n reply_v to_o luther_n plea_n 44._o command_v he_o to_o leave_v worm_n 46._o edward_n vi_o of_o england_n bear_v 232._o succeed_v his_o father_n 418._o beat_v the_o scot_n by_o the_o d._n of_o somerset_n 440._o establish_v the_o reformation_n in_o england_n 443._o publish_v a_o declaration_n about_o the_o war_n in_o scotland_n 454._o the_o mass_n be_v abolish_v in_o england_n 463._o the_o admiral_n the_o d._n of_o somerset_n brother_n be_v behead_v for_o treason_n 479._o trouble_n in_o his_o reign_n 485._o conclude_v a_o treaty_n of_o peace_n with_o france_n 492._o and_o a_o peace_n conclude_v 495._o bologne_n restore_v to_o the_o french_a ibid._n he_o die_v 585._o egmont_n charles_n count_n die_v 240._o eldo_n mathias_n vicechancellor_n to_o char._n v._o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o german_a prince_n 212._o his_o speech_n to_o they_o at_o smalcald_a 213._o his_o reply_n ex_fw-la tempore_fw-la to_o their_o answer_n 218._o he_o solicit_v
danube_n 12._o lion_n nine_o person_n burn_v there_o for_o heresy_n 587._o de_fw-fr lyre_n be_v send_v to_o the_o landgrave_n with_o condition_n 442._o locust_n in_o germany_n 298._o lorrain_n cardinal_n of_o harangue_n to_o the_o pope_n about_o a_o council_n 443._o louvain_n divine_v rail_v at_o luther_n 21._o condemn_v his_o write_n 27._o censure_v they_o public_o 31._o they_o propose_v article_n against_o the_o reformation_n which_o the_o emperor_n ratify_v 343._o lubecker_n make_v war_n against_o christian_a k._n of_o denmark_n son_n to_o frederick_n 203._o lucern_n one_o of_o the_o swisse-canton_n vide_fw-la swisser_n they_o study_v to_o introduce_v the_o reformation_n there_o but_o in_o vain_a 618._o luther_n martin_n preach_v against_o indulgence_n at_o wittenberg_n in_o 1517._o 2._o write_v octob._n 31._o to_o albert_n bishop_n of_o mentz_n and_o magdebourg_n against_o it_o ibid._n publish_v 95_o thesis_n against_o indulgence_n purgatory_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n send_v a_o 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
council_n of_o the_o empire_n 76._o the_o senate_n answer_n 79._o their_o minister_n draw_v up_o a_o apology_n ibid._n quarrel_n there_o about_o the_o mass_n 115._o they_o stience_n the_o popish_a minister_n ibid._n the_o bishop_n complain_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o spire_n 116._o mass_o abolish_v there_o ibid._n their_o deputy_n protest_v upon_o their_o be_v deny_v to_o sit_v in_o the_o diet_n 118._o their_o divine_n answer_v erasmus_n 122._o make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o evangelic_n canton_n of_o switzerland_n 126._o which_o be_v resent_v by_o the_o council_n of_o the_o empire_n ibid._n they_o with_o some_o other_o confederate_a city_n exhibit_v a_o confession_n at_o augsbourg_n to_o the_o emperor_n 130._o they_o debate_v the_o matter_n further_o against_o the_o emperor_n 138._o they_o be_v oppugn_v by_o popish_a divine_n ibid._n they_o set_v up_o a_o school_n 241._o their_o letter_n to_o the_o emperor_n to_o dissuade_v he_o from_o the_o war_n 378._o they_o make_v their_o peace_n and_o be_v fine_v 423._o they_o refuse_v the_o interim_n 464._o and_o stand_v to_o it_o to_o granvell_n 465._o they_o send_v their_o judgement_n of_o the_o interim_n to_o the_o emperor_n in_o a_o letter_n 471._o in_o a_o consultation_n they_o resolve_v to_o accept_v of_o the_o interim_n 472._o they_o send_v deputy_n with_o another_o letter_n to_o the_o emperor_n 473._o their_o bishop_n write_v to_o they_o about_o yield_v ib._n they_o be_v command_v to_o agree_v with_o their_o bishop_n 474._o they_o write_v to_o the_o emperor_n of_o the_o bishop_n unreasonable_a demand_n 478_o the_o bishop_n say_v mass_n again_o 479._o quarrel_n between_o he_o and_o the_o senate_n about_o the_o public_a professor_n 480._o the_o senate_n and_o the_o bishop_n agree_v 485._o mass_n first_o say_v in_o the_o cathedral_n 491._o deride_v by_o the_o people_n ibid._n whence_o the_o priest_n fly_v ibid._n the_o bishop_n complain_v to_o the_o emperor_n 496._o but_o the_o breach_n be_v make_v up_o ibid._n the_o bishop_n complain_v against_o the_o preacher_n 513._o the_o senate_n send_v sleidan_n their_o deputy_n to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 529._o vid._n sleidan_n they_o answer_v the_o demand_n of_o marq._n albert_n 571._o stroza_n peter_n a_o florentine_a gull_n the_o protestant_n with_o promise_n of_o money_n 404._o stupitz_n john_n general_n of_o the_o augustine_n friar_n 2._o stura_n steno_n vide_fw-la christiern_n sturmius_fw-la james_n die_v 594._o sweden_n vide_fw-la gustavus_n swisser_n oppose_v the_o election_n of_o francis_n i._o to_o the_o empire_n 14._o a_o account_n of_o their_o commonwealth_n 48._o have_v a_o custom_n that_o priest_n shall_v public_o keep_v concubine_n 51._o they_o complain_v against_o zuinglius_fw-la in_o a_o convention_n of_o estate_n 66._o they_o assemble_v at_o lucern_n and_o make_v edict_n against_o the_o new_a religion_n 67._o they_o remonstrate_v against_o those_o of_o zurick_n 69._o they_o join_v with_o zuinglius_fw-la in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o eucharist_n 97._o they_o meet_v 12_o canton_n to_o dispute_v at_o baden_n 105._o the_o popish_a canton_n make_v a_o league_n with_o ferdinand_n 118._o seed_n of_o civil_a war_n arise_v among_o themselves_o 120._o which_o be_v take_v up_o ibid._n they_o make_v a_o league_n for_o six_o year_n with_o the_o landgrave_n of_o helse_n 141._o do_v not_o refuse_v to_o join_v in_o the_o league_n of_o smalcald_a if_o comprehension_n be_v allow_v they_o 148._o not_o admit_v into_o the_o league_n 151._o the_o popish_a canton_n league_n against_o the_o zuricher_n 155._o they_o overcome_v the_o zuricher_n 156._o they_o overcome_v they_o again_o ibid._n they_o conclude_v a_o peace_n ibid._n the_o protestant_a canton_n intercede_v with_o the_o french_a king_n to_o remit_v his_o severity_n towards_o the_o protestant_n 210._o they_o answer_v the_o letter_n which_o be_v send_v to_o they_o by_o the_o state_n of_o the_o empire_n 323._o intercede_v to_o the_o french_a king_n for_o the_o waldenses_n 347._o they_o give_v a_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_n embassy_n 392._o they_o answer_v the_o emperor_n letter_n 398._o the_o protestant_a canton_n differ_v in_o their_o answer_n about_o the_o war_n from_o the_o popish_a one_o 399._o their_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_n demand_n 404._o two_o protestant_a canton_n refuse_v a_o league_n with_o henry_n ii_o king_n of_o france_n 484._o silvius_n aeneas_n vide_fw-la p._n pius_fw-la t._n tecelius_n john_n tetzel_n a_o dominican_n write_v against_o luther_n ninety_o five_o thesis_n 2._o teutonick_n order_n its_o institution_n 99_o they_o subdue_v prussia_n ibid._n thomas_n of_o becket_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 241._o kill_v by_o some_o of_o king_n henry_n ii_n court_n ibid._n his_o rich_a shrine_n ibid._n canonize_v 242._o toledo_n don_n francisco_n de_fw-la ambassador_n from_o the_o emperor_n at_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 374._o treat_v vigorous_o with_o the_o protestant_a ambassador_n there_o 539._o transylvania_n vaivod_n claim_v the_o kingdom_n of_o hungary_n against_o ferdinand_n 112._o write_v about_o it_o to_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o empire_n ibid._n invite_v solyman_n into_o germany_n 121._o be_v make_v king_n of_o hungary_n by_o solyman_n ibid._n die_n 269._o his_o son_n be_v deliver_v up_o to_o solyman_n 285._o make_v vaivod_n of_o transylvania_n ibid._n transylvania_n revolt_v from_o ferdinand_n 633._o tregerus_fw-la conradus_n dispute_v with_o the_o preacher_n of_o the_o reform_a religion_n at_o bern_n 111._o trent_n nominate_v by_o the_o pope_n to_o hold_v a_o council_n 292._o allow_v by_o the_o catholic_n prince_n of_o germany_n ibid._n protest_v against_o by_o the_o protestant_n ibid._n the_o council_n call_v 296._o it_o be_v open_v 361._o the_o first_o session_n ibid._n the_o decree_n of_o it_o 362._o the_o second_o session_n ibid._n the_o three_o session_n 373._o the_o four_o session_n with_o its_o decree_n 377._o the_o french_a ambassador_n speech_n in_o the_o council_n ibid._n it_o be_v put_v off_o 391._o what_o number_n of_o bishop_n be_v there_o ibid._n decree_v make_v there_o about_o justification_n 416._o the_o seven_o session_n 422._o the_o council_n be_v divide_v and_o some_o go_v to_o bononia_n 425._o the_o emperor_n deputy_n command_v not_o to_o stir_v thence_o ibid._n the_o councilis_n divide_v 439._o cardinal_z of_o trent_n speak_v to_o the_o pope_n about_o remove_v the_o council_n 443._o the_o council_n meet_v once_o more_o at_o trent_n 513._o sit_v formal_o 518._o receive_v the_o french_a king_n letter_n ibid._n the_o ceremony_n of_o their_o session_n 520._o the_o way_n of_o make_v article_n and_o canon_n 521._o they_o decree_v the_o business_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n 525._o they_o leave_v some_o thing_n to_o be_v dispute_v when_o the_o protestant_n shall_v come_v to_o the_o council_n 526._o the_o form_n of_o their_o safe_a conduct_n ibid._n they_o answer_v the_o french_a king_n letter_n 527._o they_o make_v decree_n about_o penance_n and_o extreme_a unction_n 530._o long_o debate_n about_o a_o safe_a conduct_n at_o trent_n 539._o they_o be_v wonderful_o divide_v 546._o fly_v from_o trent_n in_o haste_n 547._o and_o they_o prorogue_v the_o council_n for_o two_o year_n 548._o treves_n vide_fw-la trier_n trier_n elector_n make_v a_o speech_n for_o francis_n i._n 16._o persuade_v luther_n to_o yield_v 46._o very_o courteous_o ibid._n richard_n the_o elector_n make_v war_n with_o francis_n sic_v 56._o not_o for_o religion_n ibid._n kill_v several_a boor_n at_o worm_n 81._o after_o they_o have_v throw_v down_o their_o arm_n ibid._n die_n 149._o the_o elector_n of_o trier_n leave_v the_o council_n of_o trent_n 542._o truchse_n george_n head_n of_o the_o schwabian_a league_n 80._o rout_n the_o boor_n in_o schwaben_n ibid._n and_o at_o winsberg_n 81._o burn_v the_o town_n ibid._n rout_n other_o in_o franconia_n ibid._n make_v a_o speech_n to_o the_o protestant_a prince_n in_o the_o emperor_n name_n 134._o turegie_n vide_fw-la 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