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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 marry_v pr._n philip_n of_o spain_n ibid._n break_v wiat_n conspiracy_n 596._o behead_v jane_n grey_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o the_o suffolk_n ibid._n banish_v foreign_n protestant_n out_o of_o england_n 597._o publish_v a_o book_n of_o article_n about_o religion_n ibid._n commit_v the_o princess_n ellizabeth_n to_o the_o tower_n 598._o her_o marriage_n with_o k._n philip_n be_v solemnize_v with_o great_a splendour_n 604._o call_v a_o parliament_n wherein_o england_n be_v again_o subject_v to_o rome_n 605_o 606._o dissolve_v that_o parliament_n 607._o burn_v several_a for_o religion_n ibid._n she_o mediate_v a_o peace_n between_o the_o emperor_n and_o king_n of_o france_n 616._o it_o be_v report_v that_o she_o be_v with_o child_n ibid._n she_o increase_v the_o persecution_n in_o england_n ibid._n her_o ambassador_n return_v home_o from_o rome_n 618._o she_o call_v a_o parliament_n where_o she_o propose_v the_o restitution_n of_o the_o church-land_n in_o vain_a 627._o martyr_n peter_n come_v into_o england_n and_o profess_v divinity_n at_o oxon_n 443._o dispute_v there_o about_o the_o lord_n supper_n 483._o be_v in_o trouble_n upon_o edward_n death_n 590._o apply_v himself_o to_o cranmer_n ibid._n get_v leave_n to_o be_v go_v ibid._n go_v to_o zurich_n 637._o matthews_n john_n a_o great_a prophet_n among_o the_o anabaptist_n command_v a_o community_n of_o good_n 194._o run_v truteling_n through_o with_o a_o pike_n by_o inspiration_n ibid._n be_v run_v through_o himself_o by_o a_o soldier_n ibid._n maurice_n d._n of_o saxony_n marry_v the_o landgrave_n daughter_n 272._o quarrel_n with_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n 292._o be_v wound_v in_o hungary_n 304._o refuse_v to_o enter_v into_o the_o protestant_a league_n after_o his_o father_n death_n ibid._n make_v law_n for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o country_n 311._o endeavour_n a_o accommodation_n between_o the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n and_o the_o landgrave_n 353._o persuade_v the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n to_o 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 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