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four_o day_n final_o he_o be_v admit_v &_o then_o the_o pope_n propound_v unto_o he_o these_o law_n he_o shall_v represent_v himself_o to_o be_v examine_v he_o shall_v answer_v unto_o the_o accusation_n of_o the_o prince_n if_o he_o be_v convict_v he_o shall_v for_o go_v the_o empire_n &_o shall_v not_o conspire_v any_o vengeance_n the_o mean_a while_n he_o shall_v live_v as_o a_o private_a man_n and_o shall_v do_v nothing_o in_o public_a person_n he_o shall_v quit_v his_o subject_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o oath_n he_o shall_v put_v from_o he_o his_o counsellor_n and_o familly_a friend_n if_o he_o do_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o contrary_a the_o grace_n which_o be_v now_o show_v unto_o he_o shall_v be_v of_o no_o value_n and_o it_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o lybertye_n of_o the_o prince_n to_o substitute_n incontinent_o another_o these_o law_n be_v approve_v of_o the_o
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unto_o daughter_n hereupon_o spring_v a_o terrible_a war_n the_o which_o yet_o at_o this_o day_n be_v not_o well_o appease_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o emperor_n charles_n be_v very_o troublesome_a at_o the_o beginning_n edward_n king_n of_o england_n be_v also_o choose_v emperor_n but_o he_o will_v not_o accept_v it_o as_o it_o be_v report_v because_o of_o the_o war_n where_o in_o he_o be_v occupy_v against_o the_o frenchman_n the_o emperor_n charles_n have_v appease_v diverse_a innimity_n through_o germany_n draw_v into_o italy_n &_o at_o the_o consent_n of_o pope_n innocent_a the_o vi_o who_o be_v in_o france_n be_v crown_v at_o rome_n by_o certain_a cardinal_n under_o condition_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o sojourn_v neither_o at_o rome_n nor_o in_o italy_n empire_n institution_n of_o the_o viccaire_n of_o the_o empire_n wherefore_o he_o return_v to_o milan_n where_o he_o grant_v to_o the_o family_n of_o vicontes_n who_o then_o be_v of_o great_a power_n in_o that_o town_n that_o 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and_o the_o town_n of_o bourdeaux_n he_o be_v take_v in_o the_o battle_n very_o never_a poitiers_n with_o philip_n the_o least_o of_o his_o son_n man_n john_n king_n of_o france_n take_v of_o the_o englyshe_a man_n who_o be_v afterward_o duke_n of_o bourgony_n surname_v the_o hardy_n diverse_a of_o the_o chief_a nobility_n be_v slay_v in_o that_o battle_n they_z that_o have_v write_v the_o annal_n witness_v that_o the_o englishemen_n be_v no_o more_o than_o seven_o thousand_o and_o on_o the_o contrary_n that_o that_o frenchmen_n be_v come_v thither_o in_o a_o infinite_a number_n even_o about_o sixty_o m._n this_o come_v to_o pass_v the_o year_n a_o m._n ccc_o l._n vi_o the_o xx_o of_o september_n the_o king_n be_v lead_v captive_a into_o england_n where_o he_o die_v vii_o year_n after_o wenceslaus_n as_o writing_n do_v mention_n be_v very_o vicious_a aswell_o of_o his_o nature_n and_o bring_v up_o wenceslaus_n wenceslaus_n as_o of_o his_o manner_n of_o live_v &_o take_v no_o care_n of_o the_o public_a weal_n he_o have_v receive_v penny_n of_o john_n galeatius_fw-la who_o be_v of_o the_o house_n of_o vicontes_n milan_n galeatius_fw-la the_o first_fw-mi duke_n of_o milan_n he_o make_v he_o duke_n of_o milan_n &_o of_o lomberdy_n notwithstanding_o that_o he_o be_v a_o covetous_a and_o cruel_a man_n in_o his_o reign_n jagello_n duke_n of_o lituanie_n be_v elect_v by_o the_o will_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o prince_n king_n of_o polonia_n after_o the_o death_n of_o king_n ludovicus_n he_o be_v then_o first_o baptize_v and_o name_v vladislaus_n he_z is_z the_o double_a great_a grandfather_n of_o sigismondus_n the_o ii_o who_o now_o reign_v turcke_v the_o king_n of_o hungary_n defeict_v by_o the_o turcke_v sigismundus_n king_n of_o hungary_n be_v vainquish_v never_o unto_o nicopole_n by_o bajazeth_n emperor_n of_o the_o turck_n the_o last_v of_o september_n the_o king_n of_o france_n charles_n the_o vi_o of_o that_o name_n have_v send_v a_o brave_a chevallry_n unto_o the_o succour_n of_o the_o hungarian_n whereof_o john_n son_n of_o philip_n the_o hardie_n duke_n of_o burgony_n have_v the_o conduction_n who_o be_v take_v in_o the_o battle_n &_o present_v unto_o the_o great_a turk_n be_v in_o extreme_a danger_n of_o his_o person_n not_o withstand_v he_o escape_v after_o a_o strange_a manner_n mean_n john_n of_o bourgonie_n deliver_v by_o a_o strange_a mean_n which_o recite_v the_o annal_n of_o france_n bajazeth_n have_v one_o of_o his_o familiares_fw-la who_o be_v of_o they_o that_o make_v profession_n &_o boast_v themselves_o to_o know_v the_o disposition_n &_o nature_n of_o man_n in_o behold_v the_o body_n the_o eye_n the_o visage_n &_o the_o forehead_n he_o have_v cast_v his_o eye_n sight_n upon_o the_o prisoner_n persuade_v that_o emperor_n to_o let_v he_o go_v safe_a see_v that_o at_o his_o return_n into_o his_o country_n it_o will_v so_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o he_o shall_v kindle_v a_o fire_n wherewith_o the_o most_o part_n of_o europa_n or_o of_o christendom_n shall_v be_v inflame_v bajazeth_n beleve_v he_o &_o let_v go_v the_o prisoner_n with_o the_o other_o gentle_a man_n after_o he_o have_v receive_v their_o ransom_n which_o do_v amount_v unto_o cc._o m._n crown_n john_n be_v return_v into_o france_n begin_v to_o set_v himself_o against_o ludovicus_n duke_n of_o orleans_n who_o be_v the_o king_n brother_n for_o he_o sing_v the_o king_n his_o brother_n to_o be_v hold_v with_o a_o incurable_a disease_n will_v handle_v the_o affair_n &_o have_v government_n be_v cause_n that_o he_o be_v his_o near_a kinsman_n john_n of_o bourgony_n on_o the_o contrary_n perceave_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o king_n cousin_n and_o great_a in_o age_n philip_n his_o father_n be_v dead_a will_v go_v before_o their_o quarrel_n increase_v daily_o in_o such_o sort_n that_o the_o duke_n of_o orleans_n be_v at_o length_n slay_v at_o paris_n as_o he_o return_v to_o his_o lodging_n after_o supper_n the_o murderer_n be_v hire_v by_o the_o duke_n of_o bourgonie_n the_o which_o he_o deny_v not_o and_o likewise_o approve_v that_o which_o be_v do_v this_o befall_v in_o the_o year_n a_o m._n cccc_o vii_o the_o nine_o of_o december_n twelve_o year_n after_o when_o the_o say_a duke_n of_o bourgonie_n come_v to_o the_o place_n appoint_v for_o the_o parise_n of_o the_o matter_n burgonye_n the_o death_n of_o john_n of_o burgonye_n not_o withstand_v the_o assurance_n make_v unto_o he_o he_o be_v dispatch_v by_o certain_a familiar_n of_o the_o aforesaid_a duke_n of_o orleans_n who_o have_v conspire_v against_o he_o the_o murder_n be_v do_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o dolphin_n who_o presede_v in_o the_o lead_v of_o the_o matter_n this_o be_v the_o original_n &_o beginning_n of_o the_o war_n which_o from_o that_o time_n have_v not_o cease_v even_o unto_o this_o day_n to_o be_v renew_a from_o time_n to_o time_n between_o these_o two_o famaly_n because_o that_o the_o emperor_n wenceslaus_n be_v despise_v for_o his_o unmanlines_n the_o prince_n do_v put_v he_o from_o beside_o his_o estate_n &_o elect_v in_o his_o place_n robert_n palatin_n emperor_n robert_n palatin_n emperor_n this_o man_n forthwith_o apply_v his_o mind_n to_o correct_v that_o which_o wenceslaus_n have_v do_v amise_n &_o will_v not_o ratify_v the_o grant_n that_o his_o predecessor_n have_v make_v unto_o john_n galeatius_fw-la so_o that_o he_o be_v mind_v to_o bring_v lombardy_n again_o in_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o empire_n but_o as_o he_o forca_v to_o go_v into_o italy_n aswell_o for_o this_o cause_n as_o for_o other_o he_o be_v let_v yea_o repulse_v by_o the_o above_o say_v galeatius_fw-la the_o estate_n of_o italy_n be_v then_o very_o troublesome_a through_o the_o fault_n chief_o of_o charles_n &_o wenceslaus_n who_o have_v overmuch_o licence_v &_o grant_v unto_o those_o people_n for_o beside_o galeatiê°_n who_o of_o late_o be_v
74_o galeatius_fw-la the_o first_o duke_n of_o milan_n fol._n 97_o hannibal_n poyson_v himself_o fol._n 21_o heliogabalus_n fol._n 38_o hieromes_n sentence_n fol._n 49_o heraclius_n victory_n fol._n 60_o henry_n the_o second_o fol._n 77_o henry_n the_o three_o idem_fw-la julius_n cesar_n overthrow_v the_o swicer_n fol._n 28_o inconstantie_n of_o cicero_n fol._n 32_o jesus_n christ_n birth_n fol._n 34_o jesus_n christ_n death_n fol._n 36_o julianus_n fol._n 47_o jovinianus_n idem_fw-la justinus_n emperor_n of_o grecia_n fol._n 56_o john_n king_n of_o france_n take_v of_o the_o english_a man_n fol._n 97_o john_n of_o bourgony_n delyver_v by_o a_o strange_a mean_n idem_fw-la lysimachus_n fol._n 12_o l._n luculus_n against_o mithridates_n fol._n 27_o leges_fw-la juliae_fw-la fol._n 32_o litorius_n against_o the_o goth_n fol._n 32_o leo_n emperor_n fol._n 54_o lie_n and_o falsholde_n in_o the_o pope_n history_n fol._n 56_o long_a war_n against_o the_o saxon_n fol._n 69_o ludovicus_n the_o maffler_n fol._n 73_o learning_n and_o good_a letter_n reestablissh_v fol._n 99_o melius_n slay_v for_o his_o ambition_n fol._n 14_o m._n antonius_n the_o philosopher_n fol._n 37_o maximinus_n empe._n fol._n 38_o martianus_n empe._n fol._n 52_o mauritius_n empe._n fol._n 59_o mahomet_n koran_n &_o the_o beginning_n of_o his_o authority_n fol._n 60_o marriage_n forbid_v to_o priest_n fol._n 64_o nimrod_n the_o first_o king_n of_o chaldea_n fol._n 1_o nabuchodonozor_n power_n fol._n 5_o notable_a jurisconsulle_n fol._n 16_o nestorius_n condemn_v fol._n 5_o narses_n the_o eunuch_n fol._n 57_o odoacer_n subdue_v italy_n fol._n 54_o ottomanus_n the_o first_o emp._n of_o the_o turk_n fol._n 66_o otho_fw-la first_o of_o that_o name_n fol._n 75_o otho_n displace_v the_o pope_n idem_fw-la otho_n the_o second_o fol._n 76_o otho_n take_v by_o pirate_n idem_fw-la otho_n the_o three_o idem_fw-la ptolomeus_n philadelphus_n father_n of_o good_a letter_n fol._n 12_o papyrius_n cursor_n fol._n 15_o pyrchus_n against_o the_o roman_n fol._n 16_o persta_fw-la king_n of_o the_o macedonian_n take_a prisoner_n fol._n 21_o probus_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o death_n fol._n 43_o phocas_n fol._n 59_o pipine_v king_n of_o france_n aid_v the_o pope_n fol._n 64_o privilege_n of_o the_o emperor_n fol._n 75_o printing_n invent_v fol._n 99_o quintus_fw-la fabius_n a_o most_o prudent_a captain_n fol._n 17_o resination_n of_o the_o empire_n fol._n 43_o rome_n take_v by_o the_o goth_n fol._n 51_o rome_n take_v by_o the_o wandale_n fol._n 53_o rome_n take_v by_o totilas_n fol._n 57_o rome_n rob_v by_o constans_n fol._n 61_o robert_n king_n of_o france_n fol._n 77_o robert_n palatine_n emperor_n fol._n 98_o revelation_n of_o antichrist_n fol._n 104_o semiramis_n and_o her_o nobleness_n fol._n 2_o sardanapalus_n and_o his_o end_n fol._n 3_o socrates_n the_o fountain_n of_o philosophy_n fol._n 15_o scipio_n victory_n in_o africa_n fol._n 19_o septimus_n severus_n fol._n 38_o sapor_n king_n of_o persia_n fol._n 39_o synod_n or_o counsel_n at_o constantinople_n fol._n 49_o strife_n between_o the_o greek_n and_o the_o latin_n fol._n 88_o sigismundus_n emperor_n fol._n 98_o the_o wynning_a of_o jerusalem_n fol._n 4_o the_o war_n of_o the_o persian_n fol._n 8_o the_o penoponicall_a war_n against_o the_o athenian_n fol._n 8_o the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o athenian_n in_o sicilia_n fol._n 9_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o four_o monarchy_n fol._n 12_o the_o time_n in_o which_o rome_n be_v buylte_n fol._n 13_o the_o war_n of_o troy_n eodem_fw-la the_o beginning_n of_o the_o roman_n eodem_fw-la the_o first_o government_n at_o rome_n eodem_fw-la the_o fabiens_n slaughter_n eodem_fw-la the_o three_o mutation_n of_o the_o roman_a policy_n fol._n 14_o the_o first_o war_n of_o carthage_n fol._n 16_o the_o second_o war_n of_o carthage_n fol._n 17_o the_o third_o war_n of_o carthage_n fol._n 22_o the_o war_n of_o numance_n fol._n 23_o the_o war_n of_o bondman_n and_o slave_n eodem_fw-la the_o birth_n of_o cicero_n fol._n 24_o the_o law_n of_o sylla_n fol._n 26_o the_o first_o plead_v of_o cicero_n eodem_fw-la the_o exile_n of_o cicero_n fol._n 29_o the_o four_o and_o last_o monarchy_n fol._n 32_o the_o yearly_a revenewe_n of_o egypt_n fol._n 33_o tyrant_n fol._n 44_o the_o counsel_n of_o nice_a against_o arrius_n fol._n 45_o the_o emperor_n excommunicate_v by_o the_o pope_n fol._n 50_o the_o sixth_o counsel_n of_o carthage_n eodem_fw-la the_o deceit_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n disclose_v eodem_fw-la the_o treason_n of_o stilico_n eodem_fw-la the_o wandale_n enter_v into_o africa_n fol._n 51_o the_o briton_n drive_v out_o by_o the_o englyshe_a man_n fol._n 52_o the_o first_o foundation_n of_o venice_n fol._n 53_o the_o number_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o venice_n eodem_fw-la the_o counsel_n of_o chalcedon_n eodem_fw-la the_o west_n empire_n sore_o afflict_v fol._n 54_o the_n lumbards_n enter_v into_o italy_n fol._n 59_o the_o four_o counsel_n of_o toletanum_n fel._n 60_o the_o sixth_o counsel_n of_o constantinople_n fol._n 62_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o turk_n fol._n 66_o the_o number_n of_o emperor_n murder_v fol._n 67_o the_o great_a master_n of_o france_n and_o their_o credit_n fol._n 68_o the_o empire_n renew_v by_o charlemagne_n fol._n 70_o the_o seven_o electour_n of_o the_o empire_n institute_v fol._n 77_o the_o son_n against_o the_o father_n fol._n 85_o the_o counsel_n of_o latran_n fol._n 88_o the_o evening_n of_o sicilia_n fol._n 93_o the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o templars_n fol._n 94_o two_o emperor_n crown_v fol._n 95_o the_o first_o tenthes_o eodem_fw-la the_o golden_a bull._n fol._n 96_o the_o king_n of_o hungary_n defeat_v by_o the_o turk_n fol._n 97_o the_o pope_n court_n transfer_v into_o france_n fol._n 98_o the_o papacy_n as_o cerberus_n have_v three_o head_n fol._n 99_o the_o counsel_n of_o constance_n eodem_fw-la the_o prophecy_n of_o daniel_n expound_v fol._n 101_o the_o four_o beast_n eodem_fw-la the_o ten_o horn_n fol._n 102_o the_o wicked_a doctrine_n of_o mahomet_n eodem_fw-la the_o ram_n and_o the_o goat_n eodem_fw-la the_o pope_n and_o the_o turk_n enemy_n of_o they_o pyre_n fol._n 103_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o fifte_n monarchy_n eodem_fw-la the_o three_o horn_n of_o the_o turk_n fol._n 104_o the_o fury_n of_o satan_n at_o the_o end_n eodem_fw-la victory_n of_o pompeius_n against_o mithridates_n fol._n 27_o victory_n of_o cesar_n in_o africa_n fol._n 31_o vlpianus_n jurisconsull_n fol._n 38_o valerianus_n fol._n 40_o vitigis_fw-la king_n of_o the_o goth_n take_v prisoner_n fol._n 57_o usurpation_n of_o the_o pope_n over_o the_o empire_n fol._n 63_o vitory_n of_o charles_n the_o fifte_n in_o africa_n fol._n 100_o vnstabilitie_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o milan_n fol._n 101_o victory_n of_o alexander_n fol._n 102_o war_n against_o philippe_n of_o macedonia_n fol._n 19_o war_n against_o antiochus_n king_n of_o syria_n eodem_fw-la war_n against_o jugurtha_n fol._n 24_o war_n against_o mithridates_n fol._n 25_o 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