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ibid._n they_o be_v dilatory_a at_o rome_n ibid._n he_o marry_v anne_n boleyn_n 170._o be_v declare_v in_o parliament_n head_n of_o the_o church_n ibid._n revokes_n peter_n pence_n ibid._n send_v fox_n bishop_n of_o hereford_n ambassador_n to_o the_o protestant_n at_o smalcald_a 188._o his_o ambassador_n winter_n at_o wittenberg_n 205._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o protestant_n ibid._n he_o behead_v anne_n boleyn_n 206._o quell_v a_o rise_n in_o england_n 209._o his_o reason_n against_o the_o council_n of_o mantua_n 231._o his_o reason_n against_o the_o council_n at_o vicenza_n 250._o he_o enact_v in_o parliament_n several_a thing_n about_o religion_n 251._o marry_v anne_n of_o cleve_n ibid._n his_o answer_n to_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n ambassador_n 255._o behead_v romwel_o earl_n of_o essex_n 267._o be_v divorce_v from_o anne_n of_o cleve_n ibid._n marry_v catharine_n howard_n ibid._n burn_v papist_n and_o protestant_n for_o religion_n 269._o behead_v catharine_n howard_n for_o adultery_n 289._o marry_v catharine_n parr_n ibid._n make_v a_o successful_a war_n in_o scotland_n 324._o he_o make_v a_o expedition_n into_o france_n 327._o take_v bologne_n ibid._n make_v a_o treaty_n of_o peace_n with_o france_n 355._o forewarn_v the_o protestant_n in_o germany_n of_o their_o danger_n 356._o dies_z 418._o henry_n of_o zutphen_n suffer_v for_o religion_n in_o germany_n 75._o henry_n duke_n of_o saxony_n refuse_v to_o change_v his_o religion_n to_o gain_v the_o duchy_n 249._o but_o gain_v it_o by_o george_n death_n 250._o henry_n dauphin_z of_o france_n have_v a_o daughter_n 382._o henry_n the_o ii_o of_o france_n succeed_v to_o francis_n the_o i._o 424._o be_v crown_v 435._o the_o ceremony_n of_o it_o ibid._n persecute_v the_o lutheran_n severe_o in_o france_n 456._o enter_v paris_n in_o state_n 484._o crown_n his_o queen_n ibid._n persecute_v the_o lutheran_n ibid._n make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o swisser_n ibid._n regain_n several_a place_n from_o england_n 485._o publish_v another_o edict_n against_o the_o lutheran_n 492._o send_v a_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n about_o his_o assist_a octavio_n farnese_n 514._o he_o declare_v war_n against_o the_o emperor_n with_o his_o reason_n 517._o justify_v himself_o from_o league_n with_o the_o turk_n 518._o send_v the_o abbot_n of_o bellozane_n to_o trent_n with_o a_o letter_n to_o the_o council_n ibid._n he_o publish_v a_o edict_n against_o the_o pope_n 521._o and_o another_o against_o the_o lutheran_n ibid._n answer_v the_o emperor_n declaration_n 522._o hinder_v the_o swisser_n from_o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 528._o he_o send_v ambassador_n to_o duke_n maurice_n 529._o make_v peace_n with_o the_o pope_n 548._o he_o declare_v war_n against_o the_o emperor_n 553._o call_v himself_o protector_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o germany_n 554._o he_o take_v toul_n verdun_n metz_n 555._o take_v a_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n from_o the_o people_n of_o metz_n ibid._n his_o treaty_n with_o the_o strasburgher_n 557._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o prince_n ambassador_n 558._o the_o reason_n of_o his_o leave_v germany_n 559._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o swisser_n ibid._n he_o waste_v luxembourg_n 563._o his_o ambassador_n speech_n at_o the_o treaty_n of_o passaw_n 564._o he_o solicit_v again_o by_o letter_n from_o aichstadt_n 567._o he_o bring_v his_o man_n from_o luxembourg_n back_o into_o artois_n 571._o be_v offend_v with_o the_o pacification_n at_o passaw_n 572._o write_v to_o the_o emperor_n 576._o send_v a_o declartion_n to_o the_o state_n of_o the_o empire_n 577._o carry_v on_o the_o war_n in_o the_o low_a country_n 603._o but_o be_v beat_v in_o tuscany_n in_o the_o sienese_n war_n 604._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o diet_n at_o francfort_n ibid._n take_v casal_n 613._o carry_v on_o the_o war_n into_o montferrat_n 617._o hereford_n vide_fw-la fox_n herman_n vide_fw-la cologne_n hesse_n vide_fw-la philip_n landgrave_n hildesheym_n a_o city_n in_o the_o duchy_n of_o brunswick_n embrace_v the_o protestant_a religion_n 300._o they_o be_v accuse_v by_o their_o bishop_n to_o the_o emperor_n 313._o hogostratus_fw-la james_n a_o dominican_n write_v against_o luther_n 4._o commissioned_n by_o maximilian_n to_o examine_v jewish_a book_n 30._o write_v against_o reuchlin_n ibid._n be_v cast_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o spire_n ibid._n appeal_n to_o rome_n ibid._n leave_v his_o cause_n ibid._n examine_v two_o augustine_n friar_n at_o brussels_n 63._o holland_n a_o inundation_n there_o 137._o hooper_n john_n bishop_n of_o gloucester_n burn_v for_o his_o religion_n 607._o huberine_n caspar_n a_o interimist_n preach_v at_o augsbourg_n 535._o hugh_n capet_n make_v himself_o king_n of_o france_n 150._o huglie_a john_n a_o protestant_a burn_v for_o religion_n by_o the_o bishop_n of_o constance_n 105._o hungarian_n beg_v for_o assistance_n at_o the_o diet_n of_o spire_n 324._o their_o horse_n join_v duke_n maurice_n 409._o husse_v john_n preach_v wiclef_n doctrine_n 46._o appeal_v from_o the_o pope_n to_o christ_n ibid._n went_n to_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n with_o safe_a conduct_n 47._o there_o burn_v ibid._n hutton_n ulricus_n a_o noble_a man_n of_o franconia_n 65._o favour_n luther_n and_o die_v ibid._n i_o james_n the_o v._o of_o scotland_n marry_v king_n francis_n daughter_n 209._o his_o queen_n die_v 230._o make_v a_o war_n with_o england_n unsuccessful_o 304._o dies_z ibid._n jerome_n bishop_n of_o brandenbourg_n 2._o jerome_n of_o prague_n burn_v at_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n 47._o jerome_n bishop_n of_o ascoli_n summons_n luther_n by_o p._n leo_n order_n to_o appear_v at_o rome_n 5._o jew_n compare_v with_o roman_a clergy_n 29._o illyricus_n mathias_n flaccius_n write_v against_o the_o adiaphorist_n 498._o imperial_a chamber_n vide_fw-la protestant_n be_v set_v up_o again_o in_o the_o diet_n at_o augsbourg_n 466._o the_o judge_n fly_v from_o spire_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o confederate_a prince_n 557._o they_o answer_v marquis_n albert_n deputation_n about_o the_o franconian_a bishop_n 577._o they_o decree_v in_o favour_n of_o the_o bishop_n 578._o indulgence_n preach_v up_o in_o germany_n 1_o 2._o confirm_a by_o pope_n clement_n decree_n in_o the_o extravagant_n 9_o why_o grant_v 273._o indult_n vide_fw-la p._n paul_n the_o iii_o p._n innocent_a the_o iii_o decree_v to_o the_o electoral_a prince_n a_o right_a of_o choose_v the_o emperor_n 21._o his_o decree_n de_fw-la majoritate_fw-la &_o obedientia_fw-la 107._o inquisition_n its_o original_a 434._o inquisitor_n about_o the_o emperor_n edict_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o netherlands_o how_o they_o proceed_v 498._o interim_n draw_v up_o at_o augsbourg_n 454._o the_o head_n of_o it_o 458._o often_o revise_v and_o correct_v 459._o send_v to_o rome_n ibid._n the_o elector_n differ_v in_o their_o opinion_n about_o it_o ibid._n those_o who_o draw_v it_o up_o be_v reward_v 468._o it_o be_v dislike_v on_o both_o side_n ibid._n confute_v by_o the_o saxon_a divine_n 481._o joachim_n elector_n of_o brandenbourg_n send_v a_o embassy_n to_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n 242._o send_v agent_n to_o eysenach_n 244._o make_a geneali_fw-la ssimo_fw-la against_o the_o turk_n 292._o he_o strike_v in_o with_o the_o papist_n in_o the_o war_n against_o the_o smalcaldick_n league_n 375._o interpose_n for_o a_o peace_n 418._o with_o the_o landgrave_n ibid._n intereede_v for_o saxony_n 427._o and_o his_o life_n be_v spare_v at_o his_o intercession_n 428._o intercede_v for_o the_o landgrave_n 429._o remonstrate_v to_o the_o emperor_n for_o he_o at_o hall_n 433._o call_v bucer_n to_o augsbourg_n 454._o angry_a with_o he_o for_o not_o subscribe_v the_o interim_n 457._o receive_v the_o interim_n 461._o act_n with_o duke_n maurice_n in_o the_o magdeburgick_a war_n 505_o 506._o he_o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o conncil_n of_o trent_n 526._o his_o ambassador_n with_o those_o of_o d._n maurice_n solicit_v the_o emperor_n about_o the_o landgrave_n 531._o john_n 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