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the_o second_o and_o rodolphus_n the_o second_o he_o celebrate_v theeleaventh_fw-mi jubilee_n in_o anno_fw-la 1575._o and_o hold_v the_o see_v twelve_o year_n xi_o month_n twelve_o day_n vacant_a eleven_o day_n 1585._o 236_o sixtus_n the_o five_o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr march_n d'_fw-fr ancona_n cardinal_a de_fw-fr montalto_n call_v f._n foelix_n peret_n of_o the_o friar_n minor_n order_v cardinal_a priest_n under_o rodolphus_n the_o second_o he_o hold_v the_o see_v five_o year_n four_o month_n xxi_o day_n vacant_a fouretéene_a day_n 237_o vrbane_n the_o seven_o a_o roman_a 1590._o call_v john_n baptista_n castagnia_n son_n of_o cosimo_n cardinal_n of_o s._n marcellus_n under_o rodolphus_n the_o second_o he_o hold_v the_o see_v fifteen_o day_n vacant_a two_o month_n 238_o gregory_n the_o fourteen_o a_o milanois_n 1590._o call_v nicholas_n sfondratus_n cardinal_n of_o s._n cecilia_n under_o rodolphus_n the_o second_o he_o hold_v the_o see_v ten_o month_n ten_o day_n vacant_a fifteen_o day_n 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under_o obedience_n to_o the_o s._n see_v and_o celebrate_v the_o twelve_o jubilee_n in_o the_o year_n 1600._o 241_o leo_n the_o xi_o a_o florentine_a likewise_o 1605_o called_z alexander_z de_fw-fr medicis_n son_n unto_o octavian_n of_o the_o most_o famous_a house_n of_o the_o medici_n of_o bishop_n of_o pistoya_n become_v bishop_n of_o florence_n and_o ambassador_n of_o frances_n de_fw-fr medicis_n great_a duke_n of_o tuscany_n unto_o pope_n gregory_n the_o thirteen_o he_o be_v make_v cardinal_n be_v entitle_v with_o saint_n quirice_n and_o saint_n julita_n after_o of_o saint_n john_n and_o saint_n paul_n and_o in_o the_o end_n of_o saint_n praxedes_o be_v send_v legate_n into_o france_n by_o pope_n clement_n the_o eight_o he_o mediate_v the_o peace_n with_o the_o spanyarde_n and_o return_v to_o rome_n he_o be_v make_v chief_a of_o the_o congregation_n of_o bishop_n and_o the_o second_o of_o april_n 1605._o he_o be_v create_v pope_n but_o his_o pontificate_n be_v of_o small_a continuance_n because_o he_o hold_v the_o see_v but_o seven_o and_o twenty_o day_n only_o and_o die_v the_o seven_o and_o twenty_o day_n of_o the_o say_a month_n under_o the_o same_o rodolphus_n the_o second_o 1605_o 242_o paul_n the_o fifte_n a_o roman_a original_o descend_v from_o sienna_n call_v camillo_n borghese_n who_o have_v be_v referendary_a unto_o either_o signature_n vicar_n of_o the_o patryarchall_a church_n of_o saint_n maria_n maior_n vice-legate_n to_o bolognia_n general_n auditor_n of_o the_o apostolic_a chamber_n and_o nuntio_n from_o the_o s._n see_v into_o spain_n he_o be_v make_v cardinal_n priest_n of_o saint_n eusebius_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1596._o by_o pope_n clement_n the_o eight_o and_o afterward_o bishop_n of_o esino_n in_o the_o marchia_n d'ancona_fw-la after_o the_o decease_n of_o pope_n leo_n the_o eleaventh_o he_o be_v elect_v in_o his_o place_n the_o sixteen_o day_n of_o may_n 1605._o as_o yet_o to_o this_o present_a year_n 1611._o he_o remain_v lyve_v and_o have_v hold_v the_o papacy_n the_o space_n of_o five_o year_n and_o somewhat_o more_o to_o the_o honourable_a company_n of_o the_o merchant_n tailor_n be_v the_o society_n of_o saint_n john_n baptist_n ¶_o a_o brief_a collection_n of_o the_o original_a and_o progress_n of_o the_o knight_n of_o the_o worthy_a order_n of_o s._n john_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o be_v afterward_o call_v knight_n of_o rhodes_n and_o knight_n of_o malta_n likewise_o their_o exploit_n in_o war_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o their_o great_a master_n from_o the_o year_n 1099._o until_o this_o present_a with_o some_o as_o brief_a report_n also_o of_o the_o knight_n templar_n and_o all_o other_o order_n of_o knight_n hood_n through_o the_o world_n the_o military_a order_n of_o s._n john_n of_o â—erusalem_fw-la 1099_o have_v her_o birth_n and_o first_o original_a in_o the_o holy_a city_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o pass_v there_o her_o first_o year_n of_o infancy_n with_o a_o great_a part_n of_o her_o 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country_n all_o about_o the_o sacred_a sepulchre_n of_o our_o lord_n which_o be_v ruin_v about_o the_o year_n of_o salvation_n 1012._o by_o the_o commandment_n of_o equin_n califfe_n of_o the_o sarrazin_n and_o continue_v so_o ruin_v until_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n monomachus_n emperor_n of_o constantinople_n who_o at_o the_o entreaty_n of_o the_o christian_n which_o then_o dwelte_v in_o jerusalem_n with_o the_o consent_n of_o bomensor_n elmonius_n stensabus_n califfe_n or_o soldan_n of_o egypt_n build_v it_o again_o at_o his_o own_o charge_n in_o the_o year_n 1048._o about_o which_o time_n certain_a gentleman_n and_o italian_a merchant_n of_o the_o city_n of_o melphe_n frequent_v the_o port_n and_o maritane_n city_n of_o syria_n and_o egypt_n and_o bring_v good_a marchandize_n into_o those_o country_n win_v themselves_o much_o love_n and_o like_n not_o only_o of_o the_o city_n governor_n but_o also_o of_o the_o califfe_n of_o egypt_n and_o be_v well_o dispose_v christian_n 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