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proud_a answer_n to_o amurath_n 962_o h._n displace_v and_o cast_v into_o exile_n l._n again_o receive_v into_o favour_n 1003_o d._n overthrow_v in_o the_o upper_a hungary_n 1006_o h._n his_o letter_n unto_o the_o emperor_n 1020_o g._n send_v general_n of_o the_o turk_n army_n against_o the_o emperor_n 1023_o f._n take_v vesprinium_n 1025_o c._n have_v palotta_n yield_v unto_o he_o d._n with_o a_o army_n of_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o man_n come_v again_o into_o hungary_n 1040_o i._n take_v dotis_n &_o s._n martin_n l._n besiege_v rab._n 1041_o b._n in_o assault_v thereof_o lose_v twelve_o thousand_o of_o his_o man_n 1044_o h._n by_o corrupt_v of_o the_o governor_n have_v the_o city_n yield_v unto_o he_o l._n besiege_v komara_n 1045_o b._n raise_v his_o siege_n and_o break_v up_o his_o army_n d._n crafty_o seek_v to_o try_v the_o emperor_n mind_n concern_v peace_n 1058_o l._n send_v for_o home_n to_o the_o court._n 1060_o l._n by_o sultan_n mahomet_n appoint_v general_n 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maditus_n c._n win_v callipolis_n 186_o g._n die_v 187_o a_o solyman_n the_o unfortunat_a bajazet_n his_o elder_a son_n by_o the_o great_a bassa_n set_v up_o in_o his_o father_n slead_v at_o hadrianople_n 221_o b._n go_v over_o with_o a_o great_a army_n against_o his_o brother_n mahomet_n 241_o e._n by_o policy_n take_v the_o castle_n of_o prusa_n 242_o i._n besiege_v his_o brother_n in_o amasia_n i._o return_v into_o europe_n to_o appease_v the_o stir_n there_o raise_v by_o his_o brother_n musa_n and_o recover_v hadrianople_n 244_o b._n in_o his_o excess_n regard_v not_o the_o approach_n of_o his_o brother_n musaâ—k_v forsake_v of_o his_o soldier_n fly_v l._n take_v prisoner_n be_v by_o the_o commandment_n of_o his_o brother_n musa_n strangle_v 245_o a._n solyman_n the_o eunuch_n bassa_n deal_v treacherous_o with_o the_o king_n of_o arabia_n 670_o m._n solyman_n hardly_o persuade_v that_o his_o father_n be_v dead_a 567_o d._n salute_v emperor_n by_o the_o janissary_n f._n his_o letter_n to_o valerius_n great_a master_n of_o the_o rhodes_n 571_o b._n his_o oration_n to_o his_o man_n of_o war_n declare_v his_o purpose_n for_o the_o besiege_n of_o the_o rhodes_n e._n he_o make_v great_a preparation_n for_o the_o siege_n 573_o a._n his_o threaten_a letter_n unto_o they_o of_o the_o rhodes_n 578_o h._n come_v himself_o in_o person_n to_o the_o siege_n 583_o b._n his_o choleric_a oration_n to_o his_o soldier_n d._n displace_v his_o admiral_n and_o punish_v he_o like_o a_o slave_n 589_o a._n about_o to_o have_v forsake_v the_o siege_n b._n comfort_v his_o discourage_v soldier_n persuade_v they_o with_o patience_n to_o continue_v the_o siege_n f._n his_o letter_n to_o the_o great_a master_n and_o the_o rhodian_n send_v by_o their_o own_o ambassador_n 593_o d._n his_o speech_n unto_o the_o great_a master_n at_o his_o come_n to_o yield_v up_o the_o city_n 598_o l._n he_o enter_v into_o the_o rhodes_n upon_o christmas_n day_n in_o the_o year_n 1522._o 600_o i_o solyman_n upon_o the_o discord_n of_o the_o christian_a prince_n and_o disorder_a state_n of_o hungary_n take_v occasion_n to_o invade_v that_o kingdom_n 601_o b._n come_v into_o hungary_n against_o king_n lewes_n with_o a_o army_n of_o two_o hundred_o thousand_o man_n c_o overthrow_v he_o in_o battle_n at_o mohaiz_n 602_o k._n come_v to_o buda_n 603_o a_o solyman_n in_o the_o quarrel_n of_o king_n john_n against_o king_n ferdinand_n come_v into_o hungary_n with_o a_o army_n of_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o man_n 609_o a._n without_o resistance_n enter_v into_o buda_n and_o besiege_v the_o castle_n 609_o d._n lay_v siege_n to_o vienna_n 610_o k._n without_o ransom_n release_v certain_a christian_a prisoner_n 612_o g._n lose_v his_o great_a ordinance_n upon_o the_o danubius_n k._n bury_v eight_o thousand_o of_o his_o turk_n in_o the_o mine_n l._n have_v lose_v fourscore_o thousand_o of_o his_o turk_n raise_v his_o siege_n and_o return_v to_o buda_n 614_o i._n he_o restore_v the_o kingdom_n of_o hungary_n unto_o king_n john_n k._n return_v himself_o to_o constantinople_n 615_o a._n make_v great_a preparation_n for_o the_o subdue_a of_o the_o territory_n belong_v to_o the_o house_n of_o austria_n as_o also_o for_o the_o conquest_n of_o germany_n with_o the_o short_a time_n he_o prefined_a unto_o himself_o for_o the_o performance_n thereof_o 615_o c._n solyman_n with_o a_o mighty_a army_n come_v again_o into_o hungary_n 618_o e._n besiege_v gunza_n i._o his_o proud_a letter_n unto_o charles_n the_o emperor_n and_o his_o brother_n king_n ferdinand_n m._n shun_v to_o meet_v with_o charles_n the_o emperor_n at_o vienna_n and_o so_o turn_v out_o of_o the_o way_n into_o carinthia_n 621_o a._n the_o cause_n move_v he_o so_o to_o do_v b._n return_v towards_o constantinople_n 623_o d._n solyman_n persuade_v by_o abraham_n bassa_n resolve_v to_o go_v against_o the_o persian_n 649_o a._n come_v with_o his_o army_n to_o tauris_n f._n follow_v tamas_n the_o persian_a 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