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paris_n but_o yet_o many_o return_v on_o that_o account_n and_o many_o that_o be_v in_o prison_n be_v discharge_v so_o that_o the_o protestant_a party_n appear_v numerous_a the_o cardinal_n of_o lorraine_n be_v alarm_v at_o this_o and_o represent_v to_o the_o king_n and_o queen_n that_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n be_v fill_v with_o conventicle_n that_o the_o mean_a sort_n run_v to_o the_o sermon_n out_o of_o curiosity_n and_o be_v easy_o corrupt_v that_o the_o ancient_a ceremony_n be_v little_o frequent_v or_o regard_v and_o that_o they_o be_v already_o deride_v and_o scorn_v by_o many_o that_o great_a number_n every_o day_n forsake_v the_o church_n july_n and_o go_v over_o to_o the_o protestant_n so_o he_o will_v needs_o have_v have_v a_o new_a edict_n forthwith_o publish_v to_o prevent_v these_o inconvenience_n this_o be_v debate_v in_o the_o council_n in_o the_o month_n of_o july_n there_o be_v another_o edict_n publish_v that_o all_o shall_v live_v peaceable_o and_o without_o any_o furry_v each_o to_o other_o or_o reproach_v one_o the_o other_o that_o there_o be_v no_o list_v or_o inrol_a man_n on_o either_o side_n that_o the_o preacher_n shall_v use_v no_o seditious_a or_o turbulent_a expression_n upon_o pain_n of_o death_n and_o the_o precedent_n of_o the_o prouâ—ces_n shall_v determine_v of_o these_o affair_n and_o execute_v the_o edict_n that_o no_o sermon_n shall_v be_v frequent_v by_o man_n arm_v or_o unarm_v in_o public_a or_o in_o private_a nor_o any_o sacrament_n administer_v but_o according_a to_o the_o rite_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o that_o if_o any_o man_n be_v convict_v of_o heresy_n and_o deliver_v to_o the_o secular_a power_n he_o shall_v only_o be_v banish_v and_o this_o be_v to_o stand_v till_o a_o general_n or_o a_o national_a council_n shall_v determine_v otherwise_o this_o be_v call_v the_o edict_n of_o july_n the_o cardinal_n of_o lorraine_n have_v so_o good_a a_o opinion_n of_o his_o own_o ability_n pâ—issy_n that_o he_o be_v
landgrave_n of_o hesse_n a_o account_n of_o a_o confederacy_n of_o the_o german_a prince_n 114._o beghardi_fw-la vide_fw-la picard_n belgrade_n vide_fw-la solyman_n bellay_v sieur_n de_fw-fr langey_a send_v by_o k._n francis_n to_o smalcald_v 183._o his_o speech_n to_o the_o protestant_n there_o ibid._n die_n 309._o s._n bernard_n his_o letter_n to_o p._n eugenius_n 24._o bern_n the_o canton_n of_o bern_n desire_v a_o public_a dispute_n at_o bern_n 110._o they_o publish_v thesis_n of_o disputation_n 111._o there_o be_v a_o disputation_n hold_v ibid._n they_o abolish_v popery_n 112._o they_o join_v with_o the_o zuricher_n to_o stop_v provision_n to_o the_o other_o canton_n 155._o they_o be_v slack_a in_o send_v the_o zuricher_n relief_n 156._o bichling_n count_n condemn_v to_o die_v for_o side_v with_o the_o french_a 326._o be_v pardon_v ibid._n blancer_n ambrose_n dispute_v at_o bern_n 111._o preach_v up_o the_o reform_a religion_n at_o constance_n 112._o leave_v his_o monastery_n ibid._n assist_v bucer_n in_o constitute_v a_o protestant_a church_n at_o ulm._n 149._o bohemian_n communicate_v in_o both_o kind_n 26._o their_o suppression_n consult_v about_o in_o the_o four_o lateran_n council_n 27._o sect_n among_o they_o 53._o they_o invade_v saxony_n unwilling_o 408._o they_o return_v home_o 409._o they_o refuse_v to_o fight_v against_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n 417._o the_o nobility_n of_o prague_n desire_v a_o convention_n to_o be_v call_v 420._o a_o league_n among_o they_o ibid._n they_o write_v to_o ferdinand_n and_o duke_n maurice_n 423._o they_o write_v to_o the_o moravian_o to_o defend_v their_o liberty_n 424._o they_o write_v to_o ferdinand_n intercede_v for_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n 425._o and_o prepare_v for_o war._n ibid._n they_o stand_v by_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n 426._o they_o promise_v to_o comply_v 427._o pope_n boniface_n the_o 8_o appoint_a a_o jubilee_n every_o 100_o year_n 9_o book_n print_v in_o french_a against_o the_o huckster_n of_o sacred_a thing_n 178._o a_o account_n of_o it_o ibid._n boor_n rise_v in_o swaben_n 76._o be_v quiet_v ibid._n rise_v again_o there_o 79._o publish_v their_o demand_n ibid._n they_o treat_v with_o the_o deputy_n of_o the_o empire_n at_o ulm._n 80._o they_o be_v rout_v by_o george_n truchse_v at_o lippen_n ibid._n the_o boor_n in_o algow_n disperse_v themselves_o ibid._n they_o rise_v in_o franconia_n ibid._n kill_v count_n helfenstein_n at_o winsperg_n ibid._n be_v rout_v by_o truchse_n 81._o he_o punish_v those_o who_o kill_v count_n helfenstein_n ib._n another_o body_n take_v wirtzburg_n ibid._n be_v rout_v by_o truchse_n ibid._n up_o in_o lorraine_n ibid._n there_o defeat_v ibid._n and_o every_o where_o else_o in_o germany_n ibid._n many_o kill_v treacherous_o after_o promise_n of_o life_n ibid._n the_o demand_n of_o the_o boor_n in_o schwabia_n 90._o bourbon_n vide_fw-la charles_n d._n of_o bourdeaux_n a_o sedition_n there_o 474._o quell_v and_o the_o inhabitant_n punish_v severe_o 475._o brandenburg_n duke_n of_o appeal_v to_o a_o general_n council_n from_o the_o bishop_n of_o bamberg_n 152._o brandenburg_n elector_n vide_fw-la joachim_n the_o marquess_n of_o brandenburg_n act_n against_o the_o protestant_n 376._o bremer_n answer_n to_o the_o proposal_n make_v to_o they_o by_o the_o prince_n 502._o brentius_n john_n in_o great_a distress_n at_o hall_n about_o the_o interim_n 461._o receive_v by_o the_o d._n of_o wirtemberg_n 462._o he_o draw_v up_o a_o confession_n of_o the_o divine_n in_o the_o duchy_n and_o be_v esteem_v by_o the_o duke_n 515._o bru_o peter_n preach_v the_o reform_a religion_n in_o the_o netherlands_o 341._o be_v seize_v upon_o at_o tournay_n ibid._n the_o protestant_n in_o germany_n intercede_v for_o he_o ibid._n he_o be_v examine_v 342._o burn_a ibid._n brunswick_n hen._n d._n of_o hot_a against_o the_o protestant_n 239._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o mentz_n and_o eldo_n intercept_v by_o the_o landgrave_n 246._o he_o quarrel_n with_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n 247._o accuse_v the_o protestant_n 267._o hire_v incendiary_n to_o burn_v some_o town_n in_o saxony_n 275._o who_o be_v accuse_v of_o it_o to_o the_o emperor_n ibid._n he_o be_v throw_v out_o by_o the_o saxon_a and_o the_o landgrave_n 298._o appeal_v to_o the_o imperial_a chamber_n 304._o protestant_n in_o the_o diet_n of_o spire_n 319._o the_o story_n of_o the_o duke_n mistress_n eve_n trottine_n 322._o he_o answer_v the_o calumny_n of_o the_o confederate_n 323._o his_o country_n sequester_v into_o the_o emperor_n hand_n 326._o he_o cheat_v the_o french_a king_n of_o his_o money_n 351._o his_o duchy_n sequester_v to_o the_o emperor_n 352._o he_o be_v obstinate_a ib._n raise_v a_o army_n 352._o make_v great_a spoil_n in_o the_o duchy_n of_o brunswick_n ibid._n be_v oppose_v by_o the_o landgrave_n 353._o employ_n d._n maurice_n to_o mediate_v for_o he_o ibid._n break_v the_o truce_n ibid._n fight_v the_o landgrave_n 354._o surrender_n at_o discretion_n ibid_fw-la offer_v to_o betray_v the_o popish_a council_n to_o the_o landgrave_n 388._o be_v set_v at_o liberty_n and_o go_v to_o the_o emperor_n at_o hall_n 432._o commence_v his_o action_n against_o the_o landgrave_n in_o the_o imperial_a chamber_n 474._o besieges_n brunswick_n 500_o out_v of_o his_o country_n by_o volrat_n count_n mansfield_n 576._o complain_v of_o it_o to_o the_o emperor_n at_o metz._n ibid._n league_n with_o maurice_n 578._o plague_n his_o westphalian_a neighbour_n 579._o rout_n albert_n 591._o besieges_n brunswick_n 593._o make_v a_o agreement_n with_o john_n frederick_n d._n of_o saxony_n ibid._n prosecute_v the_o war_n in_o albert_n country_n 594._o raise_v money_n from_o the_o city_n in_o the_o low_a saxony_n 602._o buce_a mart._n meet_v luther_n at_o marpurg_n 121._o endeavour_n to_o unite_v luther_n and_o zuinglius_fw-la 141._o constitute_v a_o church_n at_o ulm_n 149._o go_v to_o cologne_n at_o gropper_n invitation_n 288._o be_v kind_o receive_v by_o the_o bishop_n ibid._n preach_v at_o bon_n 310._o be_v oppose_v by_o the_o clergy_n of_o cologne_n 311._o oppose_v malvenda_n about_o justification_n at_o ratisbon_n 359._o go_v from_o the_o conference_n ibid._n be_v send_v for_o to_o ausburg_n 454._o reject_v the_o interim_n 457._o go_v into_o england_n 479._o and_o die_v at_o cambridge_n 513._o buda_n besiege_a by_o ferdinand_n 284._o take_a by_o solyman_n by_o a_o trick_n 285._o budaeus_fw-la will._n die_v 269._o bull_n de_fw-fr coena_fw-la domini_fw-la what_o 42._o bull_n golden_a what_o 19_o buren_n maximilian_n count_n of_o come_v to_o assist_v the_o emperor_n 397._o he_o join_v the_o emperor_n 403._o take_v darmstadt_n 414._o and_o frankfort_n upon_o composition_n ibid._n die_n 478_o c_o caden_n mich._n send_v a_o account_n to_o nuremberg_n of_o their_o ambassador_n be_v confine_v at_o piacenza_n 125._o present_v a_o protestant_a book_n to_o charles_n ibid._n for_o which_o he_o be_v in_o danger_n ibid._n but_o make_v his_o escape_n ibid._n caesar_n leonard_n burn_v for_o relgion_n 110._o calvin_n john_n preach_v at_o strasburg_n 241._o answer_v cardinal_n farness_n speech_n against_o the_o protestant_n 266._o write_v a_o antidote_n against_o the_o sorbonâ—_n doctor_n and_o a_o book_n of_o relic_n 314._o be_v expel_v geneva_n 616._o campegio_fw-la cardinal_n go_v to_o nuremberg_n 66._o write_v to_o the_o elector_n frederick_n duke_n of_o saxony_n 67._o his_o speech_n to_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o empire_n 68_o his_o reply_n to_o their_o answer_n 69._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o deputy_n from_o strasburg_n 73._o make_v a_o speech_n at_o the_o diet_n at_o worm_n 271._o capua_n nich._n archbishop_n of_o capua_n against_o reformation_n 238._o send_v a_o copy_n of_o the_o draught_n into_o germany_n ibid._n caracciolus_n martinus_n send_v to_o frederick_n by_o the_o pope_n against_o luther_n 38._o make_v a_o cardinal_n 39_o cardinal_n the_o delegate_n cardinal_n draw_v a_o model_n of_o reformation_n 233._o the_o cardinal_n at_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n answer_n mendoza_n speech_n 360._o carolostadius_fw-la andrew_n dispute_v with_o eckius_fw-la at_o leipzick_n 22._o pull_v down_o image_n at_o wittenberg_n 52._o go_v over_o to_o the_o enthusiast_n ibid._n write_v against_o luther_n about_o the_o eucharist_n 97._o excuse_n himself_o from_o be_v engage_v with_o the_o boor_n ibid._n beg_v luther_n protection_n ibid._n capnio_n vide_fw-la reuchlin_n cajetan_n tho._n card._n scent_n by_o pope_n leo_n to_o the_o diet_n at_o ausburg_n 4._o exhort_v the_o prince_n of_o the_o empire_n to_o defend_v it_o against_o selimus_n the_o turk_n ibid._n treat_v with_o luther_n at_o ausburg_n 7._o command_v stupit_n to_o treat_v private_o with_o luther_n 8._o exclaim_n against_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n in_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n 10._o write_v to_o frederick_n complain_v against_o luther_n ibid._n publish_v leo_n bull_n at_o lintz_n 12._o send_v it_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o germany_n ibid._n exasperate_v the_o breach_n of_o luther_n 24._o casa_n john_n archbishop_n of_o
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 command_v his_o divine_n to_o draw_v up_o a_o confession_n of_o their_o faith_n ibid._n demand_n a_o safe_a conduct_n for_o his_o divine_n to_o go_v to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 516._o send_v the_o proposal_n to_o the_o magdebourgher_n by_o heideck_n 521._o he_o hold_v a_o convention_n about_o the_o business_n of_o magdebourg_n 525._o he_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o fidelity_n from_o the_o man_n of_o atzenelbogen_fw-mi 526._o he_o conclude_v a_o peace_n with_o the_o city_n of_o magdebourg_n 528._o complain_v of_o the_o preacher_n ibid._n hatch_n a_o war_n against_o the_o emperor_n 529._o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o emperor_n about_o the_o landgrave_n 531._o he_o hold_v a_o conference_n with_o prince_n william_n the_o landgrave_n son_n 534._o his_o ambassador_n come_v to_o trent_n and_o declare_v their_o instruction_n 537._o they_o join_v with_o the_o agent_n of_o wirtemberg_n and_o strasburg_n to_o solicit_v for_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o protestant_n in_o the_o council_n ibid._n 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