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A13726 The historie of Italie a boke excedyng profitable to be redde: because it intreateth of the astate of many and diuers common weales, how thei haue ben, [and] now be gouerned. Thomas, William, Clerk of the Council to Edward VI. 1549 (1549) STC 24018; ESTC S118381 242,070 462

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of_o their_o dignitee_n but_o the_o people_n so_o resist_v ▪_o that_o he_o be_v fain_o to_o flee_v and_o as_o many_o as_o be_v take_v of_o his_o party_n have_v their_o eye_n put_v out_o wherefore_o the_o bishop_n go_v to_o verona_n call_v a_o counsel_n and_o there_o die_v ¶_o celestine_n the_o iii_o enui_v the_o succession_n of_o tancredi_n ▪_o bastard_n son_n of_o roger_n brother_n to_o the_o good_a king_n william_n of_o sicily_n call_v into_o italy_n henry_n the_o vi_o than_o elect_v caesar_n ▪_o and_o after_o he_o have_v crown_v he_o emperor_n in_o rome_n take_v constantia_n a_o nun_n out_o of_o her_o cloister_n and_o because_o of_o the_o normanes_n royal_a blood_n marry_v she_o to_o this_o emperor_n endow_v he_o and_o her_o both_o with_o the_o title_n of_o the_o realm_n of_o naples_n and_o sicily_n and_o so_o transfer_v the_o napolitane_a astate_n from_o the_o norman_a succession_n to_o the_o german_n whereof_o there_o follow_v great_a bloudsheding_n .3_o ¶_o innocence_n the_o 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the_o uenetians_n succour_v the_o citee_n of_o bari_n than_o besiege_v of_o the_o sarasines_n final_o after_o he_o have_v do_v many_o charitable_a deed_n in_o venice_n he_o be_v persuade_v by_o a_o pilgrimme_a monk_n of_o gascoigne_n to_o forsake_v the_o world_n and_o so_o habandon_v wife_n child_n and_o friendꝭ_n sta●e_v away_o and_o die_v a_o friar_n in_o gascoigne_n ¶_o than_o follow_v vitale_n candiano_n who_o fall_a sick_a 97●_n renounce_v the_o astate_n become_v a_o friere_n and_o so_o die_v ¶_o after_o who_o tribuno_fw-la memmo_n succeed_v 975._o which_o either_o for_o fear_n of_o the_o emperor_n ottone_n or_o through_o the_o great_a debate_n between_o the_o family_n of_o morosini_fw-la and_o caloprini_fw-la than_o the_o chief_a of_o venice_n forsake_v the_o dignitee_n become_v a_o friere_n and_o within_o vi_o day_n after_o sicken_v and_o die_v for_o sorrow_n ¶_o than_o follow_v pietro_n orseolo_n 9●7_n who_o conquer_v dalma●ia_n with_o the_o island_n ioygn_v thereunto_o and_o 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