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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 the_o saxon_a divine_n be_v upon_o their_o way_n to_o come_v to_o the_o council_n 541._o the_o ambassador_n complain_v against_o perlargus_n ibid._n maurice_n send_v letter_n to_o his_o ambassador_n 542._o they_o leave_v trent_n secret_o ibid._n his_o care_n for_o the_o release_n of_o the_o landgrave_n 549._o he_o declare_v war_n against_o the_o emperor_n 550._o take_v the_o field_n and_o join_v with_o marq._n albert_n 555._o he_o go_v with_o the_o other_o prince_n and_o besieges_fw-fr ulm_n 556._o treat_v with_o ferdinand_n of_o condition_n of_o peace_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o french_a king_n 558._o his_o army_n skirmish_n with_o the_o imperialist_n 559._o a_o mutiny_n in_o his_o camp_n for_o want_v of_o pay_n ibid._n his_o soldier_n make_v the_o emperor_n fly_v from_o inspruck_a 560._o which_o be_v plunder_v ibid._n they_o publish_v a_o declaration_n ibid._n he_o restore_v the_o out_v minister_n ibid._n his_o grievance_n at_o the_o treaty_n of_o passaw_n 563._o his_o proposal_n at_o the_o treaty_n 566._o he_o be_v impatient_a of_o delay_n and_o hasten_v ferdinand_n 568._o he_o return_v to_o the_o confederate_n 569._o besieges_n francfort_n ibid._n at_o last_o he_o accept_v a_o peace_n 571._o send_v his_o force_n into_o hungary_n 573._o send_v commissioner_n to_o treat_v with_o john_n frederick_n commissioner_n to_o no_o purpose_n 577._o go_v to_o heidelberg_n to_o mediate_v between_o albert_n and_o the_o bishop_n 578._o make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n ibid._n declare_v war_n against_o marq._n albert_n 581._o he_o overcome_v albert_n and_o be_v kill_v in_o the_o fight_n 586._o his_o death_n foretell_v by_o prodigy_n ibid._n maximilian_n emperor_n hold_v a_o diet_n at_o augsbourg_n 4._o write_v in_o august_n 1518._o to_o pope_n leo_n to_o correct_v luther_n and_o to_o put_v a_o end_n to_o his_o grow_a heresy_n 5._o dies_z jan._n 12._o 1519._o 13._o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o council_n of_o pisa_n 26._o go_v off_o to_o pope_n julius_n 27._o send_v langus_n to_o the_o lateran_n council_n ibid._n commission_n hogostrate_a and_o reuchlin_n to_o examine_v jewish_a book_n 30._o war_n with_o the_o swisser_n 469._o maximilian_n son_n to_o ferdinand_n come_v into_o germany_n out_o of_o spain_n 505._o be_v well_o belove_v ibid._n he_o return_v home_o from_o spain_n 529._o be_v honourable_o receive_v at_o trent_n 535._o go_v to_o brussels_n 637._o mecklenbourg_n vide_fw-la george_n d._n of_o mecklenbourg_n mechlin_n almost_o consume_v by_o lightning_n 392._o medici_n the_o rise_n of_o that_o family_n to_o greatness_n 169._o meinier_n precedent_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o aix_n persecute_v the_o waldenses_n 345._o use_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o merindol_n and_o cabrier_n barbarous_o 345_o 346._o meisen_n john_n bishop_n of_o meisen_n oppose_v luther_n about_o communion_n in_o both_o kind_n 25._o melancthon_n philip_n come_v to_o wittenberg_n 21._o go_v to_o leipzick_n ib._n answer_v the_o parisian_a censure_n of_o luther_n book_n 47._o come_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o augsbourg_n 127._o one_o of_o the_o protestant_a deputy_n there_o to_o mediate_v a_o
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