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palace_n 210._o the_o death_n of_o count_n papenheim_n 323._o pepin_n put_v childeric_n the_o lazy_a into_o a_o monastery_n and_o make_v himself_o king_n 12._o pepin_n a_o german_a by_o extraction_n 14._o pharamont_n first_o king_n of_o france_n be_v duke_n of_o franconia_n 11._o how_o philip_n ii_o get_v the_o kingdom_n of_o portugal_n 72._o when_o philip_n the_o iv_o lose_v it_o 73._o philipsbourg_n to_o who_o it_o belong_v 180._o place_n and_o province_n leave_v to_o the_o swede_n by_o the_o peace_n of_o munster_n 338._o when_o poland_n be_v make_v a_o kingdom_n 38._o how_o the_o house_n of_o pomerania_n fall_v to_o brandenbourg_n 98._o how_o pope_n have_v diminish_v the_o imperial_a majesty_n 34._o when_o pope_n take_v the_o title_n of_o universal_a bishop_n ibid._n how_o emperor_n lose_v their_o right_n of_o choose_v pope_n 85_o pope_n create_v or_o confirm_v by_o emperor_n 199_o prague_n a_o archbishopric_n have_v no_o voice_n in_o the_o general_a assembly_n 178._o number_n of_o scholar_n in_o the_o university_n of_o prague_n 282._o precedence_n among_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o house_n of_o saxony_n determine_v 88_o some_o prelate_n have_v voice_n in_o the_o assembly_n only_o in_o body_n or_o by_o way_n of_o representative_a 195._o prelate_n in_o germany_n create_v by_o election_n or_o postulation_n 202._o why_o priest_n be_v forbid_v all_o kind_n of_o acquisition_n 196._o authority_n of_o a_o prince_n his_o great_a support_v 12._o how_o a_o prince_n may_v get_v the_o reputation_n of_o virtuous_a 13._o what_o book_n be_v fit_a for_o a_o prince_n to_o read_v 24.25_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o empire_n own_o a_o dependence_n on_o the_o emperor_n 32._o what_o german_a prince_n and_o lord_n be_v not_o admit_v into_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o empire_n 65._o what_o science_n be_v necessary_a for_o prince_n 115._o principality_n in_o germany_n call_v fanslehen_fw-ge and_o why_o 78._o what_o the_o protestant_a prince_n lose_v by_o the_o peace_n at_o munster_n 175._o the_o person_n of_o protestant_a priest_n subject_a to_o the_o consistory_n of_o their_o prince_n 292._o prum_n abbey_n 194._o q._n the_o quarter_n of_o the_o circle_n of_o swaben_n and_o their_o director_n 253._o the_o quarter_n of_o the_o rhine_n and_o their_o director_n ibid._n the_o maxim_n of_o quaternion_n ridiculous_a 221._o eminent_a and_o renown_a queen_n 137._o r_o baron_n of_o rapolstein_n or_o ribaupierre_n 239._o ratisbon_n for_o what_o observable_a 278._o recess_n or_o act_n of_o the_o empire_n how_o sign_v and_o seal_v 311._o two_o original_n of_o the_o recess_n where_o lay_v up_o 312._o benefit_n of_o the_o reformation_n in_o germany_n and_o france_n 96._o the_o reformation_n of_o luther_n and_o calvin_n make_v churchman_n subject_a to_o their_o own_o prince_n 205._o difference_n between_o regality_n and_o sovereignty_n 66._o great_a and_o lesser_a regality_n ibid._n three_o religion_n allow_v in_o germany_n 207._o resolution_n of_o the_o diet_n how_o sign_v 311._o reutlinguen_n 279._o the_o rhinegrave_v 236._o rostoch_n a_o university_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o meklebourg_n 120._o rottembourg_n 279._o rotweil_n where_o mareshal_n guebriant_n be_v slay_v ibid._n s_o count_n of_o salme_n make_v prince_n 237._o saltzbourg_n its_o abundance_n of_o salt_n 177._o archbishop_z of_o saltzbourg_n his_o privilege_n ibid._n take_v place_n in_o the_o assembly_n by_o turn_n with_o the_o house_n of_o austria_n 305._o duke_n of_o savoy_n considerable_a for_o the_o situation_n of_o his_o country_n 112._o duke_n of_o saxony_n the_o three_o secular_a elector_n 46._o the_o second_o vicar_n of_o the_o empire_n 58._o the_o merit_n of_o the_o house_n of_o saxony_n 82_o 83._o when_o frederick_n the_o warlike_a of_o saxony_n get_v the_o electorship_n 84._o why_o eric_n v._o of_o saxon-lawembourg_a lose_v it_o ibid._n how_o frederick_n the_o magnanimous_a lose_v that_o electorship_n 86._o how_o maurice_n of_o saxony_n obtain_v it_o who_o posterity_n enjoy_v it_o at_o this_o day_n ibid._n the_o principal_a branch_n of_o the_o electoral_a house_n of_o saxony_n 85._o primogeniture_n not_o regard_v in_o the_o house_n of_o saxony_n 88_o alliance_n of_o the_o present_a prince_n and_o princess_n of_o the_o house_n of_o saxony_n 90._o &_o seq_fw-la prince_n of_o saxony_n their_o voice_n in_o the_o assembly_n 91._o power_n of_o the_o house_n of_o saxony_n 92._o how_o the_o duchy_n of_o saxony_n fall_v to_o the_o house_n of_o lawembourg_n 110._o count_n of_o schwartzbourg_n and_o their_o alliance_n 236._o schweinfort_n 279._o selestadt_n ibid._n count_n of_o solmes_n and_o their_o alliance_n 237._o stabel_n a_o abbey_n in_o the_o bishopric_n of_o liege_n 194._o count_n of_o stolberg_n and_o their_o arm_n 237.238_o strasbourg_n why_o call_v argentina_n 267._o government_n armoury_n and_o other_o remarkable_n of_o strasbourg_n 267.268_o in_o what_o kingdom_n succession_n take_v place_n and_o why_o 54._o the_o inconvenience_n of_o succession_n 56._o count_n of_o sultz_n call_v themselves_o landgrave_v of_o klegeu_n 213._o director_n of_o the_o circle_n of_o swaben_n 182_o when_o and_o how_o the_o kingdom_n of_o sweden_n be_v separate_v from_o denmark_n 249._o progress_n of_o the_o king_n of_o sweden_n in_o germany_n and_o his_o death_n 320._o what_o money_n the_o swede_n have_v for_o their_o charge_n in_o the_o german_a war_n 333._o what_o troop_n the_o swede_n have_v in_o germany_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o war_n 334._o swedish_n commander_n in_o the_o german_a war_n 335._o t._n duke_n of_o teck_n descend_v from_o the_o duke_n of_o zeringuen_n 70._o teutonique_a order_n their_o possession_n in_o germany_n 192._o the_o great_a master_n precede_v all_o bishop_n 305_o leonard_n torstenson_n a_o swedish_n general_n his_o praise_n 325._o whether_o translation_n of_o book_n be_v useful_a 165._o the_o benefit_n of_o travel_v 6.7_o trent_n a_o bishopric_n 190._o tryer_n the_o second_o ecclesiastical_a elector_n 46._o the_o elector_n of_o tryer_n his_o imprisonment_n and_o death_n 181._o tube_v a_o university_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o wirtemberg_n 122._o &_o seq_fw-la none_o but_o