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proscribe_v 161._o he_o assist_v osiander_n and_o banish_v those_o minister_n who_o refuse_v his_o doctrine_n 511._o albert_n marquis_n of_o brandenburg_n assist_v duke_n maurice_n 417._o he_o keep_v rochlitz_n 420._o be_v take_v prisoner_n by_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n ibid._n set_v at_o liberty_n 428._o go_v into_o france_n to_o mediate_v a_o league_n between_o the_o french_a king_n and_o duke_n maurice_n 549._o his_o declaration_n of_o war_n against_o the_o emperor_n 551._o he_o joins_z d._n maurice_n and_o the_o landgrave_n son_n 555._o he_o waste_v the_o country_n about_o ulm_n 556._o he_o be_v very_o cruel_a to_o the_o noremberger_n 561._o fines_n the_o bishop_n of_o bamberg_n and_o wurtzburg_n 562._o make_v peace_n with_o the_o noremberger_n ibid._n he_o write_v to_o the_o city_n of_o ulm_n to_o yield_v to_o he_o 563._o he_o desert_n the_o confederate_n and_o war_n in_o his_o own_o name_n 567._o break_v in_o upon_o the_o bishop_n of_o mentz_n and_o trier_n ibid._n demand_n 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