disow_v the_o affront_n put_v upon_o the_o french_a ambassador_n at_o rome_n and_o to_o give_v satisfaction_n for_o the_o same_o p._n 45_o cheo_n p._n 171_o choiseul_n claudius_n count_n de_fw-mi marshal_v of_o france_n p._n 280_o christine_n queen_n of_o sweden_n come_v into_o france_n to_o see_v the_o king_n p._n 10_o 11_o circle_n of_o germany_n declare_v against_o the_o king_n p._n 207_o clergy_n the_o assembly_n of_o the_o french_a clergy_n in_o the_o year_n 1682._o p._n 184_o constine_n armond_n du_fw-fr cambout_fw-fr duke_n de_fw-mi peer_n of_o france_n wound_v at_o che_fw-mi passage_n of_o the_o rhine_n p._n 91_o colbert_n john_n baptist_n minister_n and_o secretary_n of_o state_n his_o character_n p._n 28_o 29_o colbert_n charles_n marquis_n the_o croissi_n french_a plenipotentiary_n at_o nimhegen_n p._n 166_o cologne_n affair_n of_o cologne_n p._n 199_o compte_n french_a compte_n conquer_a p._n 68_o restore_v p._n ib._n conquer_a a_o second_a time_n p._n 114_o conde_n lewis_n of_o bourbou_n ii_o prince_n of_o his_o victory_n and_o character_n p._n 5_o command_n the_o french_a army_n in_o holland_n p._n 86_o beat_v the_o ally_n near_o senef_n p._n 117_o force_n they_o to_o raise_v the_o siege_n of_o hagenau_n p._n 132_o conde_n henry_n julius_n prince_z of_o besiege_n and_o take_v limburgh_n p._n 128_o coni_fw-la the_o siege_n raise_v p._n 230_o conti_n lewis_n francis_n prince_n of_o signalise_v himself_o at_o steenkirk_n and_o neerwinden_n p._n 239_o 248_o be_v elect_v king_n of_o poland_n p._n 299_o corsair_n of_o africa_n chastise_v p._n 171_o crequy_n duke_n of_o be_v insult_v at_o rome_n by_o the_o pope_n guard_n p._n 39_o 40_o crequy_n francis_n de_fw-la marshal_v of_o france_n command_v a_o fly_a body_n p._n 65_o defeat_n marlin_n p._n 66_o be_v rout_v by_o the_o duke_n of_o zell_n and_o lorraine_n p._n 133_o force_n prince_n charles_n of_o lorraine_n to_o repass_v the_o rhine_n p._n 151_o take_v friburgh_n p._n ibid._n d._n darmstadt_n landgrave_n of_o signalise_v himself_o in_o the_o defence_n of_o barcelona_n p._n 301_o dauphin_n lewis_z dauphin_z of_o france_n only_z son_n to_z lewis_z the_o great_a his_o birth_n and_o education_n p._n 170_o 171_o besieges_n and_o take_v philipsburgh_n p._n 203_o command_n in_o germany_n p_o 224_o command_n in_o flanders_n p._n 255_o prevent_v the_o enemy_n from_o force_v the_o french_a line_n p._n 256_o dauphin_n invasion_n of_o the_o ally_n of_o that_o province_n p._n 241_o deinse_n open_v its_o gate_n p._n 270_o denmark_n delares_fw-la against_o france_n p._n 111_o conquer_v many_o place_n from_o the_o swede_n p._n 159_o oblige_v to_o restore_v they_o p._n 166_o make_v a_o defensive_a league_n with_o holland_n p._n 288_o descent_n make_v by_o the_o english_a in_o cameret-bay_n p._n 261_o by_o the_o dutch_a in_o a_o small_a island_n p._n 122_o diepe_a see_v bombardment_n diet_n of_o ratisbonne_n p._n 175_o 176_o difference_n betwixt_o france_n and_o spain_n about_o the_o precedency_n p._n 33_o betwixt_o the_o duke_n of_o crequy_n and_o the_o nephew_n of_o alexander_n vii_o p._n 41_o betwixt_o two_o religious_a order_n about_o the_o doctrine_n of_o grace_n p._n 70_o betwixt_o the_o empire_n and_o france_n concern_v the_o limit_n p._n 175_o 176_o betwixt_o france_n and_o spain_n about_o the_o limit_n in_o flanders_n p._n 178_o about_o the_o succession_n in_o the_o palatinate_n p._n 194_o about_o the_o franchise_n of_o the_o ambassador_n quarter_n at_o rome_n p._n 196_o dinant_n take_v by_o the_o marshal_n de_fw-fr crequy_n p._n 128_o dixmuyden_n surrender_v p._n 178_o 56_o doesburgh_n surrender_v p._n 92_o dole_n besiege_v and_o take_v by_o the_o king_n p._n 97_o douai_n take_v after_o a_o siege_n of_o two_o day_n p._n 116_o duel_n severe_o chastise_v p._n 65_o dunkirk_n take_v p._n 13_o deliver_v up_o to_o the_o english_a p._n 47_o 48_o buy_v by_o the_o king_n p._n ibid._n bombard_v see_v bombardment_n duquesne_n lieutenant_n general_n of_o the_o king_n be_v marine_a force_n his_o offspring_n p._n 137_o defeat_n admiral_n ruiter_n ib._n burn_v eight_o tripolin_n vessel_n in_o the_o port_n of_o chio._n p._n 171_o e._n edict_n of_o nantes_n and_o nismes_n p._n 190_o 191_o emperor_n see_v leopold_n elector_n of_o the_o empire_n declare_v unanimous_o against_o france_n p._n 207_o england_n subject_n to_o great_a revolution_n p._n 210_o entrance_n of_o the_o king_n and_o queen_n in_o paris_n p._n 20_o estrade_n count_n do_v afterward_o marshal_n of_o france_n his_o difference_n with_o the_o spanish_a ambassador_n batteville_n in_o london_n p._n 33_o plenipotentiary_n and_o french_a ambassador_n at_o nimhegen_n p._n 166_o estree_n francis_n hannibal_n ii_o duke_n do_v peer_n of_o france_n ambassador_n at_o rome_n the_o pope_n do_v not_o abolish_v the_o franchise_n of_o quarter_n till_o after_o his_o death_n p._n 196_o estree_n john_n count_n do_v marshal_n and_o vice-admiral_n of_o france_n p._n 171_o estree_n caesar_n cardinal_n do_v send_v to_o rome_n to_o endeavour_v a_o accommodation_n with_o pope_n innocent_a xi_o p._n 184_o f._n fariau_n defend_v mastrick_n p._n 103_o fenelon_n francis_n the_o polignac_n fenelon_n preceptor_n of_o the_o child_n of_o france_n p._n 285_o fleet_n see_v sea-fights_a formular_a against_o the_o five_o proposition_n of_o jansenius_n subscribe_v p._n 77_o fortification_n above_o 220_o be_v erect_v by_o the_o king_n order_n since_o 1660._o p._n 168_o france_n its_o pre-eminency_n p._n 30_o 31_o its_o fertitility_n p._n 253_o 254_o franchise_n of_o the_o ambassadour_n quarter_n abolish_v by_o innocent_a xi_o p._n 196_o frankendahl_n take_v p._n 204_o friburgh_n take_v p._n 151_o grant_v to_o the_o king_n by_o the_o peace_n of_o nimhegen_n p._n 160_o fuente_n marquis_n of_o spanish_n ambassador_n declare_v that_o the_o minister_n of_o spain_n shall_v not_o dispute_v about_o the_o precedency_n with_o those_o of_o france_n p._n 37_o 38_o furne_z take_v p._n 244_o furstenbergh_n william_n eugene_n be_v seize_v at_o cologne_n and_o carry_v to_o viena_n p._n 112_o choose_v co-adjutor_a of_o cologne_n innocent_a xi_o refuse_v to_o confirm_v it_o p._n 201_o 202_o g._n gap_n abandon_v p._n 242_o gennese_n disoblige_v the_o king_n p._n 172_o genoa_n bombard_v see_v bombardment_n they_o send_v their_o doge_fw-it with_o four_o senator_n to_o make_v their_o submission_n to_o the_o king_n p_o 173_o ghnet_n besiege_v and_o take_v by_o the_o king_n p._n 154_o 156_o gigery_n take_v abandon_v p._n 56_o guesne_n archbishop_n of_o primate_n of_o poland_n call_v together_o a_o diet_n for_o the_o election_n of_o a_o king_n of_o poland_n p._n ib._n proclaim_v the_o prince_n of_o conty_n king_n of_o poland_n p._n 299_o grave_a besiege_v and_o surrender_v to_o the_o prince_n of_o orange_n p._n 120_o 121_o 122_o grace_n take_v p._n 114_o gregory_n vii_o the_o first_o who_o pretend_v to_o depose_v a_o emperor_n p._n 186_o groll_n a_o strong_a place_n take_v p._n 93_o guillestre_n in_o dauphine_n p._n 242_o gustavus_n adolphus_n king_n of_o sweden_n p._n 10_o h._n hageneu_fw-fr besiege_a by_o count_n montecuculi_fw-la raise_v the_o siege_n p._n 132_o harlay_n nicolas_n augustus_n de_fw-la count_n of_o celi_n french_a plenipotentiary_n at_o the_o conference_n of_o frankfurt_n p._n 175_o and_o at_o the_o general_n peace_n p._n 291_o haw_o don_n lewis_n de_fw-la premier_n minister_n of_o spain_n p._n 18_o haure_n the_o grace_n see_v bombardment_n heidelbergh_n the_o capital_a of_o the_o palatinate_n take_v by_o the_o marshal_n de_fw-fr lorge_n p._n 246_o hesse_n landgrave_n of_o raise_v the_o siege_n of_o eberenburgh_n p._n 243_o holland_n the_o commonwealth_n of_o its_o origin_n progress_n reputation_n variety_n p._n 82_o 83_o loses_n above_o forty_o place_n in_o one_o campaign_n p._n 84_o hollander_n assist_v by_o the_o king_n against_o the_o bishop_n of_o munster_n and_o the_o king_n of_o england_n p._n 58_o 59_o the_o chief_a promoter_n of_o all_o the_o alliance_n against_o france_n see_v league_n humiers_n marshal_n do_v take_v air_n p._n 135_o be_v repulse_v at_o walecourt_n p._n 214_o hue_n take_v by_o the_o french_a p._n 128_o retake_v by_o the_o ally_n p._n 258_o i._n james_n ii_o king_n of_o england_n retire_v into_o france_n p._n 211_o 212_o pass_n over_o into_o ireland_n p._n 214_o return_v to_o france_n after_o the_o battle_n of_o the_o boyne_n p._n 225_o go_v to_o the_o seaside_n in_o hope_n of_o make_v a_o descent_n in_o england_n p._n 231_o jansenisme_n its_o origin_n progress_n and_o condemnation_n p._n 70_o 71_o 72_o janson_n toussain_o cardinal_n do_v bishop_n of_o beauvais_n p._n 294_o imperial_a cardinal_n governor_n of_o rome_n come_v into_o france_n to_o justify_v himself_o p._n 45_o 46_o innocent_a xi_o the_o pope_n his_o character_n write_v three_o brief_n to_o the_o king_n about_o the_o regale_n p._n 182_o annul_v the_o act_n of_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o french_a clergy_n p._n 185_o refuses_n his_o bull_n to_o the_o
p._n 92_o noailles_n philip_n de_fw-fr montaut_n duke_n de_fw-fr noailles_n marshal_v of_o france_n p._n 149_o newburgh_n duke_n of_o his_o character_n p._n 193_o cabal_n against_o france_n p._n ibid._n press_v the_o emperor_n to_o conclude_v a_o peace_n with_o the_o turk_n p._n 194_o endeavour_n to_o make_v one_o of_o his_o son_n coadjutor_n of_o cologne_n p._n 199_o neutrality_n propose_v for_o the_o french_a comte_n p._n 113_o for_o catalonia_n p._n 289_o refuse_v by_o the_o ally_n but_o accept_v for_o italy_n p._n 283_o nice_a take_v p._n 230_o nimhegen_n take_v p._n 94_o choose_v for_o the_o place_n of_o treaty_n of_o peace_n p._n 157_o noailles_n ann_n julius_n duke_n of_o peer_n and_o marshal_n of_o france_n command_v in_o catalonia_n take_v campredon_n p._n 214_o rose_n p._n 245_o palamos_n p._n 259_o gironne_fw-fr p._n 269_o gain_n the_o battle_n of_o ter._n p._n 258_o noailles_n james_n lieutenant_n general_n of_o the_o french_a galley_n signalise_v himself_o at_o the_o siege_n of_o barcelona_n p._n 302_o orange_n william_n iii_o prince_n of_o entrench_v himself_o near_o the_o issel_n p._n 88_o besieges_n voerden_n p._n 97_o charleroy_n twice_o p._n 101_o 149_o oudernard_n p._n 120_o mastrick_n p._n 135_o his_o overthrow_n near_o voerden_n p._n 97_o near_a senef_n p._n 117_o and_o near_o cassel_n p._n 146_o orange_n prince_n of_o his_o exploit_n take_v naerden_n p._n 108_o bonn._n p._n ibid._n grave_a p._n 120_o o._n orange_n prince_n of_o make_v a_o descent_n in_o england_n and_o be_v receive_v with_o great_a acclamation_n p._n 211_o be_v crown_v and_o acknowledge_v lawful_a king_n by_o the_o emperor_n king_n of_o spain_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o roman_n catholic_n confederate_a prince_n and_o in_o general_a by_o all_o the_o protestant_a prince_n p._n 212_o orleans_n philip_n of_o france_n duke_z of_o take_v orsoy_n p._n 87_o besieges_n st._n omer_n p._n 147_o take_v it_o p._n ibid._n defeat_v the_o prince_n of_o orange_n near_o cassel_n p._n 146_o oudernard_n the_o siege_n of_o oudernard_n raise_v p._n 120_o oudewater_n a_o small_a place_n in_o holland_n p._n 92_o p._n peace_n see_v treaty_n palamos_n take_v p._n 259_o palatinate_n conquer_a by_o the_o dauphin_n p._n 204_o palatine_n see_v newburgh_n palermo_n see_v sea-fight_n pamiers_n bishop_n of_o make_v his_o complaint_n to_o pope_n innocent_a xi_o concern_v the_o regale_n p._n 182_o philip_n iu_o king_n of_o spain_n conduct_n in_o person_n the_o infanta_n his_o daughter_n to_o st._n john_n de_fw-fr luz_n p._n 18_o resign_v the_o precedency_n to_o our_o king_n p._n 37_o philipsburgh_n take_v by_o the_o enemy_n p._n 139_o retake_v by_o the_o dauphin_n p._n 203_o piedmont_n conquest_n in_o piedmont_n p._n 230_o 231_o pignerol_n bombard_v by_o the_o ally_n p._n 250_o pimentel_n don_n antonio_n do_v employ_v to_o conclude_v the_o marriage_n betwixt_o the_o infanta_n of_o spain_n and_o the_o king_n p._n 18_o pisa_n see_v treaty_n plate_n the_o king_n plate_n employ_v to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o war._n p._n 78_o plenipotentiaries_n assemble_v at_o nimhegen_n p._n 157_o frankfurt_n p._n 175_o 176_o at_o reswick_n p._n 291_o ponty_n the_o sieur_n do_v take_v carthagena_n in_o america_n p._n 307_o poland_n the_o diet_n for_o the_o choose_n a_o king_n of_o poland_n p._n 295_o polignac_n melchior_n do_v french_a ambassador_n in_o poland_n p._n 299_o precedency_n dispute_v to_o france_n by_o spain_n p._n 33_o proposition_n the_o five_o proposition_n of_o janson_n condemn_v by_o innocent_a x._o and_o alexander_n vii_o p._n 72_o 73_o r._n ratisbonne_n see_v diet._n ravensberg_n ravage_v p._n 101_o regale_n in_o what_o it_o consist_v the_o king_n declaration_n about_o it_o p._n 180_o 181_o renunciation_n nullity_n of_o the_o queen_n renunciation_n to_o the_o succession_n of_o spain_n p._n 62_o p._n 63_o reunion_n of_o the_o dependency_n in_o alsace_n and_o the_o three_o bishopric_n by_o the_o chamber_n of_o brisac_n and_o metz._n p._n 174_o revolution_n in_o england_n p._n 210_o rhineberg_n surrender_v p._n 87_o rhine_n a_o account_n of_o the_o pass_v the_o rhine_n p._n 88_o richelieu_n cardinal_n of_o p._n 3_o reswick_n situate_v betwixt_o delft_n and_o the_o hague_n the_o place_n of_o conference_n for_o the_o general_n peace_n p._n 288_o rome_n affair_n of_o rome_n p._n 180_o seq_n rose_n take_v p._n 245_o ruiter_n admiral_n of_o holland_n miscarry_v at_o martinico_n p._n 122_o defeat_v by_o duquesne_n p._n 137_o mortal_o wound_v p._n ibid._n s._n salines_n take_v p._n 116_o saluzze_n open_v its_o gate_n p._n 224_o st._n andrew_n fort_n of_o p._n 92_o st._n ann_n fortress_n of_o p._n 116_o st._n brigit_fw-la fort_n of_o p._n 250_o st._n cyr_n a_o community_n of_o three_o hundred_o young_a lady_n p._n 169_o st._n guillaine_n take_v p._n 152_o st._n jean_n de_fw-fr luz_n p._n 18_o st._n malo_n see_v bombardment_n st._n omer_n besiege_v by_o the_o duke_n of_o orleans_n p._n 147_o surrender_v p._n ibid._n sauerne_n besiege_v in_o vain_a by_o the_o enemy_n p._n 132_o savoy_n victor_n amadeus_n ii_o duke_n of_o join_v with_o the_o ally_n p._n 209_o his_o defeat_n see_v battle_n enter_v dauphine_n p._n 242_o enter_v casal_n p._n 265_o make_v peace_n with_o france_n p._n 283_o besieges_n valenza_n in_o the_o milaneze_n p._n ibid._n savoy_n maria_n adelaida_n princess_n of_o duchess_n of_o burgundy_n be_v conduct_v into_o erance_n in_o order_n to_o her_o marriage_n p._n 284_o savoy_n dukedom_n of_o conquer_a by_o the_o king_n p._n 224_o saxony_n frederick_n augustus_n elector_n of_o saxony_n proclaim_v king_n of_o poland_n by_o the_o bishop_n of_o cujavia_n p._n 300_o saxony_n duke_n of_o saxe_n eusenach_n commander_n in_o chief_a of_o some_o german_a troop_n save_v himself_o in_o one_o of_o the_o island_n of_o the_o rhine_n p._n 150_o desire_n a_o passport_n for_o a_o safe_a retreat_n ibid._n schomberg_n marshal_n duke_z of_o his_o exploit_n p._n 122_o relieve_v mastrick_n p._n 135_o be_v kill_v at_o the_o battle_n of_o the_o boyne_n p._n 225_o sea-fights_a p._n 3_o 60_o p._n 95_o 110_o p._n 222_o 137_o p._n 220_o seq_n p._n 232_o seq_n shel-stadt_a p._n 107_o shenkenshantz_n fort_n of_o p._n 92_o sobieski_n john_n iii_o his_o elevation_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o poland_n relieve_v vienna_n p._n 295_o sobieski_n prince_n james_n one_o of_o the_o candidate_n for_o the_o crown_n of_o poland_n p._n 296_o spain_n its_o grandeur_n under_o philip_n ii_o p._n 31_o resign_v the_o precedency_n to_o france_n p._n 137_o refuses_n to_o give_v satisfaction_n about_o the_o just_a pretension_n of_o the_o queen_n p._n 65_o enter_v into_o all_o the_o confederacy_n make_v against_o france_n p._n 107_o spire_n p._n 204_o strasburgh_n submit_v to_o the_o king_n p._n 107_o sweden_n mediation_n of_o the_o peace_n p._n 112_o have_v all_o the_o place_n restore_v p._n 159_o swiss_n refuse_v to_o enter_v into_o the_o confederacy_n p._n 208_o t._n tellier_n michael_n chancellor_n of_o france_n p._n 50_o tellier_n michael_n francis_n 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