fortification_n the_o end_n of_o the_o party_n page_n 112._o chap._n ix_o the_o death_n of_o bethleem_n gabor_n ragoski_n his_o successor_n the_o marriage_n of_o ferdinand_n the_o three_o with_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n sister_n page_n 114._o chap._n x._o the_o war_n of_o italy_n for_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o duchy_n of_o mantua_n where_o in_o the_o emperor_n and_o the_o two_o crown_n interest_v themselves_o page_n 115._o chap._n xi_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o war_n of_o italy_n the_o venctian_o beat_v pignarola_n take_v mantua_n take_v and_o pilladge_v the_o peace_n be_v make_v with_o restitution_n on_o both_o side_n page_n 117._o chap._n xii_o cardinal_n richelieu_n make_v peace_n with_o the_o english_a study_n new_a allyance_n to_o attack_v the_o house_n of_o austria_n page_n 119._o chap._n xiii_o a_o description_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o empire_n the_o election_n of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o roman_n page_n 121._o chap._n fourteen_o a_o description_n of_o the_o three_o state_n of_o the_o empire_n the_o hanse-town_n page_n 123._o chap._n xv._o the_o principal_a motive_n of_o the_o decline_n of_o the_o empire_n page_n 125._o chap._n xvi_o the_o emperor_n redemand_v the_o ecclesiastical_a land_n and_o good_n take_v after_o the_o composition_n of_o passavia_n alteration_n among_o the_o protestant_n page_n 126._o chap._n xvii_o the_o assembly_n at_o ratisbone_n where_o frithland_n be_v exanctorate_v or_o dismiss_v from_o his_o charge_n page_n 128._o chap._n xviii_o the_o king_n of_o swedens_fw-fr entrance_n into_o germany_n his_o reason_n why_o those_o of_o the_o emperor_n allyance_n with_o bogislaus_n he_o block_n up_o the_o sea-town_n tilly_n retake_v the_o generalate_n against_o his_o will_n page_n 129._o chap._n xix_o the_o siege_n of_o magdeburgh_n the_o duke_n of_o lawenburgh_n beat_v and_o take_v near_o the_o elbe_n the_o king_n gustave_n take_v francsurt_v upon_o the_o other_o and_o beat_v the_o imperialist_n page_n 131._o chap._n xx._n the_o protestant_n make_v alliance_n with_o gustave_n magdeburgh_n take_v by_o force_n page_n 134._o chap._n xxi_o the_o battle_n of_o leipsick_a the_o flight_n of_o the_o imperialist_n page_n 136._o chap._n xxii_o the_o cardinal_n pry_v upon_o the_o affair_n of_o germany_n abuse_v the_o duke_n of_o lorraine_n papenheim_n retake_v westphalia_n succour_v magdeburgh_n and_o beat_v the_o swede_n page_n 139._o chap._n xxiii_o the_o take_n of_o the_o fleet_n of_o shallop_n near_o berghenup-zoom_a wallenstein_n resake_n the_o generallat_n with_o condition_n of_o too_o much_o advantage_n a_o earthquake_n at_o naples_n the_o mountain_n of_o soma_n vomit_v fire_n page_n 141._o chap._n xxiv_o george_n i_o and_o grave_a of_o darmstadt_n obtain_v neutrality_n and_o why_o horn_n beat_v by_o tilly._n the_o king_n make_v his_o entry_n at_o nurembergh_n tilly_n retire_v the_o king_n take_v donawerdt_n pass_v the_o leck_n make_v tilly_n troop_n retreat_v with_o confusion_n tilly_n death_n his_o eulogy_n the_o siege_n of_o ingolstadt_n the_o take_n of_o ratisbone_n divers_a instruction_n of_o the_o ambassador_n of_o france_n the_o eagle_n in_o danger_n succour_v by_o who_o page_n 143._o chap._n xxv_o the_o count_n of_o bergues_n disgu_v at_o the_o king_n service_n go_v secret_o to_o the_o hague_n the_o siege_n of_o mastricht_n papenheim_n be_v repulse_v return_v into_o germany_n limburgh_n follow_v mastricht_n and_o the_o deputy_n the_o prince_n to_o the_o hague_n page_n 146._o chap._n xxvi_o wallenstein_n drive_v the_o saxon_n out_o of_o bohemia_n draw_v towards_o nurembergh_n the_o tragedy_n which_o happen_v at_o rostock_n gallasso_n and_o holck_n in_o misnia_n the_o king_n go_v out_o of_o bavaria_n and_o encamp_v before_o the_o say_a town_n send_v for_o all_o his_o force_n papenheims_n success_n page_n 148._o chap._n xxvii_o the_o army_n be_v encamp_v before_o nurembergh_n the_o skermish_n they_o depart_v from_o thence_o the_o battle_n of_o lutzen_n the_o death_n of_o gustave_n papenheim_n and_o feederick_n page_n 150._o chap._n xxviii_o the_o electour_n of_o trevirs_n take_v the_o protection_n of_o france_n monsieur_n enter_v the_o kingdom_n with_o a_o army_n the_o brave_a duke_n of_o montmorancye_n death_n page_n 152._o chap._n xxix_o the_o king_n of_o sweden_n regret_v and_o by_o who_o wallenstein_n cause_v some_o of_o his_o officer_n to_o be_v execute_v john_n de_fw-fr werdt_n make_v himself_o know_v the_o battle_n of_o hamelen_n the_o cruelty_n of_o conqueror_n brisack_n succour_v by_o the_o duke_n of_o feria_n war_n in_o the_o archbishopric_n of_o colein_n page_n 153._o chap._n xxx_o the_o siege_n of_o nancy_n rantzow_n make_v himself_o know_v at_o the_o encounter_n of_o haguenaux_n and_o at_o the_o siege_n of_o andernack_n page_n 156._o chap._n xxxi_o wallenstein_n defeat_v the_o swede_n in_o silesia_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o colein_n retract_v the_o agreement_n make_v before_o nancy_n the_o tragical_a death_n of_o the_o say_v wallenstein_n page_n 156._o chap._n xxxii_o the_o siege_n of_o smolensko_n raise_v the_o king_n of_o poland_n force_v a_o army_n of_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o man_n to_o have_v recourse_n to_o his_o mercy_n he_o make_v peace_n with_o the_o muscovite_n chastise_v the_o turk_n the_o infanto_n death_n the_o take_n of_o rinbergh_n aitona_n put_v the_o milttia_n in_o good_a posture_n and_o take_v some_o lord_n prisoner_n page_n 160._o chap._n xxxiii_o the_o siege_n of_o ratisbone_n the_o take_n of_o the_o town_n aldringer_n death_n the_o cardinal_n infanto_n join_v with_o the_o king_n of_o hungary_n the_o protestant_n recollect_v all_o their_o force_n the_o bufinesse_n of_o nortlinghen_n the_o victory_n of_o the_o imperalist_n the_o cardinal_n infanto_n go_v into_o the_o low-countries_n page_n 162._o the_o second_o part_n the_o first_o book_n chap._n i._n the_o peace_n make_v at_o prague_n after_o the_o reduction_n of_o many_o place_n and_o small_a state_n the_o complaint_n of_o the_o swede_n page_n 165._o chap._n ii_o the_o answer_n to_o the_o complaint_n of_o the_o swede_n the_o cardinal_n will_v besiege_v colein_fw-ge the_o state_n refuse_v succour_v he_o seek_v to_o ruin_v the_o house_n of_o lorraine_n the_o princess_n nicoll_n at_o paris_n prince_n francis_n carry_v to_o the_o citadel_n of_o nancy_n page_n 167._o chap._n iii_o the_o imperialist_n waist_n in_o the_o duchy_n of_o wirtembergh_n the_o french_a come_v to_o succour_v the_o swede_n philipsburgh_n take_v by_o a_o prank_n of_o war_n the_o cardinal_n infanto_n enter_v brussels_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o orleans_n depart_v page_n 169._o chap._n iu._n the_o king_n of_o france_n declare_v war_n against_o the_o cardinal_n infanto_n and_o why_o the_o spaniard_n be_v beat_v the_o take_n of_o the_o fort_n of_o schenck_n page_n 170._o chap._n v._n the_o imperialist_n beat_v back_o the_o french_a into_o lorraine_n oxensterne_n pass_v into_o france_n bannier_n begin_v the_o war_n again_o and_o beat_v the_o saxon_n hatsfeldt_n give_v succour_v magdeburgh_n render_v itself_o the_o battle_n of_o witstock_n leipsick_a succour_v page_n 172._o chap._n vi_o coloredo_n take_v the_o spaniard_n pass_v into_o picardy_n john_n de_fw-fr werdt_n exploit_n the_o siege_n of_o dole_n raise_v gallasso_n enter_v into_o burgundy_n the_o war_n agianst_a the_o duke_n of_o parma_n who_o make_v his_o peace_n the_o truce_n prolong_v in_o prussia_n page_n 175._o chap._n vii_o ferdinand_n the_o second_o die_v afer_fw-la the_o diet_n of_o ratisbone_n where_o his_o son_n have_v be_v elect_v king_n of_o the_o roman_n a_o recital_n of_o his_o life_n bannier_n make_v new_a progress_n many_o prince_n take_v newtrality_n and_o then_o the_o party_n of_o the_o swede_n the_o archduke_n leopold_n generalissimo_n or_o chief_a general_n page_n 178._o chap._n viii_o the_o duke_n of_o weymar_n repass_v the_o rhine_n and_o besieges_fw-fr rhinfeldt_n john_n de_fw-fr werdt_n beat_v and_o take_v the_o duke_n of_o rohans_n death_n duke_n bernard_n many_o victory_n he_o take_v brisack_n his_o death_n page_n 180._o chap._n ix_o breda_n yield_v itself_o to_o the_o prince_n of_o orange_n venlo_n and_o rurem_fw-la and_o to_o the_o cardinal_n insanto_n landrecy_n take_v the_o french_a beat_v from_o before_o saint_n omers_n and_o fontarrabie_n the_o queen-mother_n go_v into_o england_n return_v to_o colein_n and_o die_v the_o defeat_n before_o theonuille_n the_o defeat_n of_o the_o hollander_n before_o callo_n the_o ruin_n of_o the_o spanish_a navy_n the_o revolt_n of_o the_o norman_n page_n 182._o chap._n x._o the_o revolt_n of_o catalunia_n and_o portugal_n the_o take_n of_o arras_n the_o spaniard_n beat_v before_o carall_a the_o hollander_n beat_v before_o hulst_n page_n 186._o chap._n xi_o the_o prudence_n of_o the_o cardinal-duke_n the_o duke_n of_o lorraine_n go_v to_o paris_n and_o why_o the_o count_n of_o soissons_fw-fr the_o duke_n of_o guise_n and_o bovillon_n retire_v themselves_o to_o sedan_n where_o they_o and_o lamboy_n beat_v the_o marshal_n of_o castillon_n the_o take_n of_o air_n the_o cardinal_n infanto_n retire_v to_o brussells_n his_o
the_o first_o agrcement_n and_o even_o they_o who_o either_o out_o of_o compassion_n fair_a promise_n or_o hate_v of_o the_o inquisition_n have_v bear_v arm_n for_o they_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o free_a exercise_n thereof_o the_o general_a complaint_n of_o all_o such_o as_o fight_v against_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v ground_v chief_o upon_o these_o point_n point_n be_v ground_v upon_o these_o point_n first_o they_o disclaim_v the_o too_o great_a authority_n of_o the_o pope_n that_o he_o meddle_v too_o much_o in_o secular_a affair_n they_o blame_v the_o disorder_n of_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n prayer_n make_v in_o a_o unknown_a language_n and_o maintain_v that_o every_o one_o be_v to_o be_v permit_v to_o read_v the_o bible_n they_o cry_v out_o against_o purgatory_n mass_n invocation_n of_o saint_n the_o superstition_n of_o good_a work_n and_o the_o like_a these_o be_v demand_n strong_a enough_o to_o amaze_v and_o astonish_v they_o who_o be_v not_o verse_v at_o all_o in_o the_o scripture_n and_o understand_v not_o even_o their_o own_o belief_n but_o by_o rote_n reformation_n the_o order_n of_o the_o jesuit_n begin_v in_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o reformation_n during_o these_o emborrasment_n spring_v up_o the_o order_n of_o the_o jesuit_n who_o have_v make_v it_o their_o business_n ever_o since_o to_o defend_v the_o pope_n and_o the_o rom._n religion_n to_o repaiâ—e_v the_o loss_n of_o erudition_n and_o science_n and_o awaken_v the_o sluggish_a monk_n and_o encounter_v in_o fine_a these_o new_a champion_n but_o they_o have_v meet_v with_o great_a repugnance_n and_o hatred_n as_o well_o from_o the_o adverse_a party_n as_o among_o the_o roman_a catholic_n themselves_o though_o not_o peradventure_o with_o so_o much_o reason_n from_o these_o latter_a they_o be_v make_v pass_v for_o murderer_n of_o king_n for_o have_v a_o doctrine_n discrepant_a from_o that_o of_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o to_o persecute_v the_o monarchy_n of_o the_o whole_a universe_n for_o the_o house_n of_o spain_n yet_o they_o leave_v not_o for_o all_o this_o to_o hold_v up_o their_o head_n and_o despise_v the_o calumny_n and_o reproach_n of_o their_o adversary_n and_o indeed_o their_o discipline_n in_o the_o school_n be_v both_o laudable_a and_o profitable_a in_o their_o dispute_n they_o be_v aristotle_n and_o in_o their_o pulpit_n cicero_n in_o fine_a without_o they_o i_o speak_v out_o of_o the_o mouth_n of_o reformats_n the_o roman_a church_n will_v be_v quick_o beat_v down_o and_o so_o it_o be_v to_o be_v see_v among_o they_o painted_z under_o the_o form_n of_o a_o stoop_a tower_n prop_v by_o the_o shoulder_n of_o the_o jesuit_n for_o fear_n lest_o it_o fall_v the_o author_n and_o founder_n of_o their_o order_n be_v a_o spaniard_n and_o it_o be_v very_o necessary_a to_o speak_v a_o word_n of_o they_o by_o the_o by_o because_o they_o be_v make_v pass_v for_o incendiary_n plotter_n of_o all_o sedition_n and_o treason_n of_o many_o perfidy_n and_o wickedness_n yet_o god_n howsoever_o have_v serve_v himself_o of_o they_o for_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o indies_n and_o china_n for_o the_o restauration_n of_o learning_n and_o for_o the_o illumination_n and_o illustration_n of_o science_n wherein_o they_o be_v look_v upon_o with_o admiration_n chap._n xvii_o religion_n affoard_v divers_a pretext_n cause_n jealousy_n the_o latin_a and_o greek_a religion_n it_o be_v expedient_a for_o i_o to_o make_v mention_n in_o this_o treatise_n of_o the_o religion_n which_o exist_v in_o the_o precedent_a age_n and_o of_o the_o change_n they_o cause_v the_o fatal_a effect_n whereof_o be_v resent_v even_o in_o this_o of_o we_o we_o have_v also_o add_v thereto_o the_o ambition_n of_o many_o who_o endeavour_v to_o throw_v all_o thing_n topsy-turvy_o thereby_o to_o ascend_v to_o the_o greatness_n which_o they_o propose_v to_o themselves_o and_o which_o it_o be_v most_o facile_a to_o acquire_v by_o these_o religion_n pretext_n o_o god_n how_o be_v the_o heart_n of_o poor_a mortal_n overwhelm_v in_o darkness_n under_o the_o appearance_n of_o religion_n and_o how_o many_o be_v there_o in_o the_o world_n who_o while_o they_o be_v plot_v mischief_n hide_v themselves_o under_o the_o mask_n of_o devotion_n religion_n indeed_o be_v wont_a to_o reign_v in_o the_o soul_n of_o many_o as_o mistress_n of_o the_o state_n and_o be_v a_o just_a cause_n of_o take_v arm_n but_o at_o present_a she_o be_v little_o better_a than_o the_o servant_n thereof_o true_a it_o be_v that_o some_o year_n since_o she_o have_v do_v wonder_n both_o in_o germany_n and_o france_n but_o the_o conclusion_n have_v manifest_v that_o this_o pretext_n have_v serve_v for_o the_o most_o part_n pretext_n religion_n serve_v for_o a_o pretext_n but_o for_o interest_n of_o state_n and_o to_o cover_v the_o martial_a humour_n of_o prince_n who_o incite_v by_o the_o insatiable_a hunger_n of_o honour_n for_o the_o ingrandisement_n of_o their_o power_n have_v very_o crafty_o make_v use_n of_o the_o cloak_n of_o conscience_n this_o therefore_o be_v that_o which_o cause_v jeaulousie_n distrust_n aversion_n and_o hatred_n and_o chiesly_a among_o the_o people_n humour_n cause_n hatred_n and_o divide_v humour_n who_o can_v penetrate_v into_o the_o ambition_n of_o potentate_n this_o i_o say_v it_o be_v which_o cause_v violent_a suspicion_n and_o divide_v humour_n in_o the_o same_o nation_n in_o the_o same_o parentage_n yea_o and_o in_o the_o very_a selfsame_a family_n too_o for_o if_o it_o have_v have_v force_n enough_o to_o arm_v particular_a person_n a_o against_o their_o own_o parent_n no_o marvel_n if_o it_o make_v all_o that_o which_o depend_v upon_o humane_a strength_n and_o science_n contribute_v to_o the_o suppression_n of_o any_o party_n of_o a_o different_a opinion_n and_o if_o prince_n have_v occasion_n to_o make_v use_n of_o it_o to_o cover_v their_o irregular_a appetite_n but_o this_o hatred_n which_o proceed_v from_o the_o diversity_n of_o opinion_n be_v repugnant_a to_o 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