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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 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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
council_n of_o the_o empire_n 76._o the_o senate_n answer_n 79._o their_o minister_n draw_v up_o a_o apology_n ibid._n quarrel_n there_o about_o the_o mass_n 115._o they_o stience_n the_o popish_a minister_n ibid._n the_o bishop_n complain_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o spire_n 116._o mass_o abolish_v there_o ibid._n their_o deputy_n protest_v upon_o their_o be_v deny_v to_o sit_v in_o the_o diet_n 118._o their_o divine_n answer_v erasmus_n 122._o make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o evangelic_n canton_n of_o switzerland_n 126._o which_o be_v resent_v by_o the_o council_n of_o the_o empire_n ibid._n they_o with_o some_o other_o confederate_a city_n exhibit_v a_o confession_n at_o augsbourg_n to_o the_o emperor_n 130._o they_o debate_v the_o matter_n further_o against_o the_o emperor_n 138._o they_o be_v oppugn_v by_o popish_a divine_n ibid._n they_o set_v up_o a_o school_n 241._o their_o letter_n to_o the_o emperor_n to_o dissuade_v he_o from_o the_o war_n 378._o they_o make_v their_o peace_n and_o be_v fine_v 423._o they_o refuse_v the_o interim_n 464._o and_o stand_v to_o it_o to_o granvell_n 465._o they_o send_v their_o judgement_n of_o the_o interim_n to_o the_o emperor_n in_o a_o letter_n 471._o in_o a_o consultation_n they_o resolve_v to_o accept_v of_o the_o interim_n 472._o they_o send_v deputy_n with_o another_o letter_n to_o the_o emperor_n 473._o their_o bishop_n write_v to_o they_o about_o yield_v ib._n they_o be_v command_v to_o agree_v with_o their_o bishop_n 474._o they_o write_v to_o the_o emperor_n of_o the_o bishop_n unreasonable_a demand_n 478_o the_o bishop_n say_v mass_n again_o 479._o quarrel_n between_o he_o and_o the_o senate_n about_o the_o public_a professor_n 480._o the_o senate_n and_o the_o bishop_n agree_v 485._o mass_n first_o say_v in_o the_o cathedral_n 491._o deride_v by_o the_o people_n ibid._n whence_o the_o priest_n fly_v ibid._n the_o bishop_n complain_v to_o the_o emperor_n 496._o but_o the_o breach_n be_v make_v up_o ibid._n the_o bishop_n complain_v against_o the_o preacher_n 513._o the_o senate_n send_v sleidan_n their_o deputy_n to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 529._o vid._n sleidan_n they_o answer_v the_o demand_n of_o marq._n albert_n 571._o stroza_n peter_n a_o florentine_a gull_n the_o protestant_n with_o promise_n of_o money_n 404._o stupitz_n john_n general_n of_o the_o augustine_n friar_n 2._o stura_n steno_n vide_fw-la christiern_n sturmius_fw-la james_n die_v 594._o sweden_n vide_fw-la gustavus_n swisser_n oppose_v the_o election_n of_o francis_n i._o to_o the_o empire_n 14._o a_o account_n of_o their_o commonwealth_n 48._o have_v a_o custom_n that_o priest_n shall_v public_o keep_v concubine_n 51._o they_o complain_v against_o zuinglius_fw-la in_o a_o convention_n of_o estate_n 66._o they_o assemble_v at_o lucern_n and_o make_v edict_n against_o the_o new_a religion_n 67._o they_o remonstrate_v against_o those_o of_o zurick_n 69._o they_o join_v with_o zuinglius_fw-la in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o eucharist_n 97._o they_o meet_v 12_o canton_n to_o dispute_v at_o baden_n 105._o the_o popish_a canton_n make_v a_o league_n with_o ferdinand_n 118._o seed_n of_o civil_a war_n arise_v among_o themselves_o 120._o which_o be_v take_v up_o ibid._n they_o make_v a_o league_n for_o six_o year_n with_o the_o landgrave_n of_o helse_n 141._o do_v not_o refuse_v to_o join_v in_o the_o league_n of_o smalcald_a if_o comprehension_n be_v allow_v they_o 148._o not_o admit_v into_o the_o league_n 151._o the_o popish_a canton_n league_n against_o the_o zuricher_n 155._o they_o overcome_v the_o zuricher_n 156._o they_o overcome_v they_o again_o ibid._n they_o conclude_v a_o peace_n ibid._n the_o protestant_a canton_n intercede_v with_o the_o french_a king_n to_o remit_v his_o severity_n towards_o the_o protestant_n 210._o they_o answer_v the_o letter_n which_o be_v send_v to_o they_o by_o the_o state_n of_o the_o empire_n 323._o intercede_v to_o the_o french_a king_n for_o the_o waldenses_n 347._o they_o give_v a_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_n embassy_n 392._o they_o answer_v the_o emperor_n letter_n 398._o the_o protestant_a canton_n differ_v in_o their_o answer_n about_o the_o war_n from_o the_o popish_a one_o 399._o their_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_n demand_n 404._o two_o protestant_a canton_n refuse_v a_o league_n with_o henry_n ii_o king_n of_o france_n 484._o silvius_n aeneas_n vide_fw-la p._n pius_fw-la t._n tecelius_n john_n tetzel_n a_o dominican_n write_v against_o luther_n ninety_o five_o thesis_n 2._o teutonick_n order_n its_o institution_n 99_o they_o subdue_v prussia_n ibid._n thomas_n of_o becket_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 241._o kill_v by_o some_o of_o king_n henry_n ii_n court_n ibid._n his_o rich_a shrine_n ibid._n canonize_v 242._o toledo_n don_n francisco_n de_fw-la ambassador_n from_o the_o emperor_n at_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 374._o treat_v vigorous_o with_o the_o protestant_a ambassador_n there_o 539._o transylvania_n vaivod_n claim_v the_o kingdom_n of_o hungary_n against_o ferdinand_n 112._o write_v about_o it_o to_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o empire_n ibid._n invite_v solyman_n into_o germany_n 121._o be_v make_v king_n of_o hungary_n by_o solyman_n ibid._n die_n 269._o his_o son_n be_v deliver_v up_o to_o solyman_n 285._o make_v vaivod_n of_o transylvania_n ibid._n transylvania_n revolt_v from_o ferdinand_n 633._o tregerus_fw-la conradus_n dispute_v with_o the_o preacher_n of_o the_o reform_a religion_n at_o bern_n 111._o trent_n nominate_v by_o the_o pope_n to_o hold_v a_o council_n 292._o allow_v by_o the_o catholic_n prince_n of_o germany_n ibid._n protest_v against_o by_o the_o protestant_n ibid._n the_o council_n call_v 296._o it_o be_v open_v 361._o the_o first_o session_n ibid._n the_o decree_n of_o it_o 362._o the_o second_o session_n ibid._n the_o three_o session_n 373._o the_o four_o session_n with_o its_o decree_n 377._o the_o french_a ambassador_n speech_n in_o the_o council_n ibid._n it_o be_v put_v off_o 391._o what_o number_n of_o bishop_n be_v there_o ibid._n decree_v make_v there_o about_o justification_n 416._o the_o seven_o session_n 422._o the_o council_n be_v divide_v and_o some_o go_v to_o bononia_n 425._o the_o emperor_n deputy_n command_v not_o to_o stir_v thence_o ibid._n the_o councilis_n divide_v 439._o cardinal_z of_o trent_n speak_v to_o the_o pope_n about_o remove_v the_o council_n 443._o the_o council_n meet_v once_o more_o at_o trent_n 513._o sit_v formal_o 518._o receive_v the_o french_a king_n letter_n ibid._n the_o ceremony_n of_o their_o session_n 520._o the_o way_n of_o make_v article_n and_o canon_n 521._o they_o decree_v the_o business_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n 525._o they_o leave_v some_o thing_n to_o be_v dispute_v when_o the_o protestant_n shall_v come_v to_o the_o council_n 526._o the_o form_n of_o their_o safe_a conduct_n ibid._n they_o answer_v the_o french_a king_n letter_n 527._o they_o make_v decree_n about_o penance_n and_o extreme_a unction_n 530._o long_o debate_n about_o a_o safe_a conduct_n at_o trent_n 539._o they_o be_v wonderful_o divide_v 546._o fly_v from_o trent_n in_o haste_n 547._o and_o they_o prorogue_v the_o council_n for_o two_o year_n 548._o treves_n vide_fw-la trier_n trier_n elector_n make_v a_o speech_n for_o francis_n i._n 16._o persuade_v luther_n to_o yield_v 46._o very_o courteous_o ibid._n richard_n the_o elector_n make_v war_n with_o francis_n sic_v 56._o not_o for_o religion_n ibid._n kill_v several_a boor_n at_o worm_n 81._o after_o they_o have_v throw_v down_o their_o arm_n ibid._n die_n 149._o the_o elector_n of_o trier_n leave_v the_o council_n of_o trent_n 542._o truchse_n george_n head_n of_o the_o schwabian_a league_n 80._o rout_n the_o boor_n in_o schwaben_n ibid._n and_o at_o winsberg_n 81._o burn_v the_o town_n ibid._n rout_n other_o in_o franconia_n ibid._n make_v a_o speech_n to_o the_o protestant_a prince_n in_o the_o emperor_n name_n 134._o turegie_n vide_fw-la oxline_n turk_n vide_fw-la solyman_n their_o original_a 295._o they_o invade_v hungary_n 314._o they_o take_v tripoli_n 518._o their_o fleet_n take_v corsica_n 591._o their_o fleet_n scour_v the_o coast_n of_o italy_n 617._o v._o vaiod_n vide_fw-la transylvania_n valla_n laurentius_n his_o book_n censure_v 28._o vargas_n francisco_n de_fw-la and_o martino_n velasco_n the_o emperor_n ambassador_n protest_v against_o the_o council_n at_o bononia_n 446._o venetian_n make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o emperor_n against_o francis_n 204._o they_o conclude_v a_o peace_n with_o the_o turk_n 252._o they_o publish_v a_o proclamation_n about_o religion_n against_o the_o reform_a 468._o venize_v gabriel_n provincial_a of_o the_o augustans_fw-la in_o germany_n vide_fw-la leo._n vergerius_n peter_n paul_n the_o pope_n legate_n at_o augsbourg_n 127._o have_v order_n to_o manage_v the_o business_n of_o a_o council_n cautious_o 166._o be_v recall_v into_o italy_n by_o p._n paul_n iii_o 147._o and_o send_v back_o with_o the_o old_a instruction_n 175._o consult_v with_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n at_o prague_n 180._o send_v to_o naples_n to_o
the_o emperor_n 204._o appoint_a of_o the_o committee_n to_o draw_v up_o a_o bull_n for_o the_o call_n of_o a_o council_n ibid._n his_o speech_n at_o worm_n 272._o talk_v with_o spira_n at_o milan_n 475._o turn_v protestant_a 476._o persuade_v his_o diocese_n of_o justinople_n to_o join_v with_o he_o ibid._n be_v persecute_v settle_v in_o the_o valteline_n 477._o and_o thence_o remove_v to_o tube_v ibid._n write_v a_o book_n to_o disswad_v the_o swisser_n from_o send_v to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 528._o vey_fw-mi a_o lawyer_n of_o baden_n speak_v to_o luther_n from_o the_o commissioner_n at_o worm_n 45._o exhort_v he_o to_o submit_v his_o book_n to_o the_o emperor_n and_o prince_n 46._o vienna_n vide_fw-la solyman_n visconti_n duke_n of_o milan_n their_o pedigree_n 203._o ulm_n receive_v the_o protestant_a religion_n and_o a_o church_n be_v constitute_v there_o 149._o be_v reconcile_v to_o the_o emperor_n and_o fine_v 413._o a_o diet_n call_v thither_o 428._o what_o be_v do_v at_o it_o 431._o adjourn_v to_o augsbourg_n 432._o the_o government_n change_v by_o the_o emperor_n 472._o their_o divine_n refuse_v with_o great_a courage_n to_o acknowledge_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o interim_n ibid._n their_o minister_n be_v release_v 479._o their_o answer_n to_o albert_n proposal_n 563._o ulric_n duke_n of_o wirtemberg_n claim_v his_o country_n 79._o be_v repulse_v by_o the_o schwabian_a confederate_n 80._o be_v restore_v into_o it_o by_o the_o landgrave_n of_o hesse_n 173._o engage_v to_o be_v feudatary_a to_o ferdinand_n ibid._n and_o recover_v his_o country_n entire_o 174._o he_o acknowledge_v himself_o feudatary_a to_o ferdinand_n 180._o be_v admit_v into_o the_o protestant_a league_n 206._o excuse_n himself_o by_o letter_n to_o king_n francis_n 249._o he_o with_o upper_a germany_n first_o take_v arm_n 380._o write_v supplicatory_a letter_n to_o the_o emperor_n 413._o be_v receive_v upon_o hard_a condition_n 415._o he_o make_v his_o submission_n to_o the_o emperor_n in_o person_n at_o ulm_n 421._o receive_v the_o interim_n 462._o dies_z 502._o vogelsberg_n sebastian_n raise_v man_n in_o germany_n for_o henry_n king_n of_o france_n 434._o be_v behead_v at_o augsbourg_n for_o it_o 456._o w._n waradin_n george_n martinhausen_n bishop_n of_o make_v a_o cardinal_n 528._o be_v kill_v for_o commotion_n in_o transylvania_n 535._o waldenses_n persecute_v 345._o barbarous_o massacre_v at_o merindol_n 346._o their_o opinion_n 347._o wenceslaus_n emperor_n intercede_v for_o husse_v 46._o wyatt_n sir_n thomas_n rise_v in_o kent_n upon_o queen_n mary_n marry_v king_n philip_n 594._o be_v suppress_v 596._o execute_v 598._o wiclef_n john_n preach_v against_o the_o pope_n in_o england_n 46._o his_o bone_n order_v to_o be_v burn_v by_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n 47._o william_n vide_fw-la bavaria_n winchester_n stephen_n gardiner_n bishop_n of_o he_o write_v a_o reproachful_a book_n against_o bucer_n 340._o be_v imprison_v for_o obstinacy_n 511._o make_a lord_n chancellor_n by_o queen_n mary_n 589._o a_o account_n of_o his_o proceed_n in_o the_o divorce_n of_o henry_n viii_o ibid._n he_o die_v of_o a_o dropsy_n 627._o wirtemberg_n vide_fw-la ulric_n and_o christopher_n wittenberg_n a_o city_n of_o saxony_n upon_o the_o elbe_n and_o a_o university_n 2._o connive_n at_o luther_n ibid._n they_o write_v to_o pope_n leo_n in_o his_o behalf_n 6._o and_o to_o miltitz_n that_o he_o may_v be_v try_v in_o germany_n ibid._n and_o to_o frederick_n in_o excuse_n of_o luther_n proceed_n against_o cajetan_n 12._o the_o university_n abett_v the_o augustine_n in_o not_o say_v mass_n 49._o their_o reply_n to_o frederick_n about_o that_o matter_n 50._o wolfgang_n make_v grand_a master_n of_o prussia_n 324._o his_o plea_n at_o the_o diet_n of_o augsbourg_n about_o the_o teutonic_n order_n 447._o be_v drive_v out_o of_o his_o country_n 571._o wolfgang_n d._n of_o deux-ponts_n absolute_o refuse_v the_o interim_n 480._o yet_o promise_v to_o obey_v the_o emperor_n as_o far_o as_o he_o can_v 481._o wolsey_n die_v for_o discontent_n 170._o worm_n a_o diet_n call_v thither_o 38._o it_o be_v open_v 41._o luther_n proscribe_v by_o a_o edict_n there_o 48._o a_o diet_n call_v to_o punish_v the_o anabaptist_n 200._o another_o diet_n call_v there_o 201._o a_o convention_n cite_v thither_o 268._o the_o head_n of_o the_o conference_n at_o worm_n 271._o a_o diet_n there_o 343._o z._n zisca_n john_n raise_v a_o war_n in_o bohemia_n against_o sigismond_n in_o revenge_n of_o husse_n death_n 47._o zuinglius_fw-la ulricus_fw-la come_v to_o zurick_n 22._o oppose_v friar_n samson_n about_o indulgence_n ibid._n dissuade_v the_o swisser_n from_o serve_v abroad_o in_o the_o war_n 48._o defend_v himself_o against_o the_o bishop_n of_o constance_n 51._o write_v to_o the_o swisser_n to_o allow_v marriage_n among_o their_o priest_n ibid._n dispute_n with_o john_n faber_n in_o the_o assembly_n at_o zurick_n 57_o acquit_v himself_o of_o the_o accusation_n of_o the_o state_n 66._o preach_v up_o the_o abrogation_n of_o image_n ibid._n differ_v with_o luther_n about_o the_o sacrament_n 97._o will_v not_o go_v to_o the_o conference_n at_o baden_n 105._o dispute_n at_o bern_n 111._o dispute_n with_o luther_n at_o marpurg_n 121._o be_v kill_v 156._o zurick_n vide_fw-la zuinglius_fw-la they_o refuse_v to_o serve_v abroad_o at_o zuinglius_n desire_n 48._o they_o est_fw-fr ablish_v the_o reformation_n 57_o they_o answer_v the_o remonstrance_n of_o the_o other_o canton_n 70._o and_o the_o bishop_n of_o constance_n book_n abort_a image_n 72._o they_o remove_v image_n 76._o they_o expostulate_v with_o the_o other_o cantens_fw-fr about_o the_o seize_v of_o their_o minister_n 77._o the_o mass_n abolish_v there_o 82._o they_o stop_v provision_n from_o the_o other_o canton_n 155._o they_o be_v rout_v in_o battle_n 156._o and_o so_o a_o second_o time_n ibid._n and_o at_o last_o conclude_v a_o peace_n ibid._n the_o minister_n of_o zurick_n answer_n gardiner_n book_n 340._o a_o table_n to_o the_o continuation_n a._n albert_n marquis_n of_o brandenburg_n die_v 13._o alva_n war_n on_o the_o pope_n 9_o he_o go_v to_o rome_n 11._o the_o emperor_n ambassador_n to_o the_o electoral_a prince_n to_o carry_v his_o resignation_n 6._o dr._n woton_n english_a ambassador_n in_o france_n 14._o between_o france_n and_o king_n philip_n at_o peronne_n 19_o at_o cambray_n 22._o in_o france_n 27._o to_o the_o diet_n of_o germany_n 28._o the_o pope_n ambassador_n to_o the_o christian_a prince_n and_o to_o the_o council_n 49_o 62._o admit_v by_o the_o prince_n of_o germany_n of_o the_o augustane_n confession_n 63._o refuse_v by_o queen_n elizabeth_n 64._o his_o legate_n to_o trent_n french_a ambassador_n to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 87._o the_o ambassador_n of_o spain_n receive_v 91._o lansac_n ambassador_n for_o france_n at_o rome_n 94._o the_o french_a ambassador_n protest_v against_o the_o council_n 95._o and_o go_v to_o venice_n 96._o andelot_n marshal_n of_o france_n lose_v the_o favour_n of_o his_o prince_n 19_o suspect_v to_o be_v in_o the_o conspiracy_n of_o bloys_n 43._o send_v for_o succour_n into_o germany_n 78._o be_v in_o the_o battle_n of_o dreux_n 80._o defend_v orleans_n 82._o the_o archbishop_n of_o toledo_n suspect_v of_o heresy_n 48._o a_o assembly_n of_o the_o great_a man_n of_o france_n at_o fountainbleau_n 44._o of_o the_o three_o estate_n decree_v 46._o open_v at_o orleans_n 51._o prorogue_v 52._o reassembled_a at_o pont_n oyse_n 58._o a_o assembly_n of_o the_o delegate_n of_o france_n 68_o b_o babotz_n a_o town_n in_o hungary_n besiege_v 5._o the_o battle_n of_o st._n quintin_n 15._o of_o gravel_v 20._o of_o dreux_n 80._o the_o bavarian_o demand_v the_o cup_n and_o the_o marriage_n of_o their_o clergy_n in_o a_o tumult_n 97._o bellay_v jean_n cardinal_n die_v 50._o the_o bible_n sufficient_a alone_o to_o determine_v the_o controversy_n of_o religion_n 60._o book_n prohibit_v and_o why_o 86._o 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betray_v conde_n 73._o she_o pretend_v she_o be_v at_o
the_o council_n of_o trent_n 90._o his_o severity_n much_o commend_v there_o 91._o he_o be_v solicit_v to_o endeavour_v the_o preservation_n of_o the_o romish_a religion_n in_o france_n 61._o poltrot_n who_o assassinate_v the_o duke_n of_o guise_n a_o account_n of_o he_o 82._o prince_n the_o pope_n have_v power_n to_o depose_v they_o and_o to_o dispose_v of_o their_o dominion_n 62_o 92._o deny_v by_o the_o king_n of_o france_n 94._o prioli_n laurence_n duke_n of_o venice_n die_v and_o be_v succeed_v by_o jerome_n his_o brother_n 36._o q._n quintin_n jean_n make_v a_o long_a apology_n for_o the_o clergy_n in_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o three_o estate_n at_o orleans_n 51._o he_o die_v of_o grief_n for_o the_o reflection_n make_v on_o it_o ibid._n st._n quintin_n besiege_v 14._o take_a 15._o r._n religion_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o rebellion_n 50._o a_o remonstrance_n of_o the_o protestant_a prince_n of_o germany_n 12._o riga_n reform_v 57_o roven_n or_o rouen_n 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