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kingdom_n of_o hungary_n after_o k._n lewis_n death_n 105._o be_v make_v k._n of_o bohemia_n 110._o his_o claim_n to_o hungary_n what_o 114._o make_a k._n of_o the_o roman_n 144._o the_o term_n upon_o which_o the_o protestant_a prince_n promise_v to_o acknowledge_v he_o 157._o make_v a_o treaty_n of_o peace_n with_o the_o d._n of_o saxony_n 173._o allow_v ulric_n to_o be_v d._n of_o wirtemberg_n ibid._n inhibit_v the_o prosecution_n of_o the_o imperial_a chamber_n 184._o suspend_v they_o till_o the_o meeting_n of_o the_o next_o diet_n 185._o send_v a_o embassy_n to_o the_o swisser_n not_o to_o aid_v the_o french_a against_o the_o emperor_n 207._o be_v rout_v by_o the_o turk_n 231._o go_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o haguenaw_n 267._o his_o proposal_n to_o the_o protestant_n there_o 268._o his_o answer_n there_o about_o the_o proceeding_n of_o the_o imperial_a chamber_n 269._o prepare_v to_o invade_v hungary_n 270._o send_v alaski_n his_o ambassador_n to_o solyman_n ibid._n be_v overthrow_v at_o buda_n 284._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o austrian_a nobility_n 287._o his_o speech_n to_o the_o diet_n at_o spire_n 288._o open_v the_o diet_n at_o nurenberg_n 298._o make_v a_o unsuccessful_a war_n in_o hungary_n 304._o open_v the_o diet_n at_o nurenberg_n 305._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_n petition_n 307._o be_v acknowledge_v king_n of_o the_o roman_n by_o the_o d._n of_o saxony_n 325._o his_o daughter_n be_v betroth_v to_o the_o d._n of_o saxony_n son_n ibid._n open_v the_o diet_n at_o worm_n 343._o answer_v the_o depute_v of_o the_o protestant_n 345._o go_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o ratisbon_n 374._o denounce_v war_n against_o the_o saxon_n 409._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o bohemian_n 417._o his_o demand_n to_o the_o bohemian_n 420._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o bohemian_n 423._o he_o answer_v their_o letter_n 424._o he_o write_v to_o they_o again_o 425._o his_o commissioner_n to_o the_o convention_n of_o state_n in_o bohemia_n 426._o his_o army_n ibid._n write_v again_o to_o the_o bohemian_n 428._o write_v to_o they_o again_o from_o leutmeritz_n 431._o go_v to_o prague_n and_o force_n the_o bohemian_n to_o submit_v 434._o obtain_v vast_a sum_n of_o money_n from_o the_o free_a town_n 436._o raise_v money_n of_o the_o state_n at_o teh_a diet_n 460._o receive_v constance_n and_o impose_v strict_a condition_n upon_o they_o 474._o complain_v at_o the_o diet_n of_o augsbourg_n of_o the_o eruption_n of_o the_o turk_n 511._o aid_n be_v grant_v he_o by_o the_o prince_n at_o norimberg_n 512._o treat_v with_o d._n maurice_n about_o peace_n at_o lintz_n 556._o go_v to_o passaw_n to_o mediate_v a_o peace_n 563._o press_v d._n maurice_n to_o stay_v a_o while_n for_o the_o emperor_n answer_n 568._o go_v again_o to_o the_o emperor_n to_o villach_n ibid._n bring_v the_o emperor_n answer_n back_o to_o passaw_n 569._o he_o there_o answer_v the_o french_a ambassador_n in_o the_o emperor_n name_n 570._o open_v the_o diet_n of_o augsbourg_n 598._o publish_v a_o edict_n about_o religion_n 602._o which_o be_v answer_v by_o the_o state_n of_o his_o country_n ibid._n he_o come_v to_o augsbourg_n 607._o open_v the_o diet_n with_o a_o speech_n ibid._n what_o effect_v it_o have_v upon_o the_o diet_n 610._o banish_v two_o hundred_o protestant_a minister_n out_o of_o bohemia_n ibid._n invite_v the_o prince_n to_o the_o augsbourg_n diet_n 612._o mediates_n between_o papist_n and_o protestant_n at_o augsbourg_n 624._o answer_v those_o paper_n that_o be_v disperse_v in_o the_o diâ—t_n 625._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_n reply_v 626._o solicit_v the_o prince_n of_o germany_n against_o the_o turk_n 628._o answer_v the_o address_n of_o the_o austrian_a nobility_n 630._o reply_v to_o the_o austrian_n answer_v 631._o be_v solicit_v by_o the_o bavarian_n for_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n 633._o he_o go_v into_o bohemia_n ibid._n feure_n d'estaple_n vide_fw-la faber_n stapulensis_n fisher_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n behead_v for_o not_o acknowledge_v king_n henry_n supreme_a head_n of_o the_o church_n 180._o make_a cardinal_n in_o prison_n ib._n flisted_a peter_n burn_v at_o cologne_n for_o his_o religion_n 121._o florentine_n aid_v the_o french_a against_o charles_n 131._o send_v ambassador_n to_o he_o with_o submission_n 132._o they_o yield_v to_o he_o after_o a_o year_n siege_n ibid._n fox_n edw._n bishop_n of_o hereford_n his_o speech_n to_o the_o protestant_n at_o smalcald_a 188._o desire_v a_o private_a conference_n 189._o which_o be_v allow_v ib._n france_n a_o persecution_n of_o the_o lutheran_n there_o 175._o francis_n king_n of_o france_n competitor_n for_o the_o empire_n 13._o be_v trouble_v that_o charles_n v._o be_v prefer_v 19_o make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o swisser_n 48._o take_v milan_n 76._o besieges_n parma_n ibid._n be_v take_v prisoner_n there_o 79_o write_v into_o france_n in_o favour_n of_o faber_n stapulensis_n 98._o fall_v sick_a in_o prison_n 102._o treat_v a_o peace_n with_o char._n v._o ibid._n leaves_n two_o son_n hostage_n in_o spain_n 103._o but_o make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o pope_n and_o venetian_n against_o the_o emperor_n 105._o write_n to_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o empire_n 108._o publish_v a_o apology_n for_o engage_v in_o war_n with_o char._n v._o ibid._n send_v letter_n of_o defiance_n to_o char._n v._n 112._o make_v a_o league_n with_o henry_n viii_o ibid._n challenge_n char._n v._n to_o a_o duel_n 112._o conclude_v a_o peace_n with_o he_o at_o cambray_n 121._o the_o article_n of_o it_o ibid._n his_o letter_n to_o the_o protestant_a prince_n 149._o marry_v catharine_n de_fw-fr medicis_n to_o his_o elder_a son_n henry_n 168._o he_o go_v in_o procession_n to_o st._n genevieve_n 178._o he_o write_v to_o the_o german_a prince_n to_o take_v off_o misunderstanding_n 179._o send_v bellay_n to_o smalcald_v to_o the_o protestant_n 182._o his_o opinion_n about_o the_o point_n of_o controversy_n in_o germany_n 186._o he_o offer_v to_o enter_v into_o a_o league_n with_o the_o protestant_n 187._o
several_a town_n for_o the_o protestant_n 388._o rout_v by_o duke_n maurice_n 504._o take_a into_o the_o service_n of_o duke_n maurice_n assist_v the_o magdeburgher_n 514._o henry_n the_o vii_o emperor_n refuse_v to_o pay_v allegiance_n to_o the_o pope_n 38._o henry_n the_o viii_o write_v against_o luther_n 50._o be_v call_v defender_n of_o the_o faith_n ibid._n be_v pensioner_n to_o charles_n the_o v._o 51._o his_o daughter_n mary_n be_v betroth_v to_o charles_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o house_n of_o saxony_n against_o luther_n 65._o receive_v a_o golden_a rose_n from_o the_o pope_n 75._o write_v a_o scornful_a answer_n to_o luther_n letter_n 101._o make_v a_o league_n with_o france_n in_o the_o absence_n of_o king_n francis_n 102._o make_v a_o league_n with_o francis_n against_o charles_n 112._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_a prince_n of_o germany_n 150._o be_v dissatisfy_v about_o his_o marriage_n with_o catharine_n 169._o sue_v to_o be_v divorce_v ibid._n they_o be_v dilatory_a at_o rome_n ibid._n he_o marry_v anne_n boleyn_n 170._o be_v declare_v in_o parliament_n head_n of_o the_o church_n ibid._n revokes_n peter_n pence_n ibid._n send_v fox_n bishop_n of_o hereford_n ambassador_n to_o the_o protestant_n at_o smalcald_a 188._o his_o ambassador_n winter_n at_o wittenberg_n 205._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o protestant_n ibid._n he_o behead_v anne_n boleyn_n 206._o quell_v a_o rise_n in_o england_n 209._o his_o reason_n against_o the_o council_n of_o mantua_n 231._o his_o reason_n against_o the_o council_n at_o vicenza_n 250._o he_o enact_v in_o parliament_n several_a thing_n about_o religion_n 251._o marry_v anne_n of_o cleve_n ibid._n his_o answer_n to_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n ambassador_n 255._o behead_v romwel_o earl_n of_o essex_n 267._o be_v divorce_v from_o anne_n of_o cleve_n ibid._n marry_v catharine_n howard_n ibid._n burn_v papist_n and_o protestant_n for_o religion_n 269._o behead_v catharine_n howard_n for_o adultery_n 289._o marry_v catharine_n parr_n ibid._n make_v a_o successful_a war_n in_o scotland_n 324._o he_o make_v a_o expedition_n into_o france_n 327._o take_v bologne_n ibid._n make_v a_o treaty_n of_o peace_n with_o france_n 355._o forewarn_v the_o protestant_n in_o germany_n of_o their_o danger_n 356._o dies_z 418._o henry_n of_o zutphen_n suffer_v for_o religion_n in_o germany_n 75._o henry_n duke_n of_o saxony_n refuse_v to_o change_v his_o religion_n to_o gain_v the_o duchy_n 249._o but_o gain_v it_o by_o george_n death_n 250._o henry_n dauphin_z of_o france_n have_v a_o daughter_n 382._o henry_n the_o ii_o of_o france_n succeed_v to_o francis_n the_o i._o 424._o be_v crown_v 435._o the_o ceremony_n of_o it_o ibid._n persecute_v the_o lutheran_n severe_o in_o france_n 456._o enter_v paris_n in_o state_n 484._o crown_n his_o queen_n ibid._n persecute_v the_o lutheran_n ibid._n make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o swisser_n ibid._n regain_n several_a place_n from_o england_n 485._o publish_v another_o edict_n against_o the_o lutheran_n 492._o send_v a_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n about_o his_o assist_a octavio_n farnese_n 514._o he_o declare_v war_n against_o the_o emperor_n with_o his_o reason_n 517._o justify_v himself_o from_o league_n with_o the_o turk_n 518._o send_v the_o abbot_n of_o bellozane_n to_o trent_n with_o a_o letter_n to_o the_o council_n ibid._n he_o publish_v a_o edict_n against_o the_o pope_n 521._o and_o another_o against_o the_o lutheran_n ibid._n answer_v the_o emperor_n declaration_n 522._o hinder_v the_o swisser_n from_o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 528._o he_o send_v ambassador_n to_o duke_n maurice_n 529._o make_v peace_n with_o the_o pope_n 548._o he_o declare_v war_n against_o the_o emperor_n 553._o call_v himself_o protector_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o germany_n 554._o he_o take_v toul_n verdun_n metz_n 555._o take_v a_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n from_o the_o people_n of_o metz_n ibid._n his_o treaty_n with_o the_o strasburgher_n 557._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o prince_n ambassador_n 558._o the_o reason_n of_o his_o leave_v germany_n 559._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o swisser_n ibid._n he_o waste_v luxembourg_n 563._o his_o ambassador_n speech_n at_o the_o treaty_n of_o passaw_n 564._o he_o solicit_v again_o by_o letter_n from_o aichstadt_n 567._o he_o bring_v his_o man_n from_o luxembourg_n back_o into_o artois_n 571._o be_v offend_v with_o the_o pacification_n at_o passaw_n 572._o write_v to_o the_o emperor_n 576._o send_v a_o declartion_n to_o the_o state_n of_o the_o empire_n 577._o carry_v on_o the_o war_n in_o the_o low_a country_n 603._o but_o be_v beat_v in_o tuscany_n in_o the_o sienese_n war_n 604._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o diet_n at_o francfort_n ibid._n take_v casal_n 613._o carry_v on_o the_o war_n into_o montferrat_n 617._o hereford_n vide_fw-la fox_n herman_n vide_fw-la cologne_n hesse_n vide_fw-la philip_n landgrave_n hildesheym_n a_o city_n in_o the_o duchy_n of_o brunswick_n embrace_v the_o protestant_a religion_n 300._o they_o be_v accuse_v by_o their_o bishop_n to_o the_o emperor_n 313._o hogostratus_fw-la james_n a_o dominican_n write_v against_o luther_n 4._o commissioned_n by_o maximilian_n to_o examine_v jewish_a book_n 30._o write_v against_o reuchlin_n ibid._n be_v cast_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o spire_n ibid._n appeal_n to_o rome_n ibid._n leave_v his_o cause_n ibid._n examine_v two_o augustine_n friar_n at_o brussels_n 63._o holland_n a_o inundation_n there_o 137._o hooper_n john_n bishop_n of_o gloucester_n burn_v for_o his_o religion_n 607._o huberine_n caspar_n a_o interimist_n preach_v at_o augsbourg_n 535._o hugh_n capet_n make_v himself_o king_n of_o france_n 150._o huglie_a john_n a_o protestant_a burn_v for_o religion_n by_o the_o bishop_n of_o constance_n 105._o hungarian_n beg_v for_o assistance_n at_o the_o diet_n of_o spire_n 324._o their_o horse_n join_v duke_n maurice_n 409._o husse_v john_n preach_v wiclef_n doctrine_n 46._o appeal_v from_o the_o pope_n to_o christ_n ibid._n went_n to_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n with_o safe_a conduct_n 47._o there_o burn_v ibid._n hutton_n ulricus_n a_o noble_a man_n of_o franconia_n 65._o favour_n luther_n and_o die_v ibid._n i_o james_n the_o v._o of_o scotland_n marry_v king_n francis_n daughter_n 209._o his_o queen_n die_v 230._o make_v a_o war_n with_o england_n unsuccessful_o 304._o dies_z ibid._n jerome_n bishop_n of_o brandenbourg_n 2._o jerome_n of_o prague_n burn_v at_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n 47._o jerome_n bishop_n of_o ascoli_n summons_n luther_n by_o p._n leo_n order_n to_o appear_v at_o rome_n 5._o jew_n compare_v with_o roman_a clergy_n 29._o illyricus_n mathias_n flaccius_n write_v against_o the_o adiaphorist_n 498._o imperial_a chamber_n vide_fw-la protestant_n be_v set_v up_o again_o in_o the_o diet_n at_o augsbourg_n 466._o the_o judge_n fly_v from_o spire_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o confederate_a prince_n 557._o they_o answer_v marquis_n albert_n deputation_n about_o the_o franconian_a bishop_n 577._o they_o decree_v in_o favour_n of_o the_o bishop_n 578._o indulgence_n preach_v up_o in_o germany_n 1_o 2._o confirm_a by_o pope_n clement_n decree_n in_o the_o extravagant_n 9_o why_o grant_v 273._o indult_n vide_fw-la p._n paul_n the_o iii_o p._n innocent_a the_o iii_o decree_v to_o the_o electoral_a prince_n a_o right_a of_o choose_v the_o emperor_n 21._o his_o decree_n de_fw-la majoritate_fw-la &_o obedientia_fw-la 107._o inquisition_n its_o original_a 434._o inquisitor_n about_o the_o emperor_n edict_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o netherlands_o how_o they_o proceed_v 498._o interim_n draw_v up_o at_o augsbourg_n 454._o the_o head_n of_o it_o 458._o often_o revise_v and_o correct_v 459._o send_v to_o rome_n ibid._n the_o elector_n differ_v in_o their_o opinion_n about_o it_o ibid._n those_o who_o draw_v it_o up_o be_v reward_v 468._o it_o be_v dislike_v on_o both_o side_n ibid._n confute_v by_o the_o saxon_a divine_n 481._o joachim_n elector_n of_o brandenbourg_n send_v a_o embassy_n to_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n 242._o send_v agent_n to_o eysenach_n 244._o make_a geneali_fw-la ssimo_fw-la against_o the_o turk_n 292._o he_o strike_v in_o with_o the_o papist_n in_o the_o war_n against_o the_o smalcaldick_n league_n 375._o interpose_n for_o a_o peace_n 418._o with_o the_o landgrave_n ibid._n intereede_v for_o saxony_n 427._o and_o his_o life_n be_v spare_v at_o his_o intercession_n 428._o intercede_v for_o the_o landgrave_n 429._o remonstrate_v to_o the_o emperor_n for_o he_o at_o hall_n 433._o call_v bucer_n to_o augsbourg_n 454._o angry_a with_o he_o for_o not_o subscribe_v the_o interim_n 457._o receive_v the_o interim_n 461._o act_n with_o duke_n maurice_n in_o the_o magdeburgick_a war_n 505_o 506._o he_o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o conncil_n of_o trent_n 526._o his_o ambassador_n with_o those_o of_o d._n maurice_n solicit_v the_o emperor_n about_o the_o landgrave_n 531._o john_n xxii_o p._n vide_fw-la aquinas_n john_n king_n of_o denmark_n overthrow_v the_o swede_n 62._o die_v leave_v his_o son_n
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that_o to_o his_o great_a grief_n he_o understand_v that_o thing_n be_v so_o far_o from_o go_v as_o be_v to_o be_v desire_v and_o as_o the_o public_a state_n of_o affair_n require_v that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v if_o speedy_a remedy_n be_v not_o apply_v the_o council_n will_v be_v end_v in_o such_o manner_n as_o it_o will_v give_v offence_n to_o all_o christendom_n and_o become_v ridiculous_a to_o all_o those_o who_o have_v make_v a_o defection_n from_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o fix_v they_o more_o obstinate_o in_o those_o opinion_n they_o have_v embrace_v though_o very_o differ_v from_o the_o orthodox_n faith._n that_o there_o have_v not_o be_v any_o session_n celebrate_v for_o a_o long_a time_n and_o that_o it_o be_v common_o give_v out_o the_o father_n and_o doctor_n in_o
66._o agricola_n vide_fw-la islebius_n aix_n parliament_n of_o aix_n make_v a_o cruel_a decree_n against_o the_o waldenses_n 343._o albert_n of_o brandenburg_n bishop_n of_o mentz_n and_o magdeburg_n 2._o luther_n write_v to_o he_o vide_fw-la luther_n be_v make_v cardinal_n 4._o his_o speech_n to_o the_o elector_n at_o frankfort_n 14._o he_o proclaim_v charles_n the_o five_o election_n 18._o answer_v luther_n letter_n kind_o 31._o make_v a_o speech_n to_o charles_n the_o five_o 37._o be_v concern_v in_o the_o ban_n by_o which_o luther_n be_v proscribe_v 49._o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o protestant_n at_o smalcald_a 153._o dies_z 354._o albert_n of_o brandenburg_n grand_a master_n of_o the_o teutonick_n order_n war_n with_o sigismond_n king_n of_o poland_n 99_o demand_n succour_n from_o germany_n ibid._n swear_v allegiance_n to_o sigismond_n ibid._n marry_v and_o be_v make_v duke_n of_o prussia_n ibid._n what_o he_o do_v be_v rescind_v by_o the_o emperor_n 139._o he_o be_v 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 his_o chief_a castle_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o trier_n ibid._n he_o fall_v upon_o the_o bishop_n upon_o the_o rhine_n 571._o his_o demand_n of_o the_o strasburger_n ibid._n he_o besieges_fw-fr frankfort_n 572._o make_v war_n against_o the_o bishop_n of_o mentz_n and_o spire_n ibid._n and_o rob_v the_o church_n of_o those_o bishopric_n 573._o be_v receive_v at_o trier_n ibid._n march_n into_o luxemburg_n 574._o make_v a_o peace_n with_o the_o emperor_n 575._o beat_v the_o french_a at_o pont_n a_o mousson_n ibid._n complain_v to_o the_o franconian_a bishop_n 577._o refuse_v a_o accommodation_n at_o heidelberg_n and_o declare_v war_n against_o the_o bishop_n of_o franconia_n 578._o take_v bamberg_n and_o spoil_v the_o country_n ibid._n make_v war_n upon_o duke_n maurice_n 581._o war_n be_v declare_v against_o he_o ib._n his_o answer_n to_o their_o declaration_n 584._o his_o territory_n be_v invade_v ibid._n he_o be_v rout_v by_o d._n maurice_n 585._o write_v a_o letter_n to_o d._n maurice_n subject_n 586._o renew_v the_o war_n against_o the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n 591._o be_v rout_v by_o he_o ibid._n he_o retire_v towards_o france_n 592._o he_o be_v proscribe_v 594._o sue_v in_o vain_a to_o have_v it_o take_v off_o 595._o he_o remonstrate_v to_o the_o diet_n of_o ausburg_n against_o the_o noremberger_n 599._o by_o continue_v the_o war_n he_o be_v at_o last_o out_v of_o all_o 601._o go_v into_o france_n 604._o write_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o frankfort_n ibid._n albert_n count_n mansfield_n go_v against_o muncer_n rabble_n 84._o he_o rout_v they_o ibid._n albert_n of_o brunswick_n kill_v 404._o albertus_n magnus_n vide_fw-la aquinas_n aleander_n hieronymus_n send_v against_o luther_n to_o frederick_n by_o the_o pope_n 38._o make_v a_o cardinal_n 39_o alexander_n de_fw-fr medicis_n recover_v florence_n 132._o be_v kill_v by_o his_o kinsman_n lorenzo_n medicis_n 209._o alaski_n send_v by_o ferdinand_n ambassador_n to_o solyman_n 270._o imprison_v by_o he_o 271._o aloisia_n mother_n to_o francis_n i._o write_v to_o pope_n clement_n during_o his_o captivity_n 98._o make_v a_o league_n with_o henry_n the_o viii_o 102._o amstorfius_n vide_fw-la john_n frederick_n elector_n of_o saxony_n anabaptist_n their_o original_a 110._o their_o doctrine_n at_o munster_n 190._o their_o book_n call_v the_o restitution_n 196._o their_o supper_n ibid._n their_o 28_o apostle_n ibid._n who_o be_v all_o execute_v 197._o they_o write_v to_o the_o landgrave_n 198._o their_o hellish_a doctrine_n ibid._n their_o book_n of_o the_o mystery_n of_o christ_n 199._o angelical_a doctor_n vide_fw-la aquinas_n anne_n boleyne_v wise_a to_o hen._n viii_o behead_v 208._o anthony_n d._n of_o lorraine_n forbid_v his_o subject_n to_o read_v luther_n book_n 75._o defeat_v the_o boor_n in_o his_o country_n 81._o kill_v 18000_o of_o they_o ibid._n of_o which_o many_o after_o promise_n of_o life_n be_v grant_v ibid._n he_o negotiate_v a_o peace_n between_o the_o emperor_n and_o french_a king_n in_o vain_a 320._o dies_z 327._o antinomian_o their_o original_a 244._o apparition_z of_o ghost_n frequent_a in_o the_o time_n of_o popery_n 172._o aquinas_n tho._n chief_o quote_v to_o prove_v indulgence_n 3._o study_a at_o cologne_n and_o paris_n 4._o scholar_n to_o albertus_n magnus_n ibid._n saint_a by_o pope_n john_n xxii_o ibid._n die_n an._n 1274._o ibid._n call_v angelical_a doctor_n ibid._n arbitrator_n elector_n of_o mentz_n and_o prince_n palatine_n choose_v to_o mediate_v between_o the_o protestant_a prince_n and_o the_o emperor_n 154._o their_o answer_n to_o the_o prince_n proposition_n 158._o aristotle_n better_a use_v by_o the_o louvain_n doctor_n than_o luther_n 29._o arnstadt_n a_o town_n in_o thuringia_n a_o convention_n of_o protestant_n there_o 251._o arras_n vide_fw-la anthony_n perenot_n granvell_n d'avalos_n ferd._n marquess_z of_o pescara_n hearten_v the_o imperialist_n to_o fight_v at_o pavia_n 79._o accuse_v the_o french_a king_n 295._o augsburg_n a_o diet_n there_o 4._o the_o diet_n at_o ausburg_n remove_v to_o spire_n 97._o they_o embrace_v the_o protestant_a religion_n 109._o commissioner_n to_o frame_v a_o decree_n there_o 135._o the_o tenor_n of_o it_o ibid._n the_o decree_n of_o that_o diet_n 139._o they_o publish_v a_o book_n against_o the_o ecclesiastic_n 212._o they_o promise_v to_o lend_v no_o more_o money_n to_o the_o emperor_n 389._o they_o capitulate_v with_o the_o emperor_n 418._o a_o diet_n call_v to_o ausburg_n 435._o it_o be_v a_o arm_a diet_n 437._o it_o be_v open_v ibid._n a_o decree_n there_o about_o a_o free_a council_n 467._o another_o arm_a diet_n at_o augsburg_n 499._o the_o decree_n of_o the_o diet_n about_o a_o council_n 512._o their_o divine_n examine_v of_o a_o sudden_a by_o granvell_n and_o send_v out_o of_o germany_n 516._o be_v surrender_v to_o d._n maurice_n and_o the_o confederate_a prince_n 555._o great_a contest_v about_o religion_n in_o the_o diet_n 621._o the_o allegation_n of_o the_o papist_n against_o the_o protestant_n 622._o the_o decree_n of_o the_o diet_n 626._o augsburg_n cardinal_n of_o vindicate_v himself_o 633._o augustane_n confession_n read_v to_o charles_n the_o five_o 129._o oppugned_a by_o the_o popish_a divine_n 130._o augustine_n monk_n at_o wittenberg_n forbear_v say_v mass_n 49._o two_o augustine_n friar_n examine_v at_o brussels_n 63._o burn_v 64._o augustus_n sucee_v his_o brother_n maurice_n in_o the_o electorate_v of_o saxony_n 587._o call_v a_o convention_n of_o his_o state_n what_o be_v their_o answer_n to_o his_o proposal_n ibid._n refuse_v to_o appear_v at_o the_o diet_n of_o ausburg_n 612._o austrian_a nobility_n petition_n ferdinand_n for_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n 285._o they_o renew_v their_o instance_n 287._o they_o address_v again_o 628._o their_o reply_n to_o ferdinand_n answer_n 630._o ferdinand_n answer_n to_o their_o reply_n 632._o b_o baden_n a_o disputation_n there_o of_o both_o party_n of_o swisser_n 105._o the_o point_v dispute_v of_o ibid._n bamberg_n wigand_n bishop_n of_o quarrel_n with_o the_o elector_n of_o brandenburg_n 152._o barbarossa_n the_o turkish_a admiral_n take_v castlenovo_n 251._o lie_v with_o his_o fleet_n at_o thoulon_n 314._o he_o besieges_n the_o castle_n of_o nizza_n ibid._n when_o he_o can_v not_o take_v it_o he_o retire_v to_o thoulon_n 316._o as_o he_o retire_v from_o thoulon_n make_v sad_a ravages_n in_o italy_n 326._o barn_n rich._n burn_a at_o london_n 269._o basil-council_n assert_v the_o superiority_n of_o council_n to_o a_o pope_n 10._o oecolampadius_n preach_v there_o 76._o great_a dissension_n about_o religion_n 116._o image_n break_v down_o and_o burn_v upon_o ash-wednesday_n 117_o mass_n abolish_v there_o ibid._n the_o form_n of_o the_o safe_a conduct_n which_o be_v grant_v at_o the_o council_n of_o basil_n 539._o bavaria_n the_o duke_n oppose_v the_o election_n of_o ferdinand_n king_n of_o the_o roman_n 158._o the_o d._n of_o bavaria_n intercede_v for_o the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n 307._o beaton_n david_n cardinal_n archbishop_n of_o st._n andrews_n kill_v 382._o beckon_v otho_n give_v the_o
beneventum_n the_o pope_n legate_n at_o venice_n 475._o write_v in_o defence_n of_o sodomy_n 477._o prince_n casimir_n of_o brandenburg_n raise_v troop_n upon_o charles_n the_o five_o election_n for_o his_o service_n 18._o catharinus_n ambrose_n write_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n against_o luther_n 40._o catharine_n of_o austria_n wife_n to_o henry_n the_o eight_o die_v 202._o catharine_n de_fw-fr medicis_n marry_v to_o henry_n the_o second_o of_o france_n 168._o chabot_n brian_n philip_n admiral_n of_o france_n condemn_v 272._o restore_v 277._o chamber_n imperial_a delegate_n appoint_v to_o reform_v it_o 161._o they_o prosecute_v the_o protestant_n with_o vigour_n 184._o they_o proscribe_v minden_n 245._o vide_fw-la imperial_a chamber_n in_o i_o charles_n the_o four_o emperor_n make_v the_o golden_a bull_n an._n 1356._o 19_o charles_n duke_n of_o bourbon_n besieges_fw-fr marseilles_n 76._o take_v rome_n 109._o block_n up_o the_o pope_n in_o the_o castle_n of_o st._n angelo_n ibid._n his_o soldier_n commit_v great_a insolence_n ibid._n die_n 110._o be_v attaint_v by_o the_o french_a king_n ibid._n charles_n the_o great_a make_v emperor_n at_o rome_n 150._o charles_n king_n of_o spain_n competitor_n for_o the_o empire_n 13._o his_o answer_n to_o prince_n palatine_n 18._o his_o genealogy_n 19_o the_o condition_n which_o be_v impose_v upon_o he_o as_o his_o election_n 20._o go_v into_o england_n 25._o thence_o into_o the_o low-countries_n ibid._n summon_v the_o elector_n to_o aix_n la_fw-fr chapelle_n 36._o meet_v they_o there_o 37._o enter_v the_o town_n in_o state_n ibid._n the_o ceremony_n of_o his_o coronation_n ibid._n his_o oath_n ibid._n go_v to_o cologne_n and_o call_v a_o diet_n to_o worm_n 38._o promise_v luther_n a_o public_a hear_n at_o the_o diet_n 41._o write_v to_o luther_n and_o give_v he_o safe_a conduct_n 42._o write_v to_o the_o prince_n against_o luther_n 44._o proscribe_v he_o 48_o 49._o make_v war_n with_o francis_n i_o 50._o and_o take_v milan_n ibid._n return_v into_o spain_n 51._o go_v into_o england_n by_o the_o way_n and_o make_v a_o league_n with_o henry_n viii_o ibid._n answer_v the_o complaint_n exhibit_v by_o the_o free_a city_n against_o the_o diet_n at_o nuremberg_n 66._o complain_v to_o the_o diet_n that_o the_o decree_n of_o worm_n be_v not_o observe_v 73._o chide_v the_o state_n and_o prince_n for_o attempt_v to_o call_v a_o general_n council_n 75._o take_v king_n francis_n prisoner_n at_o pavia_n 79._o desire_v that_o a_o diet_n may_v be_v call_v at_o ausburg_n 96._o treat_v a_o peace_n with_o francis_n 102._o the_o article_n of_o peace_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o spire_n that_o the_o decree_n at_o worm_n shall_v be_v keep_v 103._o marry_v the_o king_n of_o portugal_n daughter_n 105._o answer_v pope_n clement_n angry_a letter_n 106._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o college_n of_o cardinal_n 107._o he_o answer_v the_o confederate_n proposal_n 109._o he_o leave_v off_o public_a sport_n when_o he_o understand_v that_o rome_n be_v take_v 109._o accuse_v the_o french_a king_n of_o breach_n of_o faith_n 112._o answer_v the_o french_a king_n challenge_n 115._o call_v a_o synod_n to_o be_v hold_v at_o spire_n ibid._n answer_v the_o protestant_a ambassador_n at_o piacenza_n 124._o confine_n the_o protestant_a ambassador_n to_o their_o lodging_n 125._o call_v a_o diet_n at_o augsbourg_n 126._o be_v crown_v at_o rome_n by_o the_o pope_n ibid._n make_v his_o entry_n into_o augsbourg_n 127._o make_v a_o speech_n to_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o diet_n ibid._n consent_n at_o last_o that_o the_o augustane_n confession_n shall_v be_v read_v to_o he_o 129._o his_o speech_n to_o the_o prince_n 133._o he_o threaten_v the_o protestant_a prince_n 134._o debate_n with_o they_o about_o a_o decree_n 135._o as_o also_o with_o the_o deputy_n of_o particular_a city_n 138._o deny_v the_o liberty_n which_o the_o protestant_n demand_v 139._o rescind_v albert_n of_o brandenburg_n transaction_n with_o the_o king_n of_o poland_n ibid._n call_v the_o elector_n together_o to_o choose_v a_o k._n of_o the_o roman_n at_o cologne_n 142._o his_o reason_n for_o choose_v a_o king_n of_o the_o roman_n 143._o he_o command_v the_o protestant_n to_o acknowledge_v ferdinand_n king_n of_o the_o roman_n 148._o he_o give_v they_o notice_n of_o a_o turkish_a invasion_n ibid._n call_v a_o diet_n at_o spire_n 152._o remove_v it_o to_o ratisbon_n 155._o and_o confirm_v a_o peace_n there_o to_o all_o protestant_n 160._o solicit_v for_o aid_v against_o the_o turk_n to_o little_a purpose_n 161._o go_v to_o italy_n 162._o write_v into_o germany_n to_o obey_v ferdinand_n ibid._n his_o ambassador_n go_v with_o the_o pope_n legate_n to_o the_o d._n of_o saxony_n ibid._n his_o ambassador_n speech_n to_o the_o duke_n 163._o stand_v to_o the_o determination_n of_o ferdinand_n concern_v the_o d._n of_o wirtemberg_n 174._o go_v into_o africa_n 180._o take_v goletta_n ibid._n restore_v muley_n hazem_n to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o tunis_n ibid._n encourage_v the_o prosecution_n of_o the_o imperial_a chamber_n 184._o his_o speech_n against_o the_o french_a king_n 204._o write_v to_o the_o protestant_n in_o germany_n 208._o be_v unsuccessful_a in_o france_n ibid._n send_v eldo_n his_o ambassador_n to_o smalcald_v to_o treat_v with_o the_o protestant_n 212._o make_v a_o truce_n with_o the_o king_n of_o france_n 232._o meet_v francis_n at_o aigues_n mortes_n 239._o accommodates_n with_o the_o protestant_n at_o francfort_n 248._o go_v through_o france_n into_o flanders_n 252._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_n ambassador_n 255._o he_o punish_v the_o city_n of_o ghent_n for_o its_o insurrection_n 262._o he_o write_v to_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n and_o the_o landgrave_n about_o a_o peace_n 263._o deniel_n the_o d._n of_o cleve_n petition_n 266._o confirm_v the_o decree_n at_o haguenaw_n 269._o invite_v the_o protestant_n to_o meet_v at_o worm_n ibid._n he_o dissolve_v the_o conference_n at_o worm_n 272._o appoint_v person_n to_o confer_v at_o ratisbon_n 276._o his_o exhortation_n to_o they_o ibid._n refer_v religious_a matter_n to_o a_o council_n 282._o he_o make_v a_o private_a grant_n to_o the_o protestant_n 283._o complain_v of_o the_o d._n of_o cleve_n ibid._n sail_n into_o africa_n 285._o lose_v his_o fleet_n by_o a_o storm_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o senate_n at_o metz_n to_o allow_v no_o change_n in_o religion_n 298._o his_o manifesto_n against_o the_o french_a king_n to_o the_o pope_n 300._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o cardinal_n of_o the_o mediation_n who_o be_v send_v by_o the_o pope_n 303._o his_o soldier_n waste_v juliers_n and_o take_v duren_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o protestant_n from_o genoa_n 311._o have_v a_o interview_n with_o the_o pope_n 312._o refuse_v to_o confirm_v parma_n and_o piacenza_n to_o the_o pope_n son_n ibid._n delivers_n leghorn_n and_o the_o castle_n of_o florence_n to_o cosmo_n medicis_n ibid._n make_v his_o son_n king_n of_o spain_n ibid._n make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o k._n of_o england_n ibid._n answer_v the_o protestant_n ambassador_n from_o smalcald_a ibid._n refuse_v to_o make_v up_o the_o business_n with_o the_o d._n of_o cleve_n 313._o he_o threaten_v the_o hildesheymers_n ibid._n writer_n to_o the_o senate_n of_o cologne_n ibid._n go_v to_o bonne_fw-fr 314._o make_v a_o prosperous_a war_n upon_o the_o duke_n of_o cleve_n 315._o restore_v he_o upon_o his_o submission_n ibid._n send_v to_o the_o city_n of_o metz_n to_o renounce_v the_o reform_a religion_n 316._o go_v into_o guelderland_n 317._o make_v the_o french_a yield_v at_o landrecy_n ibid._n answer_v the_o saxon_n and_o landgrave_n letter_n ibid._n open_v the_o diet_n of_o spire_n with_o a_o speech_n ibid._n wave_n the_o controversy_n between_o the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n and_o the_o confederate_a protestant_n 319._o his_o expedition_n into_o france_n 326._o make_v a_o pacification_n with_o the_o french_a king_n 327._o make_v severe_a edict_n against_o the_o lutheran_n in_o the_o netherlands_o 342._o come_v to_o worm_n 348._o his_o ambassador_n to_o the_o k._n of_o poland_n ibid._n endeavour_n a_o treaty_n of_o peace_n with_o the_o protestant_n 349._o make_v a_o truce_n with_o the_o turk_n 351._o take_v the_o clergy_n of_o cologne_n into_o his_o protection_n ibid._n cites_n the_o archbishop_n of_o cologne_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o doctor_n of_o the_o conference_n at_o ratisbon_n 359._o answer_v the_o protestant_a ambassador_n about_o the_o elector_n of_o cologne_n 360._o he_o go_v to_o spire_n on_o his_o way_n to_o ratisbon_n 367._o treat_v with_o the_o landgrave_n and_o the_o elector_n palatine_n there_o 368._o come_v to_o ratisbon_n 374._o open_v the_o diet_n ibid._n send_v the_o cardinal_n of_o trent_n to_o rome_n to_o solicit_v for_o assistance_n 375._o make_v preparation_n for_o war_n ibid._n answer_v the_o protestant_a deputy_n 376._o write_v to_o the_o protestant_n free_a city_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o duke_n of_o wirtemberg_n 377._o he_o send_v
give_v in_o their_o opinion_n of_o it_o 547._o cheregatus_fw-la franciscus_n legate_n to_o p._n adrian_n at_o nuremberg_n 57_o city_n of_o the_o empire_n complain_v against_o the_o diet_n at_o normiberg_n 65._o and_o in_o the_o diet_n of_o spire_n against_o the_o decree_n of_o worm_n 103._o they_o complain_v against_o mendicant_a friar_n 104._o immunity_n of_o the_o clergy_n ibid._n and_o against_o holy_a day_n ibid._n city_n for_o the_o reform_a religion_n protest_v against_o the_o decree_n of_o spire_n 120._o be_v for_o acknowledge_v ferdinand_n king_n of_o the_o roman_n 151._o some_o city_n quarrel_n at_o the_o tax_n lay_v at_o coblentz_n to_o carry_v on_o the_o war_n at_o munster_n 198._o catholic_n city_n complain_v that_o they_o be_v exclude_v from_o the_o prince_n council_n at_o ratisbon_n 282._o some_o city_n refuse_v at_o spire_n to_o grant_v subsidy_n against_o the_o french_a 326._o they_o refuse_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n at_o augsbourg_n 440._o clareback_n adolph_n burn_v at_o cologne_n for_o religion_n 121._o clement_n the_o v._o insert_v into_o the_o canon-law_n that_o emperor_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o pope_n 38._o clement_n the_o vii_o succeed_v to_o adrian_n 66._o send_v cardinal_n campegio_n to_o the_o diet_n at_o nuremberg_n ibid._n write_v to_o d._n frederick_n of_o saxony_n ibid._n send_v a_o golden_a rose_n to_o henry_n the_o viii_o of_o england_n 75._o write_v to_o the_o parliament_n of_o paris_n 97._o enter_v into_o a_o league_n with_o charles_n the_o v._o 105._o write_v expostulatory_a letter_n to_o he_o 106._o write_v to_o the_o king_n of_o poland_n to_o be_v ready_a to_o send_v deputy_n to_o a_o general_n council_n 142._o send_v a_o legate_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n 162._o his_o legate_n speech_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n ibid._n go_v to_o marseilles_n to_o meet_v francis_n 168._o marry_v his_o niece_n catharine_n de_fw-fr medicis_n to_o his_o son_n henry_n ibid._n die_n 174._o cleve_n duke_n of_o cleve_n sue_v to_o the_o emperor_n for_o guelderland_n 266._o his_o treaty_n with_o the_o french_a king_n 277._o marry_v the_o queen_n of_o navarre_n daughter_n ibid._n retake_v duren_n 304._o a_o pacification_n attempt_v between_o he_o and_o the_o emperor_n 307._o submit_v to_o the_o emperor_n 315._o renounce_v his_o league_n with_o france_n and_o demand_v his_o wife_n 316._o intercede_v with_o the_o archbishop_n of_o cologne_n to_o lay_v down_o his_o bishopric_n 418._o coblentz_n a_o town_n in_o the_o bishopric_n of_o trier_n upon_o the_o confluence_n of_o the_o rhine_n and_o the_o moselle_n 13._o some_o prince_n meet_v there_o to_o quiet_a the_o stir_v of_o munster_n 197._o cologne_n university_n condemn_v luther_n write_n 27._o condemn_v and_o burn_v reuchlin_n book_n 30._o the_o elector_n of_o cologne_n herman_n call_v a_o provincial_a council_n 209._o endeavour_n a_o reformation_n 310._o confer_v with_o bucer_n ibid._n oppose_v by_o the_o clergy_n 311._o who_o publish_v their_o antididagma_a ibid._n and_o oppose_v bucer_n ibid._n the_o bishop_n mediates_n for_o the_o duke_n of_o cleve_n 313._o the_o clergy_n plead_v against_o their_o archbishop_n 340._o they_o appeal_v to_o the_o pope_n and_o emperor_n ibid._n the_o archbishop_n answer_v their_o appeal_n ibid._n they_o subscribe_v the_o appeal_n 341._o the_o archbishop_n be_v cite_v by_o the_o emperor_n and_o the_o pope_n 351._o answer_n to_o his_o citation_n to_o the_o emperor_n 352._o appeal_v to_o a_o council_n 411._o the_o archbishop_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o pope_n 417._o he_o be_v persuade_v to_o resign_v his_o bishopric_n 418._o vide_fw-la adolph_n count_n schauwenbourg_n herman_n the_o old_a bishop_n die_v 573._o conclave_n the_o ceremony_n there_o practise_v in_o the_o choose_n of_o pope_n 489._o confederate_a prince_n against_o charles_n the_o v._o propose_v condition_n to_o he_o 109._o vide_fw-la maurice_n consecration_n of_o all_o sort_n bell_n church_n altar_n etc._n etc._n 481_o 482._o constance_z council_z decree_v a_o pope_n subject_n to_o a_o council_n 9_o that_o safe_a conduct_n shall_v be_v null_a to_o declare_v heretic_n 47._o that_o the_o laity_n shall_v communicate_v in_o one_o kind_a ibid._n the_o bishop_n of_o constance_n hugh_n oppose_v zuinglius_fw-la 51._o send_v a_o book_n about_o image_n to_o the_o senate_n at_o zurich_n 72._o they_o abolish_v popery_n 112._o they_o send_v deputy_n with_o humble_a submission_n to_o the_o emperor_n 469._o their_o bishop_n die_v of_o a_o apoplexy_n ibid._n they_o repulse_n the_o spaniard_n who_o will_v seize_v the_o town_n 470._o upon_o their_o be_v proscribe_v they_o desire_v the_o swisser_n to_o intercede_v for_o they_o 471._o they_o surrender_v entire_o to_o the_o house_n of_o austria_n 474._o the_o condition_n upon_o which_o k._n ferdinand_n receive_v they_o ibid._n contarini_n card._n the_o pope_n legate_n at_o ratisbon_n his_o opinion_n at_o the_o diet_n 279._o his_o exhortation_n to_o the_o bishop_n 280._o his_o speech_n be_v communicate_v to_o the_o state_n ibid._n he_o give_v in_o other_o paper_n to_o the_o diet_n 281._o protest_v by_o letter_n against_o a_o national_a council_n 282._o accuse_v to_o the_o pope_n and_o die_v 299._o cosimo_n succeed_v alexander_n de_fw-fr medicis_n in_o the_o duchy_n of_o florence_n 210._o marry_v eleanor_n daughter_n to_o the_o viceroy_n of_o naples_n ibid._n cosmus_n vide_fw-la cosimo_n coyre_n bishop_n of_o coyre_n recall_v by_o the_o grison_n from_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 529._o cranmer_n tho._n a._n b._n of_o canterbury_n call_v bucer_n and_o fagius_n into_o england_n 479._o vindicate_v himself_o from_o the_o aspersion_n of_o the_o papist_n 590._o be_v send_v to_o the_o tower_n ibid._n burn_v at_o oxford_n ibid._n crescentio_n cardinal_n the_o pope_n legate_n at_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 518._o die_v at_o verona_n 548._o fall_v sick_a with_o see_v a_o apparition_n of_o a_o black_a dog_n ibid._n cronberg_n walter_n grand_a master_n of_o the_o teutonick_n order_n 99_o solicit_v char._n v._n for_o aid_n against_o albert_n the_o late_a grand_a master_n 139._o which_o be_v grant_v ibid._n the_o emperor_n in_o the_o diet_n of_o ratisbon_n ratify_v cronberg_n title_n 161._o cusanus_fw-la nicolaus_n cardinal_n vide_fw-la sigismond_n d_o decius_n philip_n write_v for_o the_o council_n of_o pisa_n 27._o denmark_n vide_fw-la christiern_n k._n of_o denmark_n send_v no_o aid_n to_o the_o protestant_n 415._o his_o ambassador_n intercede_v for_o the_o landgrave_n 534._o deux-ponts_n vide_fw-la wolfgang_n d._n of_o deux-ponts_n diazi_n john_n go_v to_o the_o conference_n at_o ratisbon_n 365._o be_v earnest_o persuade_v by_o malvenda_n to_o turn_v papist_n 366._o and_o by_o his_o brother_n alfonso_n diazi_n ibid._n go_v to_o newbourg_n ibid._n be_v assassinate_v there_o 367._o the_o ruffian_n flee_v to_o inspruck_a ibid._n ditlebius_n valentine_n his_o letter_n to_o frederick_n 33._o doria_n andrew_n a_o genoese_a char._n v_n admiral_n restore_v liberty_n to_o his_o country_n 416._o his_o kinsman_n joannin_n doria_n be_v kill_v in_o a_o insurrection_n ibid._n dragut_n a_o pirate_n force_v from_o tripoli_n by_o char._n v._n fly_v to_o constantinople_n 500_o e_o ebleben_n christopher_n negotiate_v a_o peace_n for_o the_o landgrave_n 430._o die_v for_o grief_n that_o the_o condition_n be_v so_o treachersou_o keep_v 434._o eckius_fw-la john_n write_v against_o luther_n 3._o dispute_n with_o he_o at_o leipzick_n 21._o maintain_v the_o pope_n supremacy_n against_o he_o 22._o exasperate_v the_o quarrel_n 24._o 34._o dispute_n at_o baden_n with_o oecolampadius_n 105._o dispute_n with_o leonard_n caesar_n 110._o answer_v the_o augustan_n confession_n 130._o answer_n the_o confession_n of_o the_o confederate_a city_n 139._o be_v reward_v for_o his_o zeal_n in_o oppugn_v heresy_n ibid._n be_v displease_v with_o the_o book_n which_o be_v present_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o ratisbon_n 278._o write_v to_o the_o prince_n against_o the_o collocutor_n 282._o eckius_fw-la a_o lawyer_n draw_v up_o luther_n charge_n at_o worm_n 42._o question_v he_o if_o he_o will_v defend_v his_o book_n ibid._n reply_v to_o luther_n plea_n 44._o command_v he_o to_o leave_v worm_n 46._o edward_n vi_o of_o england_n bear_v 232._o succeed_v his_o father_n 418._o beat_v the_o scot_n by_o the_o d._n of_o somerset_n 440._o establish_v the_o reformation_n in_o england_n 443._o publish_v a_o declaration_n about_o the_o war_n in_o scotland_n 454._o the_o mass_n be_v abolish_v in_o england_n 463._o the_o admiral_n the_o d._n of_o somerset_n brother_n be_v behead_v for_o treason_n 479._o trouble_n in_o his_o reign_n 485._o conclude_v a_o treaty_n of_o peace_n with_o france_n 492._o and_o a_o peace_n conclude_v 495._o bologne_n restore_v to_o the_o french_a ibid._n he_o die_v 585._o egmont_n charles_n count_n die_v 240._o eldo_n mathias_n vicechancellor_n to_o char._n v._o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o german_a prince_n 212._o his_o speech_n to_o they_o at_o smalcald_a 213._o his_o reply_n ex_fw-la tempore_fw-la to_o their_o answer_n 218._o he_o solicit_v
make_v war_n upon_o savoy_n 203._o defeat_v charles_n army_n in_o provence_n and_o picardy_n 208._o write_n to_o the_o prince_n of_o germany_n inveigh_v against_o the_o emperor_n ibid._n marry_v his_o elder_a daughter_n magdalen_n to_o james_n v._o of_o scotland_n 209._o complain_v of_o the_o emperor_n in_o the_o parliament_n of_o paris_n 210._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_n letter_n 230._o chide_v the_o d._n of_o wirtemberg_n by_o his_o ambassador_n at_o francfort_n 249._o give_v private_a assistance_n to_o the_o d._n of_o cleve_n to_o who_o he_o propose_v a_o marriage_n with_o his_o niece_n 266._o he_o be_v displease_v with_o the_o emperor_n ibid._n send_v a_o ambassador_n to_o haguenaw_n 267._o persecute_v the_o lutheran_n ibid._n command_v supplication_n for_o peace_n to_o be_v make_v throughout_o his_o kingdom_n 269._o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o diet_n at_o spire_n 289._o their_o harangue_n there_o ibid._n prepare_v for_o a_o war_n against_o the_o emperor_n 292._o purge_v himself_o of_o pescara_n accusation_n 296._o appoint_v prayer_n for_o success_n to_o his_o army_n ibid._n declare_v war_n ibid._n send_v longueville_n and_o van_n rossem_fw-la into_o flanders_n ibid._n attaques_n charles_n in_o five_o place_n ibid._n with_o not_o much_o success_n ibid._n he_o demand_v aid_n of_o the_o turk_n ibid._n his_o speech_n to_o the_o rocheller_n 305._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o emperor_n letter_n to_o the_o pope_n 307._o take_v luxembourg_n 316._o his_o man_n retire_v from_o landrecy_n 317._o he_o send_v a_o embassy_n to_o spire_n 319._o his_o herald_n be_v ill_o receive_v at_o spire_n ibid._n he_o beat_v the_o emperor_n at_o carignan_n 323._o the_o speech_n of_o his_o ambassador_n who_o shall_v have_v go_v to_o spire_n 324._o conclude_v a_o peace_n with_o the_o emperor_n at_o soissons_fw-fr 327._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o swisser_n about_o the_o waldenses_n 347._o he_o make_v a_o peace_n with_o king_n henry_n viii_o 382._o he_o refuse_v to_o assist_v the_o protestant_n 403._o he_o suffer_v the_o protestant_n to_o be_v persecute_v and_o 14_o burn_v 411._o he_o die_v 424._o be_v a_o great_a patron_n of_o learning_n and_o learned_a himself_o ibid._n give_v 100000_o crown_n apiece_o to_o the_o landgrave_n and_o the_o saxon_a ere_o he_o die_v 425._o be_v bury_v 429._o francis_n the_o dauphin_n die_v suspect_v of_o poison_n 208._o francfort_n upon_o the_o oder_fw-ge a_o city_n in_o the_o electorate_v of_o brandenbourg_n 2._o francfort_n upon_o the_o main_a a_o city_n in_o franconia_n 13._o a_o diet_n hold_v there_o 247._o where_o thing_n be_v accommodate_v with_o the_o protestant_n 248._o reconcile_v to_o the_o emperor_n and_o fine_v 414._o a_o diet_n hold_v there_o 604._o their_o answer_n to_o the_o french_a king_n letter_n 605._o franciscan_a friar_n at_o orleans_n their_o imposture_n about_o the_o provost_n wife_n 170._o a_o franciscan_a preach_v a_o bloody_a sermon_n before_o the_o emperor_n at_o worm_n 349._o franco_n jerome_n the_o pope_n legate_n solicit_v the_o swisser_n against_o the_o protestant_n 390._o franconian_a bishop_n command_v by_o the_o emperor_n to_o submit_v to_o marq._n albert_n 575._o they_o appeal_v to_o the_o imperial_a chamber_n 577._o can_v conclude_v with_o he_o at_o heidelberg_n 578._o be_v invade_v by_o he_o ibid._n frederick_n k._n of_o denmark_n publish_v a_o declaration_n against_o christian_n ii_o 62._o be_v call_v to_o the_o danish_a crown_n from_o the_o duchy_n of_o holstein_n ibid._n frederick_n prince_n palatine_n go_v ambassador_n to_o char._n v._o upon_o his_o election_n 18._o desire_v the_o emperor_n to_o go_v into_o germany_n ibid._n represent_v he_o at_o the_o diet_n at_o nuremberg_n 63._o write_v to_o the_o senate_n at_o strasbourg_n to_o desist_v from_o innovation_n 76._o restrain_v the_o solderis_n from_o cruelty_n to_o the_o boor_n at_o worm_n 81._o succeed_v his_o brother_n lewis_n in_o the_o electorate_v 321._o establish_v the_o protestant_a religion_n in_o the_o electorate_v 356._o go_v to_o spire_n with_o the_o landgrave_n to_o meet_v the_o emperor_n 368._o treat_v with_o granvell_n 372._o demand_n to_o know_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o war_n against_o the_o protestant_n 383._o endeavour_n a_o reconciliation_n among_o all_o side_n 384._o reconcile_v to_o the_o emperor_n 413._o receive_v the_o interim_n 461._o help_v the_o confederate_a prince_n against_o his_o will_n 569._o frederick_n d._n of_o saxony_n connive_n at_o luther_n 2._o intercede_v with_o cajetan_a for_o he_o at_o augsboug_n 7._o answer_v cajetan_n letter_n 11._o send_v cajetan_n letter_n to_o luther_n ibid._n read_v none_o of_o luther_n book_n nor_o bear_v his_o sermon_n for_o some_o time_n 12._o give_v his_o vote_n for_o charles_n k._n of_o spain_n to_o be_v emperor_n 18._o refuse_v it_o when_o offer_v ibid._n will_v take_v no_o money_n of_o the_o k._n of_o spain_n minister_n ibid._n fall_n sick_a 25._o his_o suit_n at_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n 33._o his_o answer_n to_o ditlebius_n ibid._n his_o answer_n to_o aleander_n and_o caracciolus_n 39_o convey_v luther_n away_o private_o 49._o write_v to_o the_o university_n of_o wittenberg_n to_o act_v calm_o in_o take_v away_o the_o mass_n 50._o dies_fw-la 84._o frederick_n of_o brandenbourg_n make_v archbishop_n of_o magdebourg_n 526._o frederick_n son_n to_z john_n frederick_z of_o saxony_n marry_v duke_n maurice_n widow_n the_o landgrave_n daughter_n 616._o his_o wife_n die_v 628._o fregoso_n and_o rink_n ambassador_n from_o francis_n to_o solyman_n kill_v upon_o the_o way_n 284._o frisius_n john_n answer_v popish_a question_n at_o wurtzburg_n 603._o friar_n great_a man_n desire_v to_o be_v bury_v in_o friar_n habit_n 251._o g_o geneva_n popery_n abolish_v there_o 112._o disturbance_n there_o upon_o calvin_n expulsion_n 616._o genovefe_n or_o genevieve_n the_o patroness_n saint_n of_o paris_n 178._o six_o lutheran_n burn_v on_o a_o procession_n day_n to_o she_o ibid._n genoa_n vide_fw-la doria._n george_n duke_n of_o saxony_n write_v to_o henry_n the_o viii_o against_o luther_n 65._o his_o discourse_n with_o muncer_n 86._o return_v a_o spiteful_a answer_n to_o luther_n letter_n 101._o disow_v any_o confederacy_n against_o the_o reform_a religion_n 114._o his_o trick_n against_o the_o lutheran_n 167._o he_o complain_v of_o luther_n to_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n 168._o quarrel_n with_o john_n frederick_n elector_n of_o saxony_n 206._o dies_z and_o leave_v his_o duchy_n to_o his_o brother_n henry_n 249._o george_n duke_n of_o mecklenbourg_n make_v war_n against_o the_o magdebourger_n 500_o defeat_v they_o ibid._n be_v take_v prisoner_n by_o they_o 505._o be_v kill_v with_o a_o great_a shot_n after_o he_o have_v join_v duke_n maurice_n 569._o germany_n a_o plague_n in_o germany_n 285._o german_n bishop_n write_v to_o the_o pope_n about_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 439._o gerson_n what_o he_o be_v 10._o ghendt_fw-ge a_o city_n in_o flanders_n a_o insurrection_n there_o 251._o they_o be_v punish_v for_o it_o 262._o gonzaga_n frederick_n make_v first_o duke_n of_o mantua_n by_o charles_n the_o v._o 127._o gonzaga_n ferdinand_n seize_v upon_o piacenza_n upon_o petro_n aloisio_n death_n 439._o reduce_v it_o to_o the_o emperor_n obedience_n ibid._n granvel_o out_v eldo_n from_o his_o interest_n in_o charles_n court_n 255._o he_o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o protestant_a convention_n at_o smalcald_a 255._o go_v to_o worm_n 270._o his_o speech_n at_o the_o diet_n ibid._n present_v a_o book_n to_o the_o diet_n at_o ratisbon_n of_o the_o head_n of_o the_o conference_n 276._o his_o speech_n at_o norimberg_n in_o the_o emperor_n name_n 306._o answer_v the_o landgrave_n letter_n about_o the_o war_n intend_v against_o the_o protestant_n 357._o treat_v with_o the_o landgrave_n and_o the_o elector_n palatine_n at_o spirâ—_n 370_o 372._o treat_v with_o the_o deputy_n of_o the_o protestant_a city_n at_o ratisbon_n 377._o he_o urge_v the_o strasburgher_n to_o receive_v the_o interim_n 464._o and_o insist_o upon_o it_o 465._o dies_z 499._o granvel_o anth._n perenot_n bishop_n of_o arras_n succeed_v his_o father_n in_o the_o ministry_n 499._o grey_n jane_n marry_v to_o guildford_n dudley_n 580._o and_o proclaim_v queen_n of_o england_n pursuant_n to_o king_n edward_n will_n 588._o grignian_n francis_n amb._n his_o speech_n at_o worm_n 350._o gritti_n lewis_n councillor_n to_o solyman_n 175._o his_o son_n andrew_n make_v bishop_n of_o five-churche_n ibid._n he_o be_v behead_v ibid._n gropper_n john_n and_o phlugius_fw-la vindicate_v themselves_o from_o eckius_n aspersion_n 282._o invite_v bucer_n to_o cologne_n 288._o fall_v off_o from_o the_o bishop_n and_o write_v the_o antididagma_a as_o it_o be_v think_v 311._o be_v very_o insolent_a in_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 535._o guelderlanders_n rebel_n 232._o custaun_n king_n of_o sweden_n alter_v religion_n 391._o guteling_n balthasar_n speech_n to_o his_o soldier_n 381._o h_o haguenaw_n a_o diet_n there_o 267._o the_o act_n of_o the_o assembly_n there_o ibid._n the_o decree_n at_o haguenaw_n 266._o heideck_n take_v
day_n ibid._n marot_n clement_n a_o account_n of_o he_o 310._o marry_o q._n of_o hungary_n make_v governess_n of_o the_o netherlands_o 149._o go_v to_o augsbourg_n to_o mediate_v for_o the_o mitigation_n of_o the_o emperor_n edict_n 501._o hold_v a_o convention_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o netherlands_o at_o aix_n la_fw-fr chapelle_n 560._o she_o stop_v the_o landgrave_n at_o mastricht_n 573._o marry_o q._n of_o scot_n trouble_v in_o her_o minority_n 316._o affiance_a to_o prince_n edward_n of_o england_n ibid._n be_v carry_v into_o france_n 477._o marry_o daughter_n to_o henry_n viii_o proclaim_v herself_o queen_n of_o england_n upon_o k._n edward_n death_n 589._o enter_v london_n ibid._n make_v gardiner_n chancellor_n ibid._n behead_v the_o d._n of_o northumberland_n ibid._n she_o establish_v the_o popish_a religion_n again_o in_o england_n 591._o order_n a_o public_a disputation_n at_o london_n 593._o dissolve_v k._n edward_n law_n about_o religion_n in_o parliament_n 595._o marry_v pr._n philip_n of_o spain_n ibid._n break_v wiat_n conspiracy_n 596._o behead_v jane_n grey_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o the_o suffolk_n ibid._n banish_v foreign_n protestant_n out_o of_o england_n 597._o publish_v a_o book_n of_o article_n about_o religion_n ibid._n commit_v the_o princess_n ellizabeth_n to_o the_o tower_n 598._o her_o marriage_n with_o k._n philip_n be_v solemnize_v with_o great_a splendour_n 604._o call_v a_o parliament_n wherein_o england_n be_v again_o subject_v to_o rome_n 605_o 606._o dissolve_v that_o parliament_n 607._o burn_v several_a for_o religion_n ibid._n she_o mediate_v a_o peace_n between_o the_o emperor_n and_o king_n of_o france_n 616._o it_o be_v report_v that_o she_o be_v with_o child_n ibid._n she_o increase_v the_o persecution_n in_o england_n ibid._n her_o ambassador_n return_v home_o from_o rome_n 618._o she_o call_v a_o parliament_n where_o she_o propose_v the_o restitution_n of_o the_o church-land_n in_o vain_a 627._o martyr_n peter_n come_v into_o england_n and_o profess_v divinity_n at_o oxon_n 443._o dispute_v there_o about_o the_o lord_n supper_n 483._o be_v in_o trouble_n upon_o edward_n death_n 590._o apply_v himself_o to_o cranmer_n ibid._n get_v leave_n to_o be_v go_v ibid._n go_v to_o zurich_n 637._o matthews_n john_n a_o great_a prophet_n among_o the_o anabaptist_n command_v a_o community_n of_o good_n 194._o run_v truteling_n through_o with_o a_o pike_n by_o inspiration_n ibid._n be_v run_v through_o himself_o by_o a_o soldier_n ibid._n maurice_n d._n of_o saxony_n marry_v the_o landgrave_n daughter_n 272._o quarrel_n with_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n 292._o be_v wound_v in_o hungary_n 304._o refuse_v to_o enter_v into_o the_o protestant_a league_n after_o his_o father_n death_n ibid._n make_v law_n for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o country_n 311._o endeavour_n a_o accommodation_n between_o the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n and_o the_o landgrave_n 353._o persuade_v the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n to_o 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 landgrave_n to_o intercede_v with_o the_o emperor_n at_o hall_n 433._o and_o remonstrate_v about_o it_o ibid._n receive_v the_o wittenberg_n divine_v gracious_o 435._o he_o be_v invest_v in_o the_o electorate_v solemn_o at_o augsbourg_n 457._o call_v a_o convention_n at_o meisen_n who_o draw_v up_o a_o form_n of_o religion_n for_o saxony_n 478_o intercede_v with_o prince_n philip_n for_o the_o landgrave_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o state_n to_o clear_v himself_o from_o the_o imputation_n of_o popery_n 484._o his_o deputy_n at_o augsbourg_n protest_v against_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 499._o he_o engage_v in_o the_o expedition_n against_o the_o magdebourgher_n 502._o he_o be_v make_v generalissimo_n of_o that_o war_n 503._o he_o attack_n the_o magdebourgher_n 504._o defeat_v heideck_n and_o mansfeldt_n ibid._n he_o promise_v the_o landgrave_n aid_v secret_o 505._o rout_v in_o a_o sally_n by_o the_o magdebourgher_n ibid._n proposes_n condition_n of_o peace_n to_o the_o town_n 515._o 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
they_o 313._o write_v a_o answer_n to_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o prince_n 320._o write_v a_o sharp_a letter_n to_o the_o emperor_n to_o chide_v he_o for_o the_o decree_n of_o spire_n 337._o create_v several_a cardinal_n 340._o summon_v the_o council_n once_o more_o to_o trent_n ibid._n endeavour_n to_o raise_v a_o war_n against_o the_o lutheran_n 348._o send_v his_o legate_n to_o trent_n 360._o write_v to_o the_o swiss_n bishop_n to_o come_v to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 374._o excommunicate_v the_o archbishop_n of_o cologne_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o swisser_n to_o persuade_v they_o to_o join_v against_o the_o protestant_n 382._o he_o publish_v a_o bull_n declare_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o war_n against_o the_o protestant_n 388._o make_v the_o count_n schawenbourg_n archbishop_n of_o cologne_n 417._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o cardinal_n of_o trent_n and_o mendoza_n 444._o his_o letter_n to_o his_o legate_n at_o bononia_n ibid._n his_o answer_n to_o the_o emperor_n ambassador_n 445._o and_o letter_n to_o the_o german_a bishop_n ibid._n his_o answer_n to_o the_o emperor_n ambassador_n to_o justify_v the_o removal_n of_o the_o council_n to_o bononia_n 450._o his_o animadversion_n upon_o the_o interim_n 459._o send_v legate_n into_o germany_n 473._o who_o bring_v a_o indulgence_n or_o indult_n of_o several_a thing_n 482._o he_o die_v 487._o libel_n come_v out_o against_o he_o with_o account_n of_o his_o horrid_a lust_n 488._o his_o funeral_n ibid._n he_o institute_v the_o order_n of_o the_o jesuit_n 615._o paul_n iv._o caraffa_n choose_v pope_n 615._o pelargus_n ambrose_n reflect_v insolent_o upon_o the_o protestant_n in_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 541._o de_fw-fr pensier_n à _fw-fr lutheran_n divine_a recant_v at_o paris_n 309._o pescara_n vide_fw-la d'_fw-fr avalos_n peter_n pence_n what_o 170._o petro_n aloisio_n p._n paul_n iii_n bastard_n d._n of_o parma_n and_o piacenza_n 438._o be_v assassinate_v at_o piacenza_n 439._o his_o flagitious_a life_n ibid._n phefecorn_v john_n a_o convert_n jew_n 29._o his_o petition_n to_o maximilian_n ibid._n write_v against_o reuchlin_n 30._o phifer_n a_o companion_n of_o muncer_n 84._o philip_n landgrave_n of_o hesse_n his_o speech_n to_o his_o soldier_n against_o muncer_n 85._o his_o discourse_n with_o muncer_n 86._o arm_n for_o fear_n of_o a_o confederacy_n against_o the_o reform_a religion_n 114._o depart_v private_o from_o the_o diet_n at_o augsbourg_n 131._o make_v a_o league_n for_o six_o year_n with_o the_o reform_a swisser_n 141._o answer_v the_o arbitrator_n 154._o endeavour_n to_o restore_v ulric_n duke_n of_o wirtemberg_n 169._o and_o bring_v it_o about_o 173._o write_v to_o acquaint_v the_o emperor_n with_o his_o proceed_n for_o duke_n ulric_n 174._o make_v his_o submission_n to_o ferdinand_n about_o ulric_n business_n 179._o command_v his_o divine_n to_o answer_v the_o anabaptistis_fw-mi book_n 198._o he_o send_v a_o answer_n to_o their_o mad_a proposal_n ibid._n go_v to_o the_o convention_n at_o eysenach_n 244._o intercepts_n the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n letter_n 246._o he_o write_v in_o his_o own_o vindication_n to_o the_o german_a prince_n 247._o excuse_n the_o d._n of_o wirtemberg_n to_o k._n francis_n by_o letter_n 249._o he_o answer_v the_o emperor_n letter_n about_o a_o pacification_n 263._o joyns_n with_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n against_o the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n 298._o oppose_v the_o duke_n of_o brunswick_n 353._o submit_v to_o a_o accommodation_n ibid._n receive_v the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n upon_o surrender_n 354._o write_v to_o the_o emperor_n concern_v he_o ibid._n write_v again_o 355._o answer_v the_o emperor_n letter_n ibid._n write_v to_o granvel_v about_o the_o war_n intend_v against_o the_o protestant_n 356._o write_v to_o nave_n about_o the_o same_o business_n 358._o go_v to_o spire_n to_o meet_v the_o emperor_n 368._o treat_v with_o he_o ibid._n and_o with_o granvel_n and_o nave_n 370._o and_o with_o the_o emperor_n again_o 373._o be_v courteous_o dismiss_v ibid._n send_v notice_n to_o ratisbon_n of_o the_o emperor_n preparation_n 376._o he_o arms_z against_o the_o emperor_n 384._o his_o force_n 388._o he_o send_v his_o son_n william_n to_o strasbourg_n ibid._n refuse_v to_o confer_v with_o the_o duke_n of_o brunswick_n ibid._n his_o man_n skirmish_v with_o the_o spaniard_n 395._o his_o bold_a advice_n to_o set_v upon_o the_o emperor_n 397._o come_v near_o the_o imperialist_n with_o his_o army_n 404._o a_o skirmish_n between_o he_o and_o the_o prince_n of_o sulmona_n 407._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o maurician_n ibid._n and_o to_o maurice_n 408._o be_v in_o danger_n upon_o the_o retreat_n of_o the_o army_n 412._o write_v to_o maurice_n his_o son-in-law_n ib._n he_o reject_v the_o emperor_n proposal_n 423._o he_o justify_v himself_o from_o the_o reproach_n about_o surprise_v francfort_n 426._o be_v invite_v to_o come_v to_o leipzick_n 429._o article_n of_o peace_n be_v propose_v to_o he_o 430._o which_o he_o accept_v 431._o go_v to_o hall_n to_o the_o emperor_n 432._o sign_n the_o article_n and_o submit_v to_o the_o same_o in_o person_n ibid._n be_v detain_v prisoner_n 433._o letter_n be_v spread_v abroad_o in_o his_o name_n as_o if_o he_o allow_v of_o the_o interim_n 463._o be_v carry_v prisoner_n into_o flanders_n 473._o and_o send_v to_o oudenard_n 474._o his_o subject_n refuse_v the_o interim_n 477._o new_a intercession_n for_o he_o in_o vain_a 479._o the_o minister_n in_o his_o country_n refuse_v the_o pope_n indult_n 483._o he_o attempt_v a_o escape_n 504._o not_o succeed_v be_v keep_v close_a prisoner_n 505._o he_o relieve_v the_o oppress_a minister_n liberal_o 517._o he_o be_v set_v at_o liberty_n and_o stop_v again_o 573._o he_o return_v into_o his_o own_o country_n 574._o he_o accept_v a_o mediation_n in_o the_o difference_n with_o the_o count_n of_o nassaw_n about_o catzenelbogen_n 617._o which_o still_o keep_v in_o suspense_n 620._o have_v a_o meeting_n with_o augustus_n elector_n of_o saxony_n 633._o philip_n prince_n palatine_a governor_n of_o vienna_n when_o solyman_n besiege_v it_o 121._o force_v he_o to_o raise_v his_o siege_n ibid._n philip_n son_n to_o charles_n v._o come_v through_o the_o netherlands_o into_o italy_n 477._o be_v receive_v at_o genoa_n ibid._n and_o at_o milan_n 478_o go_v into_o germany_n ibid._n enter_v brussels_n 479._o homage_n be_v do_v to_o he_o in_o the_o law_n country_n 485._o he_o marry_v queen_n mary_n in_o england_n 604._o he_o have_v naples_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o jerusalem_n ibid._n with_o the_o duchy_n of_o milan_n resign_v to_o he_o 605._o go_v into_o flanders_n to_o meet_v his_o father_n 618._o he_o enter_v upon_o the_o government_n of_o the_o netherlands_o ibid._n send_v ambassador_n into_o germany_n to_o acquaint_v they_o with_o his_o new_a government_n 628._o phlugius_fw-la julius_n vide_fw-la gropper_n choose_a by_o the_o chapter_n of_o naumbourg_n to_o be_v their_o bishop_n 288._o be_v admit_v one_o of_o the_o precedent_n of_o the_o conference_n at_o ratisbon_n 359._o assist_v in_o draw_v up_o the_o interim_n 454._o phlugius_fw-la caspar_n head_n the_o bohemian_a confederate_n 423._o be_v condemn_v of_o high_a treason_n 434._o picard_n a_o sect_n of_o the_o bohemian_n 53._o picus_n vide_fw-la mirandula_n pisa_n council_n there_o 26._o call_v by_o cardinal_n ibid._n reason_n of_o so_o do_v ibid._n suspend_v p._n julius_n 27._o remove_v to_o milan_n ibid._n p._n pius_n decree_n concern_v appeal_n 35._o he_o alter_v his_o opinion_n from_o what_o it_o be_v at_o the_o council_n of_o basil_n 36._o excommunicate_v sigismond_n ibid._n poiet_a william_n chancellor_n of_o france_n disgrace_v 299._o pool_n reginald_n cardinal_n send_v nuncio_n from_o the_o pope_n to_o the_o french_a king_n 210._o write_v a_o book_n call_v a_o defence_n of_o ecclesiastical_a unity_n ibid._n make_a cardinal_n by_o p._n paul_n iii_o 211._o lose_v the_o popedom_n on_o suspicion_n of_o lutheranism_n 490._o be_v detain_v in_o germany_n by_o the_o emperor_n 594._o return_v into_o england_n 605._o reconcile_v the_o nation_n to_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n 606._o write_v to_o the_o emperor_n and_o king_n of_o france_n to_o mediate_v a_o peace_n 615._o pope_n ancient_o subject_a to_o emperor_n 38._o pragmatic_n sanction_n vide_fw-la paris_n priest_n the_o ceremony_n of_o their_o degradation_n 64._o prierias_fw-la sylvester_n write_v against_o luther_n 3._o he_o assertâ—_n the_o pope_n to_o be_v absolute_a head_n of_o the_o church_n ibid._n reply_v to_o luther_n 4._o prince_n of_o the_o empire_n disagree_v about_o the_o emperor_n letter_n against_o luther_n 44._o complain_v of_o the_o pope_n proceed_n in_o the_o affair_n of_o germany_n 60._o return_v a_o answer_n to_o adrian_n letter_n to_o the_o diet_n ibid._n draw_v up_o a_o account_n of_o the_o grievance_n of_o germany_n which_o they_o give_v to_o the_o pope_n legate_n 63._o their_o answer_n to_o campegio_n speech_n at_o nuremberg_n 68_o they_o write_v to_o charles_n v._o to_o make_v haste_n into_o germany_n 108._o they_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 bona_fw-la sfortia_n queen_n of_o poland_n die_v du_n bourg_n anna_n a_o member_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o paris_n offend_v the_o king_n 31._o be_v prosecute_v 32._o condemn_v and_o execute_v 34._o c_o calais_n its_o form_n and_o strength_n 17._o siege_n and_o take_n from_o the_o english_a 18._o proffer_v to_o the_o queen_n 41._o catharine_n de_fw-fr medicis_n queen_n dowager_n of_o france_n make_v regent_n 33._o she_o preserve_v conde_n and_o navarre_n 47._o she_o show_v great_a favour_n to_o the_o protestant_n but_o yet_o underhand_o oppose_v they_o 56._o suspecteâ—h_o the_o nobility_n 57_o excuse_v the_o conference_n of_o poissy_n 60._o dissemble_v the_o rudeness_n of_o laine_n 61._o solicit_v to_o begin_v a_o persecution_n by_o the_o spaniard_n 65._o she_o prohibit_v the_o worship_n of_o image_n 69._o she_o put_v herself_o and_o her_o son_n under_o the_o protection_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o conde_n 72._o yet_o out_o of_o fear_n join_v with_o the_o catholic_n lord_n 72._o and_o betray_v conde_n 73._o she_o pretend_v she_o be_v at_o
liberty_n ibid._n she_o thank_v conde_n for_o his_o good_a service_n 75._o she_o treat_v with_o he_o 75_o 79._o she_o fear_v the_o duke_n of_o guise_n after_o the_o battle_n of_o dreux_n yet_o make_v he_o general_n 81._o after_o he_o be_v slay_v she_o more_o earnest_o desire_v a_o peace_n than_o before_o 83._o she_o excuse_v the_o peace_n when_o make_v 91._o she_o complain_v of_o the_o proceed_n in_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 94._o catzenello_n bogen_fw-mi resign_v 13._o cavii_n 11._o charles_n v._o emperor_n resign_v spain_n and_o the_o empire_n 5._o go_v into_o spain_n 7._o his_o letter_n to_o his_o son_n 15._o his_o death_n and_o character_n 23._o charles_n the_o ix_o king_n of_o france_n succeed_v his_o brother_n 47._o carry_v by_o force_n to_o paris_n 72._o be_v declare_v out_o of_o his_o minority_n at_o fourteen_o year_n of_o age_n 99_o charles_n cardinal_n caraffa_n strangle_v 64._o christian_n king_n of_o denmark_n die_v 26._o the_o church_n ever_o pure_a and_o spotless_a 51._o civitella_fw-mi a_o small_a city_n in_o italy_n baffle_v the_o french_a 10._o coligni_n admiral_n of_o france_n take_v in_o st._n quintin_n 15._o suspect_v to_o be_v in_o the_o conspiracy_n of_o bloys_n 43._o recommend_v a_o toleration_n as_o necessary_a 44._o deliver_v a_o petition_n for_o the_o protestant's_n 45._o make_a general_n after_o the_o battle_n of_o dreux_n 81._o disowne_v the_o have_v any_o hand_n in_o the_o murder_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o guise_n 83._o dislike_v the_o peace_n of_o orleans_n 84._o colonna_n mark_v antony_n 8._o conde_n lewis_n the_o conceal_a head_n of_o the_o conspiracy_n of_o amboys_n 42._o detain_v for_o it_o 43._o leave_v the_o court_n 44._o imprison_v 〈◊〉_d orleans_n 47._o free_a upon_o the_o death_n of_o the_o king_n 48._o acquit_v in_o the_o parliament_n of_o paris_n 56._o reconcile_v to_o the_o duke_n of_o guise_n 58._o the_o queen_n desire_v his_o protection_n 71._o he_o declare_v a_o war_n against_o the_o catholic_n lord_n 73._o take_a at_o the_o battle_n of_o dreux_n 80._o make_v a_o peace_n at_o orelans_n 84._o the_o conference_n of_o poissy_n resolve_v on_o 58._o begin_v 59_o one_o at_o worm_n 13._o conquer_v in_o britain_n take_v by_o the_o english_a 21._o the_o conspiracy_n of_o bloys_n 42._o discover_v first_o by_o a_o protestant_n 43._o constantio_n confessor_n to_o charles_n v._o burn_v after_o he_o be_v dead_a for_o heresy_n 35._o the_o copthite_n pretend_v submission_n to_o the_o pope_n 57_o cosmus_n duke_n of_o florence_n obtain_v the_o possaession_n of_o sienna_n 10._o procure_v a_o peace_n for_o the_o duke_n of_o ferrara_n 11._o and_o the_o assemble_v of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 49._o ruin_v the_o power_n of_o the_o caraffa_n 26._o council_n be_v not_o to_o change_v the_o doctrine_n or_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n 45._o a_o national_a council_n decree_v in_o france_n 46._o that_o of_o trent_n procure_v to_o avoid_v it_o 49._o recall_v 62._o write_v against_o by_o vergerius_n ibid._n protest_v against_o by_o the_o protestant_a prince_n of_o germany_n 63._o open_v 86._o complain_v of_o by_o the_o queen_n of_o france_n 94._o accuse_v for_o invade_v the_o right_n of_o prince_n 95._o protest_v against_o by_o the_o french_a ibid._n 96._o end_v and_o censure_v 96._o the_o reason_n why_o it_o have_v no_o better_a success_n 97._o d_o david_n george_n a_o famous_a anabaptist_n his_o life_n doctrine_n and_o death_n 28_o 29._o diepe_a take_v by_o the_o protestant_n 74._o surrender_v 78._o diana_n duchess_n of_o valentinois_n 30._o dietmarsh_n conquer_v 26._o diet_n at_o ratisbonne_n 12._o at_o augsbourg_n 27._o at_o naumburg_n 63._o at_o francfort_n 89_o 13._o at_o brisgow_n 89._o a_o disputation_n reject_v when_o enforce_v by_o a_o army_n 41._o douai_n attempt_v by_o the_o french_a 9_o dreux_n the_o battle_n of_o 80._o dunbar_n dismantle_v 42._o dunkirk_n take_v by_o the_o french_a 20._o e_o egmont_n count_n general_n at_o gravel_v 21._o elizabeth_z queen_n succeed_v 22._o be_v severe_o treat_v by_o the_o pope_n 23._o she_o at_o first_o refuse_v but_o at_o length_n league_n with_o the_o protestant_a scot_n 40._o she_o be_v kind_a to_o mary_n of_o scotland_n 67._o and_o after_o this_o leagu_v with_o the_o prince_n of_o conde_n 77._o she_o reject_v the_o council_n of_o trent_n 64._o and_o the_o council_n design_v to_o depose_v she_o 90._o the_o question_n whether_o episcopacy_n be_v of_o divine_a institution_n debate_v in_o the_o council_n and_o reject_v 87._o erick_n king_n of_o sweden_n succeed_v gustavus_n his_o father_n 49._o be_v crown_v 64._o f_o faith_n not_o to_o be_v keep_v with_o heretic_n 37._o break_a by_o r._n catholic_n 53_o 54._o design_v to_o be_v break_v when_o time_n serve_v 91._o a_o turkish_a fleet_n send_v to_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o french_a 19_o the_o english_a fleet_n make_v a_o unfortunate_a expedition_n into_o france_n 21._o one_o of_o li._n ship_n attend_v charles_n v._o into_o spain_n 7._o a_o fleet_n of_o 90._o carry_v his_o son_n philip_n thither_o 35._o the_o english_a fleet_n procure_v the_o victory_n at_o gravel_v 22._o ferdinand_n brother_n of_o charles_n v._o his_o war_n in_o transylvania_n and_o hungary_n 4_o 5._o the_o resignation_n of_o the_o empire_n to_o he_o 6._o he_o be_v elect_v emperor_n 22._o he_o confirm_v the_o peace_n of_o passaw_n 12._o 28._o he_o give_v a_o brisk_a answer_n to_o the_o french_a ambassador_n ibid._n he_o solicit_v the_o protestant_a prince_n to_o submit_v to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 62._o paul_n iv._o refuse_v to_o acknowledge_v he_o to_o be_v emperor_n 22._o he_o express_v his_o dislike_n of_o the_o proceed_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n in_o a_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n 90._o hinder_v they_o from_o proceed_v against_o queen_n elizabeth_n 96._o ferrara_n the_o cardinal_n of_o 85._o the_o duke_n of_o ferrara_n make_v his_o peace_n 11._o his_o death_n 36._o francis_n otho_n duke_n of_o lunenberg_n die_v 36._o francis_n ii_o succeed_v henry_n ii_o his_o father_n in_o france_n 33._o have_v before_o marry_a mary_n queen_n of_o the_o scot_n 19_o he_o be_v report_v to_o have_v the_o leprosy_n 34._o claim_v england_n in_o the_o right_n of_o his_o wife_n 38._o dies_z 47._o francford_n quarrel_v fatal_a 11._o frederick_n i._o king_n of_o denmark_n die_v and_o be_v succeed_v by_o frederick_n ii_o his_o son_n 25._o he_o conquer_v dietmarsh_n 26._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o pope_n legate_n 63._o frederick_n iii_o duke_n of_o bavaria_n 36._o g_o guise_n the_o duke_n of_o send_v into_o italy_n 10._o recall_v 11._o make_a general_n in_o france_n 16._o take_v calais_n 17._o but_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o defeat_n near_o gravel_v 20._o he_o be_v make_v lieutenant_n general_n of_o france_n 43._o he_o procure_v the_o persecution_n in_o france_n 30._o reconcile_v to_o conde_n 58._o recall_v to_o court_n by_o the_o k._n of_o navarre_n 70_o 71._o he_o fright_v the_o queen_n into_o a_o compliance_n with_o the_o r._n catholic_n lord_n 72._o become_v general_n in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o battle_n of_o dreux_n 81._o and_o be_v slay_v by_o one_o poltrot_n before_o orleans_n 82._o grand_fw-mi a_o city_n in_o hungary_n surprise_v 5._o gustaun_n king_n of_o sweden_n die_v 49._o guines_n take_v 18._o h._n haly_n general_n of_o the_o turkish_a force_n in_o hungary_n his_o action_n character_n and_o death_n 4._o hamilton_n john_n archbishop_n of_o st._n andrâ—â—s_v commit_v for_o hear_v mass_n 99_o haure_n de_fw-fr grace_n surrender_v to_o the_o english_a 77._o retake_v by_o the_o french_a 98._o helinoa_n queen_n of_o france_n die_v 36._o henry_n ii_o king_n of_o france_n break_v his_o oath_n by_o the_o procurement_n of_o the_o pope_n 9_o he_o recover_v calais_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o english_a 17._o zealous_a for_o the_o roman_n catholic_n religion_n 20._o he_o discover_v a_o secret_a design_n between_o he_o and_o k._n philip_n to_o the_o prince_n of_o orange_n 27._o be_v persuade_v to_o persecute_v the_o protestant_n of_o france_n 30._o he_o be_v incense_v against_o the_o parliament_n of_o paris_n 31._o the_o protestant_a prince_n of_o germany_n write_v to_o he_o 32._o his_o death_n and_o character_n 33._o his_o design_n against_o england_n 38._o k._n philip_n desire_v a_o peace_n that_o he_o may_v be_v at_o leisure_n to_o extirpate_v heresy_n 27._o all_o heretic_n to_o be_v persecute_v with_o fire_n and_o sword_n 30_o 31._o faith_n not_o to_o be_v keep_v with_o such_o 53_o 54_o 91._o prince_n to_o be_v depose_v for_o heresy_n 92_o 93._o philip_n much_o commend_v for_o his_o severity_n to_o heretic_n in_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 91._o no_o peace_n to_o be_v make_v with_o such_o ibid._n dangerous_a to_o government_n 51._o hospital_n make_v chancellor_n of_o france_n 44._o his_o speech_n to_o the_o assembly_n of_o prince_n ibid._n he_o assure_v the_o clergy_n there_o shall_v be_v a_o national_a council_n
if_o the_o pope_n will_v not_o call_v a_o general_n 48_o 49._o his_o speech_n in_o the_o state_n at_o orleans_n 50._o at_o the_o open_n of_o the_o conference_n of_o poissy_n 60._o at_o the_o open_n of_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o delegate_n 68_o he_o oppose_v the_o declare_v a_o war_n against_o the_o prince_n of_o conde_n 72._o he_o procure_v charles_n ix_o to_o be_v declare_v of_o age_n 99_o and_o ascribe_v the_o drive_v the_o english_a out_o of_o france_n to_o the_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n grant_v to_o the_o protestant_n ibid._n i._o ignatius_n loyola_n the_o founder_n of_o the_o order_n of_o jesuit_n his_o death_n and_o story_n 13._o image_n set_v up_o in_o the_o street_n of_o paris_n to_o be_v worship_v 35._o order_v not_o to_o be_v worship_v any_o where_o 69._o the_o reason_n why_o the_o protestant_n destroy_v they_o 84._o the_o image_n of_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n of_o massy_a silver_n lose_v 76._o the_o worship_n of_o image_n and_o relic_n command_v by_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 96._o the_o inquisition_n promote_v by_o pope_n paul_n iu_o 27_o 36._o desire_a by_o the_o clergy_n of_o france_n 44._o allow_v to_o proceed_v summary_o against_o the_o great_a person_n 92._o cites_n the_o queen_n of_o nawar_n and_o several_a of_o the_o french_a prelate_n but_o be_v oppose_v by_o the_o king_n of_o france_n 92_o 93_o 94._o k._n kersimont_n governor_n of_o britain_n 2._o kirkwall_n take_v and_o burn_v 23._o knox_n john_n stir_v the_o scot_n to_o reform_v 37._o his_o maxim_n occasion_n great_a devastation_n of_o church-building_n 66._o he_o be_v accuse_v as_o the_o author_n of_o a_o tumult_n 99_o l._n laine_n the_o second_o general_n of_o the_o jesuit_n very_o rude_a in_o the_o conference_n of_o poissy_n 61._o the_o protestant_a league_n 77._o leith_n make_v a_o french_a colony_n 40._o summon_v by_o the_o scotch_a nobility_n 41._o besiege_a by_o the_o english_a ibid._n surrender_v and_o dismantle_v 42._o livonia_n fall_v off_o from_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n 57_o lorraine_n the_o cardinal_n of_o open_v the_o first_o proposal_n for_o a_o peace_n with_o k._n philip_n 19_o reprehend_v henry_n ii_o of_o france_n 33._o he_o be_v suspect_v the_o author_n of_o a_o slander_n 34._o he_o reflect_v severe_o on_o coligni_n 45._o design_n to_o make_v a_o speech_n for_o the_o three_o estate_n 51._o he_o oppose_v the_o progress_n of_o the_o reformation_n 57_o procure_v the_o conference_n of_o poissy_n 58._o dispute_n in_o it_o 60._o oppose_v a_o national_a council_n 64._o leave_v the_o court_n 65._o advise_v mary_n queen_n of_o scot_n to_o leave_v her_o jewel_n in_o france_n 66._o treat_v with_o the_o protestant_a prince_n of_o germany_n 69._o he_o go_v to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 88_o visit_v the_o emperor_n at_o inspruck_a 90._o he_o be_v order_v to_o defend_v the_o peace_n of_o orleans_n 91._o he_o be_v gain_v over_o to_o the_o pope_n side_n 94._o he_o go_v to_o rome_n ibid._n return_v to_o trent_n 96._o m._n man_n take_a by_o the_o protestant_n 74._o deserted_n 76._o marry_o queen_n of_o england_n raise_v some_o religious_a house_n 11._o she_o join_v with_o king_n philip_n against_o france_n 14._o be_v advertise_v by_o he_o of_o the_o design_n of_o the_o french_a upon_o calais_n 18._o make_v a_o unfortunate_a attempt_n by_o her_o fleet_n on_o france_n 21._o she_o die_v when_o there_o be_v a_o parliament_n sit_v 22._o marry_o queen_n regent_n of_o scotland_n summon_v a_o parliament_n 36._o break_v her_o faith_n 37._o she_o leave_v edinburg_n and_o go_v to_o dunbar_n 38._o reproach_n the_o lord_n of_o the_o congregation_n for_o hold_v correspondence_n with_o the_o english_a 40._o she_o be_v depose_v 41._o her_o death_n and_o character_n 42._o marry_o queen_n of_o scotland_n marry_v to_o the_o dauphine_n of_o france_n 19_o resolve_v to_o return_v into_o scotland_n 65._o arrive_v there_o 66._o endeavour_v to_o restore_v popery_n 67._o refuse_v a_o petition_n against_o it_o 99_o marry_o queen_n of_o hungary_n die_v 36._o marriage_n of_o the_o clergy_n why_o forbid_v and_o continue_v so_o 97._o massacre_n at_o vassy_n 70._o of_o sens_n 74._o mill_n walter_n the_o last_o martyr_n in_o scotland_n 24._o melancthon_n philip_n die_v 50._o minart_n anthony_n a_o bloody_a persecutor_n 30_o 31._o he_o be_v shoot_v dead_a in_o the_o street_n 34._o popish_a misrepresentation_n of_o the_o protestant_n in_o france_n 16_o 33_o 34._o montmorancy_n constable_n of_o france_n averse_a to_o the_o spanish_a war_n 14._o take_a prisoner_n in_o the_o battle_n of_o st._n quintin_n 15._o discharge_v and_o labour_v for_o a_o peace_n 22._o design_v for_o ruin_n by_o the_o guise_n 46._o procure_v the_o lay_v aside_o the_o use_n of_o the_o arm_n of_o england_n 39_o enter_v orleans_n 48._o he_o be_v set_v against_o the_o reformation_n and_o the_o king_n of_o navarre_n by_o the_o queen_n 56._o take_a in_o the_o battle_n of_o dreux_n 80._o he_o refuse_v to_o consent_v to_o the_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n 84._o he_o take_v haure_n the_o grace_n 99_o montmorancy_n francis_n son_n of_o the_o former_a give_v his_o father_n wise_a advice_n 56._o n._n naples_n the_o kingdom_n of_o annex_v to_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n 9_o navarre_n henry_n king_n of_o suspect_v to_o be_v in_o the_o conspiracy_n of_o bloys_n 43._o and_o in_o that_o of_o lion_n 46._o he_o be_v solicit_v to_o come_v to_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o state_n by_o his_o brother_n the_o cardinal_n ib._n come_v and_o be_v confine_v 47._o discharge_v and_o advance_v ibid._n become_v terrible_a to_o the_o pope_n 49._o favour_v the_o reformation_n 56._o very_o earnest_a for_o a_o national_a council_n 65._o he_o join_v with_o the_o popish_a party_n 69._o excuse_v the_o massacre_n of_o vassy_n 71._o be_v shoot_v at_o rouen_n and_o die_v 77._o his_o character_n ibid._n the_o queen_n cite_v before_o the_o inquisition_n after_o his_o death_n 92._o a_o national_a council_n desire_v in_o france_n 45_o 64._o o._n oliver_z chancellor_z of_o france_n employ_v against_o the_o member_n of_o parliament_n who_o be_v suspect_v of_o heresy_n 33._o desirous_a of_o a_o reformation_n and_o a_o hater_n of_o bloody_a persecution_n 43._o obtain_v a_o pardon_n for_o the_o conspirator_n of_o boyse_n ibid._n he_o die_v weep_v for_o what_o he_o have_v do_v 44._o orleans_n a_o assembly_n of_o the_o three_o estate_n of_o france_n open_v there_o 47_o 50._o surprise_v by_o the_o protestant_n 73._o besiege_a 82._o ostia_n besiege_v and_o take_v 9_o retake_v ibid._n otho_fw-la henry_n duke_n of_o bavaria_n die_v 36._o orange_n william_n of_o nassaw_n prince_n of_o ambassador_n for_o charles_n v._n 6._o be_v ambassador_n in_o france_n he_o learn_v a_o secret_a 27._o p._n paliano_fw-it fortify_v 9_o restore_v to_o king_n philip_n 11._o a_o parliament_n in_o england_n 22._o in_o scotland_n 36._o another_o that_o settle_v a_o confession_n of_o faith_n 42._o another_o which_o confirm_v and_o settle_v it_o 66._o one_o hold_v at_o edinburg_n in_o which_o mary_n queen_n of_o 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