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some_o place_n of_o the_o eastern_a coast_n of_o africa_n as_o
will_v give_v he_o a_o true_a name_n from_o his_o deed_n martin_n marr-pope_n who_o at_o first_o tax_n only_o the_o abuse_n and_o observe_v the_o corruption_n of_o the_o church_n become_v too_o notorious_a for_o any_o honest_a heart_n but_o find_v no_o amendment_n nor_o reformation_n but_o thing_n worse_o and_o worse_o make_v a_o general_a defection_n anno._n 1522._o this_o be_v no_o soon_o do_v but_o the_o reformer_n make_v a_o new_a schism_n and_o divide_v between_o luther_n and_o zwinglius_fw-la 1524._o which_o rise_v to_o two_o grand_a faction_n afterward_o by_o the_o name_n of_o lutheran_n and_o calvinist_n towards_o the_o year_n 1560._o the_o cause_n of_o much_o woe_n to_o germany_n and_o never_o reconcile_v neither_o by_o prince_n nor_o pastor_n till_o the_o treaty_n at_o munster_n 1648._o thus_o germany_n and_o almost_o all_o europe_n become_v divide_v into_o two_o general_a faction_n or_o part_n papist_n and_o protestant_n but_o germany_n into_o three_o papist_n lutheran_n 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out_o of_o germany_n procure_v the_o passavian_a transaction_n or_o peace_n make_v there_o an._n 1552_o where_o by_o a_o perpetual_a edict_n be_v establish_v liberty_n of_o either_o religion_n roman-catholick_n and_o augustan_n confession_n that_o be_v protestant_n so_o the_o protestant_n by_o agreement_n and_o compact_n obtain_v full_a liberty_n and_o exemption_n from_o the_o papal_a yoke_n and_o peace_n in_o germany_n till_o 1618._o ix_o when_o chief_o from_o the_o same_o hide_a cause_n ground_n and_o motive_n the_o bohemian_a war_n begin_v for_o about_o the_o year_n 1612_o germany_n be_v again_o divide_v into_o two_o part_n the_o league_n and_o the_o union_n the_o league_n contain_v the_o papist_n prince_n the_o union_n the_o protestant_n thence_o about_o the_o year_n 1618._o the_o bohemian_n according_a to_o their_o priyiledge_n reject_v the_o emperor_n as_o never_o formal_o nor_o legal_o choose_v as_o they_o have_v former_o do_v uladislaus_n the_o 3d._n elect_v the_o count_n 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prague_n wherein_o 325000_o perish_v of_o such_o direful_a consequence_n be_v the_o want_n of_o liberty_n of_o religion_n for_o the_o emperor_n a_o bloody_a enemy_n of_o the_o protestant_n occasion_n this_o long_a war_n etc._n etc._n xii_o the_o peace_n at_o munster_n change_v the_o state_n of_o the_o empire_n and_o reduce_v it_o to_o that_o form_n which_o it_o now_o appear_v in_o for_o the_o swede_n carry_v clear_a away_o the_o bishopric_n of_o breme_n and_o verd_fw-mi and_o the_o french_a alsatta_n the_o palatine_a be_v restore_v to_o his_o estate_n in_o part_n and_o make_v eight_o elector_n with_o the_o title_n of_o l._n high_a treasurer_n of_o the_o empire_n which_o have_v hitherto_o but_o seven_o the_o protestant_n last_o both_o lutheran_n and_o reform_a be_v assert_v into_o full_a liberty_n of_o religion_n who_o the_o papist_n never_o prevail_v against_o so_o much_o by_o force_n as_o by_o cunning_a and_o plot_n in_o time_n of_o peace_n and_o therefore_o have_v always_o need_v to_o add_v the_o wisdom_n of_o serpent_n to_o the_o innocency_n of_o dove_n so_o peace_n have_v ever_o since_o continue_v to_o our_o time_n which_o we_o be_v now_o come_v unto_o whereof_o the_o most_o remarkable_a passage_n in_o brief_a be_v frankendale_n restore_v to_o the_o palatine_a 1652._o leopaldus_n ignatius_n the_o present_a emperor_n choose_a king_n of_o hungaria_n and_o inaugurate_v anno_fw-la 1655._o crown_v king_n of_o bohemia_n 1657._o in_o which_o year_n the_o emperor_n die_v also_o bishop_n of_o munster_n besieges_fw-fr munster_n the_o same_o year_n and_o the_o state_n assemble_v at_o frankfurt_n to_o choose_v emperor_n leopold_n k._n of_o hungaria_n and_o bohemia_n elect_a king_n and_o emperor_n of_o the_o roman_n 1658._o munster_n again_o besiege_v by_o its_o bishop_n the_o citizens_z stout_o resist_v 1660._o but_o force_v the_o next_o year_n to_o receive_v his_o soldier_n and_o lie_v at_o his_o mercy_n and_o a_o citadel_n impose_v over_o they_o to_o keep_v they_o in_o awe_n and_o so_o reduce_v to_o obedience_n the_o same_o year_n viz._n 1661._o the_o turk_n who_o have_v be_v
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emperor_n find_v more_o mercy_n and_o liberty_n from_o he_o or_o rather_o from_o between_o both_o their_o prince_n be_v maintain_v and_o substitute_v by_o the_o turk_n against_o the_o emperor_n and_o again_o defend_v by_o the_o emperor_n and_o poland_n from_o be_v make_v whole_o thrall_v to_o the_o turk_n to_o who_o their_o prince_n be_v tributary_n hence_o war_n and_o trouble_n with_o the_o prince_n of_o transylvania_n as_o well_o as_o turk_n they_o often_o by_o war_n invade_v caesar_n first_o bathor_n make_v work_v 1601._o next_o botskay_n make_v war_n about_o 1606._o then_o bethlem_n gabor_n a_o profess_a enemy_n of_o the_o house_n of_o austria_n and_o defender_n of_o the_o protestant_n drive_v gabriel_n bathor_n the_o former_a prince_n out_o of_o transylvania_n 1620_o have_v invade_v hungary_n the_o year_n before_o 1619_o but_o after_o a_o great_a noise_n do_v effect_v little_a even_o at_o this_o time_n of_o the_o hungarian_a and_o bohemian_a war_n lay_v down_o his_o hungarian_a 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