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do_v as_o wise_o provide_v against_o they_o they_o have_v as_o little_a foot_n in_o all_o the_o duke_n of_o saxonies_n country_n hamborough_n or_o the_o hans_n to_n that_o great_a synod_n of_o torgaw_n convent_v by_o the_o mean_n and_o procurement_n of_o those_o protestant_a prince_n do_v testify_v that_o the_o calvinist_n have_v trouble_v and_o bring_v to_o ruin_v omnes_fw-la christianas_n ecclesias_fw-la all_o christian_a church_n university_n kingdom_n and_o state_n where_o ever_o they_o be_v admit_v and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o they_o be_v not_o include_v under_o the_o peace_n and_o protection_n of_o the_o empire_n the_o religion_n vry_v be_v no_o way_n permit_v unto_o they_o as_o appeareth_z by_o the_o edict_n of_o charles_n the_o five_o de_fw-fr composit_a pacis_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 1532._o nor_o be_v they_o comprehend_v in_o his_o sentence_n de_fw-fr confess_v suevicâ_fw-la 1530._o nor_o in_o the_o interim_n 1548._o nor_o in_o the_o constitution_n de_fw-fr pace_fw-la publicâ_fw-la and_o for_o the_o act_n make_v at_o passau_n 1552._o by_o the_o emperor_n ferdinand_n the_o very_a word_n exclude_v they_o from_o all_o benefit_n so_o also_o in_o his_o declaration_n at_o auspurgh_n 1555._o and_o in_o the_o conclusion_n or_o agreement_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o augustan_n confession_n with_o the_o three_o elector_n and_o other_o prince_n and_o city_n in_o the_o year_n 1557._o it_o be_v declare_v that_o the_o sacramentary_n anabaptist_n osiandrian_o etc._n etc._n be_v all_o exclude_v from_o the_o article_n of_o peace_n and_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v edict_n publish_v against_o they_o by_o common_a consent_n and_o for_o their_o utter_a extirpation_n this_o be_v enact_v in_o the_o year_n 1557._o and_o in_o the_o year_n 1566._o caesar_n and_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o diet_n decreto_fw-la publico_fw-la scripserunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n publish_v a_o general_a decree_n concern_v frederick_n the_o elector_n palatine_n of_o the_o rhine_n that_o he_o 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errata_fw-la pag._n 7._o in_o margin_n r._n lib._n 51._o p._n 8._o in_o margin_n l._n 2._o r._n lib._n 120._o l._n 3._o 4._o ibid._n deleatur_fw-la thuanus_n lib._n p._n 53._o deleatur_fw-la all_o that_o be_v in_o the_o margin_n p._n 132._o l._n 3._o r._n deny_v p._n 268._o l._n 18._o r._n condemn_v p._n 287._o l._n 5._o r._n deserve_v p._n 309._o l._n 4._o r._n principal_a 388._o l._n 20._o r._n thirty_o thousand_o p._n 435._o l._n 24._o r._n seem_v p._n 439._o l._n 9_o r._n pull_v down_o p._n 440._o l._n 3._o r._n do_v therefore_o ibid._n l._n 4._o r._n amuze_v p._n 453._o l._n 26._o r._n manifold_a p._n 487._o l._n 9_o r_o whit_n p._n 564._o l._n 7._o r._n catholic_n p._n 578._o l._n 24._o r._n chacun_fw-fr p._n 573._o l._n 8._o r._n we_o p._n 606._o l._n 3._o r._n not_o p._n 618._o l._n ult_n r._n inconvenience_n p._n 624._o l._n 10._o r._n call_v he_o
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