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A13726 The historie of Italie a boke excedyng profitable to be redde: because it intreateth of the astate of many and diuers common weales, how thei haue ben, [and] now be gouerned. Thomas, William, Clerk of the Council to Edward VI. 1549 (1549) STC 24018; ESTC S118381 242,070 462

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restore_v guglielmo_n iiii_o 1191._o tancred●_n ▪_o 1191._o guglielmo_n .5_o 1195._o end_v of_o the_o house_n of_o normains_n henrico_n .6_o imperato●e_n 119●_n federike_n ▪_o 122●_n ▪_o the_o king_n of_o naples_n entitle_v king_n of_o jerusalem_n 1229._o carroccio_n ●eather_o ●oygned_v for_o money_n ▪_o 1250_o ▪_o conrade_n crueltee_n ▪_o corradino_n neri_fw-la heir_n unto_o conrade_n 1254_o ▪_o manfredo_n 1265._o end_v of_o the_o house_n of_o suevia_n in_o the_o dominion_n of_o naples_n carlo_n duca_n d'_fw-fr angio_n 1268._o corradino_n behead_v ▪_o crueltee_n rebellion_n in_o sicily_n slaughter_n of_o frenchman_n peter_n king_n of_o aragone_fw-mi charles_n son_n take_v prisoner_n crueltee_n 1274._o title_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o jerusalem_n 1276._o carlo_n 2._o prince_n edward_n of_o england_n federike_n king_n of_o sicily_n 1309._o robert_n 1342._o petrarcha_n bocchaciꝰ_n giovanna_n prima_fw-la queen_n johans_n husband_n strangle_v 135●_n ●itle_n of_o the_o second_o line_n of_o the_o house_n of_o angio._n 1●●1_n queen_n johan_n hang_v marie_n carlo_n .3_o murder_n 13●6_n ladislaus_n ▪_o 1370._o rome_n get_v .1408_o rome_n the_o secounde_n time_n get_v by_o ladislaus_n 1414._o giovanna_n ●_o 141●_n ▪_o alfonse_n adopt_a heir_n to_o queen_n johan._n discord_n 1424._o 1434._o end_v of_o the_o house_n of_o durazzo_n alfonse_n king_n alphonse_n take_v prisoner_n patriarch_n uitelesco_n rainoldes_n come_v to_o naples_n 145●_n ferdinando_n the_o turk_n in_o italy_n covetousness_n .1489_o 1494._o alfonse_n .2_o ferrandino_n morb●●_n gallicus_n 1496._o federike_n end_v of_o the_o house_n of_o aragone_fw-mi in_o naples_n lewis_n the_o .12_o of_o france_n 1501._o king_n ferdinando_n of_o spaigne_n charles_n the_o u_o emperor_n 1515._o 1528._o 1547._o the_o circuit_n of_o the_o citee_n bridge_n arno._n edifice_n wild_a beast_n hospital_n ▪_o the_o academy_n woman_n florence_n destroy_v and_o re-edify_v 1080._o division_n guelfi_n and_o ghibelline_n faction_n florentines_n common_a wealth_n constitute_v 1308._o ●326_n 1328._o nobilitee_n suppress_v 1357._o john_n sharp_a common_a people_n 138●_n 1390_o ▪_o 1400._o 1409._o 1414_o ▪_o 1428._o 1432._o 1464._o cosmo_n di_fw-fr medici_n practise_v of_o a_o prelate_n 1486._o laurence_n d'_fw-fr i_o medici_n ▪_o 1495._o 1495._o 1530._o 1532._o 1534._o cittadella_n duke_n cosmo_n ▪_o wonder_n ●58_n 19●9_n policy_n 1100_o ▪_o 1127._o 1146._o 1190._o richard_n king_n of_o england_n 1194._o 1201._o 1204._o 120●_n 1216._o 122●_n ▪_o 1222._o 1227._o 1238._o 1243._o 1251._o 1●57_n 1258._o 1261_o ▪_o 1266._o 1●70_n 1376._o 1282._o giudice_n 1284._o 1289._o 1290._o 12●●_n 1294._o 1295._o 1296._o 12●●_n ▪_o 1304._o 1306._o 1●12_n 1315._o 1318_o ▪_o 133●_n policy_n 1332._o 1335._o 1338._o 1339._o 1340._o 1344._o 1345._o 1346._o 1350._o 135●_n 1356._o 1363._o 1370.1372_o 1373._o 1378._o ingratitude_n of_o people_n 1381._o 1383._o 1389._o 1396._o 1397._o 1398._o 1399._o 1400._o 1401._o 1402._o 1403._o bouciquart_n 1409._o 1413._o 1415._o 1416._o 1421._o 1422._o 1437._o 1434._o 1436._o 1442._o 1443_o 1444_o ▪_o 1447._o 1454._o 1458._o 1459._o 1490._o 1462._o 1464._o 1466._o 1475._o 1476._o 1477._o 1478._o 14●●_n 1487._o 1488._o 149●_n 149●_n 149●_n 1501._o 1502._o 1506._o 1507._o 15●●_n 1512._o 1513._o 1514._o 1515._o 1516._o 1517._o poison_n that_o work_v not_o till_o a_o time_n 1519._o 1521._o 1522._o 1524._o 1525._o 1526._o 1527._o 1528._o 1536._o 1546_o andrea_n doria_n wife_n of_o milan_n milan_n s●●●ate_n castle_n of_o milan_n milan_n ●ame_n attila_n 1161._o giovanni_n torrigiani_n tyranny_n martino_n torrigiani_n philippo_n torrig_n napoleone_n uisconti_n ▪_o ottone_n ottone_v uisconti_n matteo_n magno_fw-la galeazo_n ●●ene_n lucchino_n giovanni_n bernabo_n galeazo_n giangaleazo_n 1402._o giovann●_n maria._n 1433._o philippo_n maria._n philippo_n maria_n descrive_v testament_n ●●oken_n francisco_n sforza_n mutio_n father_n to_o frances_n sforza_n galeazo_n ▪_o giovanni_n lodovico_n moro._n francisco_n 1063._o matilda_n sordello_n pinamonte_n passerino_n gonzaga_n luigi_n gonzaga_n guido_n luigi_n francisco_n 1407._o gianfrancesco_n 144●_n luigi_n federico_n francisco_n federico_n ●520_n 1539_o ▪_o francisco_n 700._o 1020_o ▪_o azo_n 1_o aldobrandino_n azo_n .2_o crueltee_n fresco._n crueltee_n obizone_n azo_n .3_o rinaldo_n obizone_n .2_o nicolo_n alberto_n ▪_o nicolo_n lionello_n borso_n nicolo_n ercole_n alfonso_n ercole_n ▪_o galasso_n di_fw-fr montefeltro_fw-la .1345_o conte_n guido_n .1428_o oddo_n .1440_o federico_n ▪_o 1444._o guido_n ubaldo_n 14●2_n ualentino_n borgia_n .1503_o francisco_n maria_n .1504_o 1514._o julianio_n di_fw-fr medici_n laurence_n di_fw-fr medici_n 1522._o guido_n ubaldo_n .2_o 1538._o 1547_o ▪_o