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146_o oudernard_n the_o siege_n of_o oudernard_n raise_v p._n 120_o oudewater_n a_o small_a place_n in_o holland_n p._n 92_o p._n peace_n see_v treaty_n palamos_n take_v p._n 259_o palatinate_n conquer_a by_o the_o dauphin_n p._n 204_o palatine_n see_v newburgh_n palermo_n see_v sea-fight_n pamiers_n bishop_n of_o make_v his_o complaint_n to_o pope_n innocent_a xi_o concern_v the_o regale_n p._n 182_o philip_n iu_o king_n of_o spain_n conduct_n in_o person_n the_o infanta_n his_o daughter_n to_o st._n john_n de_fw-fr luz_n p._n 18_o resign_v the_o precedency_n to_o our_o king_n p._n 37_o philipsburgh_n take_v by_o the_o enemy_n p._n 139_o retake_v by_o the_o dauphin_n p._n 203_o piedmont_n conquest_n in_o piedmont_n p._n 230_o 231_o pignerol_n bombard_v by_o the_o ally_n p._n 250_o pimentel_n don_n antonio_n do_v employ_v to_o conclude_v the_o marriage_n betwixt_o the_o infanta_n of_o spain_n and_o the_o king_n p._n 18_o pisa_n see_v treaty_n plate_n the_o king_n plate_n employ_v to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o war._n p._n 78_o plenipotentiaries_n assemble_v at_o nimhegen_n p._n 157_o frankfurt_n p._n 175_o 176_o at_o reswick_n p._n 291_o ponty_n the_o sieur_n do_v take_v carthagena_n in_o america_n p._n 307_o poland_n the_o diet_n for_o the_o choose_n a_o king_n of_o poland_n p._n 295_o polignac_n melchior_n do_v french_a ambassador_n in_o poland_n p._n 299_o precedency_n dispute_v to_o france_n by_o spain_n p._n 33_o proposition_n the_o five_o proposition_n of_o janson_n condemn_v by_o innocent_a x._o and_o alexander_n vii_o p._n 72_o 73_o r._n ratisbonne_n see_v diet._n ravensberg_n ravage_v p._n 101_o regale_n in_o what_o it_o consist_v the_o king_n declaration_n about_o it_o p._n 180_o 181_o renunciation_n nullity_n of_o the_o queen_n renunciation_n to_o the_o succession_n of_o spain_n p._n 62_o p._n 63_o reunion_n of_o the_o dependency_n in_o alsace_n and_o the_o three_o bishopric_n by_o the_o chamber_n of_o brisac_n and_o metz._n p._n 174_o revolution_n in_o england_n p._n 210_o rhineberg_n surrender_v p._n 87_o rhine_n a_o account_n of_o the_o pass_v the_o rhine_n p._n 88_o richelieu_n cardinal_n of_o p._n 3_o reswick_n situate_v betwixt_o delft_n and_o the_o hague_n the_o place_n of_o conference_n for_o the_o general_n peace_n p._n 288_o rome_n affair_n of_o rome_n p._n 180_o seq_n rose_n take_v p._n 245_o ruiter_n admiral_n of_o holland_n miscarry_v at_o martinico_n p._n 122_o defeat_v by_o duquesne_n p._n 137_o mortal_o wound_v p._n ibid._n s._n salines_n take_v p._n 116_o saluzze_n open_v its_o gate_n p._n 224_o st._n andrew_n fort_n of_o p._n 92_o st._n ann_n fortress_n of_o p._n 116_o st._n brigit_fw-la fort_n of_o p._n 250_o st._n cyr_n a_o community_n of_o three_o hundred_o young_a lady_n p._n 169_o st._n guillaine_n take_v p._n 152_o st._n jean_n de_fw-fr luz_n p._n 18_o st._n malo_n see_v bombardment_n st._n omer_n besiege_v by_o the_o duke_n of_o orleans_n p._n 147_o surrender_v p._n ibid._n sauerne_n besiege_v in_o vain_a by_o the_o enemy_n p._n 132_o savoy_n victor_n amadeus_n ii_o duke_n of_o join_v with_o the_o ally_n p._n 209_o his_o defeat_n see_v battle_n enter_v dauphine_n p._n 242_o enter_v casal_n p._n 265_o make_v peace_n with_o france_n p._n 283_o besieges_n valenza_n in_o the_o milaneze_n p._n ibid._n savoy_n maria_n adelaida_n princess_n of_o duchess_n of_o burgundy_n be_v conduct_v into_o erance_n in_o order_n to_o her_o marriage_n p._n 284_o savoy_n dukedom_n of_o conquer_a by_o the_o king_n p._n 224_o saxony_n frederick_n augustus_n elector_n of_o saxony_n proclaim_v king_n of_o poland_n by_o the_o bishop_n of_o cujavia_n p._n 300_o saxony_n duke_n of_o saxe_n eusenach_n commander_n in_o chief_a of_o some_o german_a troop_n save_v himself_o in_o one_o of_o the_o island_n of_o the_o rhine_n p._n 150_o desire_n a_o passport_n for_o a_o safe_a retreat_n ibid._n schomberg_n marshal_n duke_z of_o his_o exploit_n p._n 122_o relieve_v mastrick_n p._n 135_o be_v kill_v at_o the_o battle_n of_o the_o 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