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and_o marry_v the_o infanta_n and_o when_o he_o hear_v henry_n iv._o intend_v to_o turn_v catholic_n incline_v tâ—_n he_o 619_o send_v antonio_n possevino_n a_o jesuite_n to_o let_v the_o duke_n of_o nevers_n know_v he_o shall_v not_o come_v to_o rome_n as_o ambassador_n because_o the_o king_n be_v not_o yet_o acknowledge_v catholic_n 621_o etc._n etc._n his_o word_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o sessâ—_n the_o spanish_a ambassador_n 654._o incline_v to_o the_o king_n and_o be_v averse_a to_o other_o 672._o send_v his_o nephew_n into_o spain_n to_o treat_v of_o the_o affair_n of_o hungary_n and_o of_o the_o king_n absolution_n 673_o etc._n etc._n absolve_v he_o in_o st._n peter_n porch_n page_n 673_o pope_n innocent_a ix_o his_o inclination_n concern_v the_o affair_n of_o france_n his_o death_n 530._o succeed_v by_o cardinal_n hippolito_n aldebrandino_n 555_o pope_n julio_n ii_o excommunicate_n the_o kingdom_n of_o france_n and_o its_o adherent_n 42_o pope_n pius_fw-la quintus_fw-la require_v the_o cardinal_n of_o chastillon_n be_v deprive_v his_o habit_n and_o ecclesiastical_a preferment_n because_o he_o be_v of_o calvin_n belief_n 103._o gregory_n xiii_o succeed_v he_o grant_v a_o dispensation_n for_o the_o marriage_n between_o the_o prince_n of_o navarre_n and_o the_o king_n sister_n 177._o dye_n 1585._o sixtus_n qâ—intus_n succeed_v 284._o who_o write_v congratulatory_a letter_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o guise_n full_a of_o high_a praise_n say_v he_o think_v he_o see_v not_o clear_o into_o the_o affairâ—_n of_o the_o league_n 355._o tell_v of_o the_o cardinal_n of_o guise_n death_n be_v much_o offend_v at_o it_o and_o answer_v the_o ambassador_n come_v to_o excuse_v it_o very_o sharp_o 382._o choose_v a_o congregation_n of_o cardinal_n to_o consult_v of_o the_o affair_n of_o france_n 383._o suspect_n moresini_n his_o legate_n to_o the_o king_n and_o count_v he_o guilty_a 390._o declare_v the_o king_n liable_a to_o censure_n by_o a_o monitory_a if_o within_o sixty_o day_n he_o release_v not_o the_o prelate_n
after_o victory_n make_v his_o commander_n sup_v with_o he_o at_o rosny_n familiar_o speak_v to_o every_o one_o and_o praise_v the_o mean_a soldier_n 450._o besiege_n and_o take_v melum_fw-la 454._o his_o answer_n to_o villeroy_n persuade_v he_o to_o turn_v catholic_n 455._o dismiss_v he_o not_o resolve_v to_o grant_v a_o cessation_n of_o arm_n 457._o assault_n the_o fauxbourg_n of_o paris_n sit_v on_o his_o horse_n back_o forty_o four_o hour_n at_o the_o siege_n of_o st._n denis_n 465._o recall_v the_o chancellor_n chiverny_n to_o his_o office_n 466._o rise_v from_o the_o siege_n of_o paris_n and_o march_n to_o chelles_n to_o hinder_v the_o relief_n 471._o send_v a_o trumpet_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o mayenne_n challenge_v he_o to_o battle_n 470._o deceive_v by_o the_o duke_n of_o parma_n ibid._n withdraw_v and_o march_v towards_o st._n denis_n 474._o in_o the_o midst_n of_o night_n give_v a_o scalado_n to_o the_o wall_n of_o paris_n etc._n etc._n 475._o come_v to_o st_n denis_n without_o victual_n or_o money_n separate_v his_o army_n oppress_v with_o disease_n 476._o batter_v clermont_n and_o take_v it_o on_o the_o three_o day_n ibid._n assault_v the_o spanish_a army_n and_o his_o horse_n have_v cut_v the_o rearguard_n in_o piece_n if_o georgio_n basti_n have_v not_o disengage_v they_o with_o his_o lancier_n 480._o assault_n corby_n and_o take_v it_o 485._o his_o remedy_n to_o conserve_v the_o affection_n and_o obedience_n of_o his_o party_n 486._o recall_v the_o duke_n of_o espernon_n and_o other_o catholic_a lord_n to_o his_o army_n ibid._n his_o design_n upon_o paris_n discover_v a_o second_o time_n 491._o chartres_n surrender_v to_o he_o 496._o declare_v in_o council_n the_o necessity_n of_o give_v the_o hugonot_n some_o satisfaction_n confirm_v a_o edict_n of_o henry_n iii_o grant_v they_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n 498._o besiege_n noyen_fw-fr 605._o surrender_v to_o he_o 507._o give_v the_o german_n the_o pillage_n of_o attigny_n offer_v battle_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o mayenne_n in_o the_o plain_a of_o verdun_n 512._o summons_n roven_n and_o refuse_v etc._n etc._n 524._o raise_v the_o siege_n 540._o his_n say_v of_o guiry_n give_v distaste_n to_o other_o 539._o return_n 545._o escape_n a_o great_a danger_n 546._o pray_v the_o republic_n of_o venice_n by_o their_o ambassador_n to_o treat_v with_o the_o pope_n about_o his_o reconciliation_n 559._o weep_v for_o the_o death_n of_o marshal_n de_fw-fr byron_n 560._o desire_n the_o duke_n of_o thuscany_n also_o to_o use_v â—is_n endeavour_n with_o he_o and_o the_o cardinal_n ibid._n choose_v cardinal_n gondi_n and_o marquis_n of_o pisani_n to_o go_v to_o rome_n 557._o send_v his_o force_n to_o recover_v espernay_n 559._o desire_n a_o reconciliation_n with_o the_o catholic_n church_n by_o way_n of_o agreement_n not_o pardon_n 562._o his_fw-la manifesto_fw-la at_o chartres_n 588._o propose_v his_o conversion_n to_o see_v how_o it_o will_v be_v relish_v 605._o besiege_v dreux_n to_o give_v reputation_n to_o his_o party_n 607._o send_v for_o prelate_n and_o divine_n and_o be_v instruct_v at_o maule_n publish_v he_o will_v go_v to_o mass_n at_o st._n denis_n 612._o send_v the_o duke_n of_o nevers_n and_o four_o prelate_n ambassador_n of_o obedience_n to_o the_o pope_n 617._o go_v to_o mantua_n 621._o desire_n to_o be_v crown_v 634._o besiege_n laon_n and_o surrender_v 646_o 650._o send_v the_o lorraine_n force_n to_o make_v incursion_n into_o the_o county_n of_o bourgogne_n 655_o cause_n open_a war_n to_o be_v proclaim_v against_o spain_n 664._o besiege_n the_o castle_n of_o dijon_n 667._o half_a disarm_v succour_n the_o marshal_n de_fw-fr byron_n 669_o rout_n the_o spaniard_n in_o franche_n comte_n 671._o be_v absolve_v of_o his_o heresy_n 675._o agree_v with_o the_o duke_n of_o mayenne_n 694._o lay_n siege_n to_o la_fw-fr fere_n 696._o complain_n to_o the_o pope_n of_o the_o spaniard_n 798._o his_o design_n about_o somme_n answer_v not_o the_o intention_n 700._o go_v pâ—st_o to_o montlehery_a to_o meet_v the_o legate_n 710._o ratify_v all_o his_o procurator_n have_v do_v 711._o call_v a_o congregation_n at_o roven_n of_o the_o officer_n of_o his_o crown_n to_o settle_v his_o kingdom_n and_o supply_v for_o war_n 712._o break_n off_o a_o course_n of_o physic_n and_o go_v to_o relieve_v amiens_n excuse_v the_o murmur_n about_o it_o 718._o follow_v the_o archduke_n go_v from_o amiens_n and_o his_o praise_n of_o the_o spanish_a infantry_n page_n 730_o king_n pharamont_n choose_v first_o king_n of_o the_o french_a at_o the_o river_n sala_n and_o the_o salic_a law_n establish_v 3_o l._n lady_n marguerite_n be_v ask_v if_o she_o will_v have_v the_o king_n of_o navarre_n for_o her_o husband_n answer_v nothing_o be_v urge_v by_o the_o king_n bow_v her_o head_n 180_o lagny_n take_v by_o the_o duke_n of_o parma_n before_o the_o face_n of_o the_o king_n army_n 474._o recover_v by_o the_o baron_n de_fw-fr guiry_n 478_o the_o pope_n legate_n propound_v a_o truce_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o mayenne_n but_o he_o refuse_v it_o 388._o make_v grievous_a complaint_n to_o the_o king_n 390._o be_v suspect_v by_o the_o pope_n to_o side_n with_o the_o king_n 393._o as_o soon_o as_o peace_n be_v conclude_v with_o the_o hugonot_n depart_v from_o court_n to_o go_v out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n ibid._n move_v the_o duke_n of_o mayenne_n again_o to_o a_o accommodation_n but_o he_o refuse_v ib._n league_n its_o form_n 222._o compose_v of_o the_o disaffect_v to_o the_o government_n and_o zealot_n in_o religion_n 251._o set_v forward_o by_o mendozzâ—_n the_o spanish_a ambassador_n 260._o the_o head_n publish_v a_o declaration_n 261._o set_v the_o parisian_n to_o frame_v a_o council_n of_o sixteen_o 300._o consult_v to_o take_v the_o king_n return_v from_o hunt_v to_o take_v the_o bastille_fw-fr arcenal_n paris_n and_o the_o lovure_n cut_v in_o piece_n the_o minion_n and_o his_o adherent_n and_o himself_o prisoner_n 302._o first_o assault_v the_o german_n in_o lorraine_n 316._o forty_o of_o their_o chief_a person_n châ—se_v for_o the_o council_n of_o the_o union_n 385._o take_v vendosme_n by_o agreement_n with_o the_o governor_n 397._o great_a slaughter_n of_o they_o at_o the_o siege_n of_o senlis_n 400._o declare_v cardinal_n of_o bourbon_n king_n and_o call_v he_o charles_n x._o 417._o take_v a_o disgust_n at_o the_o duke_n of_o mayenne_n which_o be_v foment_v by_o the_o spaniard_n 487._o besiege_v caudebec_n with_o no_o good_a advice_n 544_o etc._n etc._n a_o league_n conclude_v between_o henry_n iu._n and_o the_o queen_n of_o england_n almost_o the_o same_o that_o be_v make_v with_o charles_n ix_o 706_o learned_a man_n fight_v for_o their_o faction_n with_o their_o pen_n as_o soldier_n with_o their_o sword_n 434_o lewis_n duke_n of_o oâ—leans_n in_o the_o time_n of_o charles_n viii_o take_v up_o arm_n to_o maintain_v the_o right_n of_o government_n in_o who_o it_o belong_v 18_o lignerole_n kill_v by_o the_o king_n command_n for_o show_v 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that_o rebel_v and_o last_o that_o return_v to_o obedience_n 629_o m._n madam_n de_fw-fr monpensier_n persuade_v the_o duke_n of_o guise_n her_o brother_n to_o make_v himself_o head_n of_o the_o holy_a union_n 384._o she_o and_o other_o exhort_v he_o to_o make_v himself_o be_v declare_v king_n of_o france_n 413_o management_n of_o affair_n under_o francis_n ii_o commit_v to_o his_o mother_n duke_n of_o guise_n and_o cardinal_n of_o lorraine_n by_o his_o wife_n persuasion_n 12_o manifesto_n of_o the_o hugonot_n 130._o of_o the_o king_n 588_o mark_n of_o justice_n be_v have_v the_o authority_n to_o dispose_v of_o the_o chief_a ecclesiastical_a and_o temporal_a dignity_n 437_o marquis_n de_fw-fr villars_n make_v admiral_n in_o the_o place_n of_o coligny_n 161._o besiege_n quillebeuf_n 558._o be_v force_v to_o rise_v from_o it_o 559._o submit_v roven_n to_o the_o king_n 638_o marquis_n of_o pisani_n meet_v the_o legate_n about_o a_o treaty_n but_o