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blood_n ib._n prince_n of_o condé_v set_v at_o liberty_n 28._o practice_n to_o possess_v lion_n but_o without_o success_n 32._o commit_v to_o prison_n except_v against_o his_o trial_n and_o appeal_v to_o the_o king_n but_o not_o accept_v 37._o sentence_n pronounce_v against_o he_o 38._o set_v at_o liberty_n and_o declare_v void_a 44._o his_fw-la manifesto_fw-la 61._o coin_n the_o plate_n belong_v to_o the_o church_n 63._o his_o demand_n in_o favour_n of_o himself_o and_o the_o hugonot_n 65._o return_n to_o his_o army_n 67._o go_v to_o besiege_v paris_n amuse_n himself_o before_o corbiel_n whereby_o he_o fail_v of_o his_o design_n 78._o take_v prisoner_n by_o the_o duke_n of_o guise_n 83._o sup_v and_o lie_v in_o the_o same_o bed_n with_o the_o duke_n his_o bitter_a enemy_n 84._o offer_n the_o king_n a_o great_a number_n of_o hugonot_n to_o make_v war_n with_o spain_n 109._o incense_v the_o king_n with_o a_o letter_n of_o protestation_n 128._o sell_v the_o good_n of_o the_o church_n 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excommunicate_v by_o sixtus_n quintus_n and_o declare_v incapable_a of_o succession_n to_o the_o crown_n 284._o poison_a at_o st._n jehan_n the_o angely_n by_o his_o own_o servant_n 235_o princess_n of_o condé_v dexterous_o refer_v by_o the_o king_n to_o the_o parliament_n of_o paris_n about_o imputation_n of_o her_o be_v guilty_a of_o her_o husband_n death_n and_o be_v clear_v by_o they_o she_o promise_v first_o to_o turn_n catholic_n and_o instruct_v her_o son_n in_o the_o same_o religion_n 672_o prince_n of_o navarre_n marry_v the_o king_n sister_n by_o dispensation_n from_o the_o pope_n 177._o assume_v the_o title_n of_o king_n 179_o prince_n of_o orange_n former_o declare_v rebel_n be_v restore_v to_o his_o estate_n 220_o q._n queen_n blanch_n mother_n to_o st._n lewis_n take_v upon_o her_o the_o government_n in_o her_o son_n minority_n the_o baron_n take_v arm_n to_o maintain_v the_o right_n in_o who_o it_o belong_v 1â—_n queen_n catherine_n join_v with_o the_o prince_n of_o conâ—â—_n and_o the_o admiral_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o triumvirate_n 53._o feign_v a_o inclination_n to_o the_o huguenot_n religion_n ibid._n force_a to_o declare_v for_o the_o catholic_n and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n maintain_v hope_n in_o the_o hugonot_n 60_o queen_n elizabeth_n of_o england_n offer_v condition_n to_o the_o hugonot_n 6._o imprison_v mary_n queen_n of_o scot_n 296._o grant_n assistance_n to_o henry_n iv._o by_o viscount_n de_fw-fr turenne_n 487_o queen_n margaret_n wife_n to_o the_o king_n of_o navarre_n her_o licentious_a life_n cause_v the_o king_n and_o queen-mother_n to_o resolve_v to_o break_v the_o match_n and_o give_v he_o christien_n daughter_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o lorraine_n to_o wife_n who_o afterward_o marry_v ferdinand_n de_fw-fr medicis_n grand_a duke_n of_o tuscany_n 397_o marry_o queen_n of_o scot_n cousin_n to_o the_o guise_n imprison_v by_o elizabeth_n queen_n of_o england_n 296_o queen-mother_n and_o prince_n of_o condé_v parley_n 64._o persuade_v the_o duke_n of_o guise_n constable_n and_o marshal_z de_fw-fr st._n andré_n to_o leave_v the_o court_n have_v it_o promise_v under_o their_o hand_n they_o will_v whereupon_o the_o catholic_n lord_n leave_v the_o camp_n 65_o 66_o be_v threaten_v in_o a_o letter_n to_o be_v kill_v 107._o with_o the_o king_n she_o visit_v the_o admiral_n and_o under_o pretence_n of_o defend_v he_o set_v strict_a guard_n upon_o his_o house_n 181._o send_v three_o army_n into_o several_a part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n to_o suppress_v insurrection_n 198._o favour_n lugi_fw-la d'avila_fw-la the_o author_n brother_n 274._o she_o be_v resolve_v to_o break_v the_o match_n between_o the_o king_n of_o nâ—varre_n and_o queen_n margaret_n by_o reason_n of_o her_o licentious_a life_n and_o give_v he_o christien_n daughter_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o lorraine_n to_o wife_n 397._o treat_n a_o accommodation_n with_o the_o hugonot_n ibid._n a_o interview_n between_o she_o and_o the_o king_n of_o navarre_n but_o 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