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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 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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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and_o do_v penance_n for_o the_o cardinal_n death_n 402._o resolve_n to_o send_v assistance_n to_o the_o league_n against_o the_o king_n 431._o his_o commission_n to_o cardinal_n gaetano_n legate_n in_o france_n 432._o his_fw-la breve_fw-la publish_v at_o paris_n and_o the_o content_n thereof_o 434_o grow_v jealous_a gaetano_n incline_v to_o favour_v the_o spanish_a design_n 453._o his_o death_n 4â—8_n pope_n urban_n vii_o live_v but_o twelve_o day_n and_o be_v succeed_v by_o gregory_n fourteen_o a_o milanese_n ib._n who_o resolve_v to_o send_v man_n and_o money_n to_o assist_v the_o league_n 493._o choose_v mastilio_n landriano_n legate_n to_o france_n assign_v fifteen_o thousand_o crown_n per_fw-la mensem_fw-la for_o the_o league_n ibid._n send_v twelve_o hundred_o horse_n and_o six_o thousand_o foot_n into_o france_n under_o command_n of_o monte-martiano_a 503._o dye_n 530_o preeminence_n of_o the_o royal_a family_n be_v inheritance_n and_o administration_n 4_o prince_n of_o the_o 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