Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n
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B15269
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Letters conteyning sundry deuises touching the state of Flaunders and Portingall: written by Card. Granuelle and others, and lately intercepted and published.
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Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de, 1517-1586.
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STC 19768; ESTC S101488
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r._n don_n anthony_n have_v fall_v into_o that_o estate_n whereto_o great_a treason_n have_v cast_v he_o headlong_o neither_o your_o majesty_n into_o the_o great_a danger_n of_o the_o loss_n of_o yourself_o and_o subversion_n of_o all_o christiandom_n beside_o if_o you_o be_v at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n to_o give_v account_n of_o the_o honour_n death_n &_o pillage_n of_o so_o many_o man_n and_o of_o their_o liberty_n you_o can_v not_o sufficient_o repent_v &_o make_v amends_n for_o that_o be_v already_o pass_v if_o your_o majesty_n will_v but_o think_v upon_o the_o hour_n of_o your_o death_n together_o with_o the_o evil_n that_o then_o will_v offer_v themselves_o to_o your_o view_n and_o remember_v that_o you_o be_v everlasting_o to_o suffer_v the_o pain_n which_o you_o have_v inflict_v upon_o the_o portingall_n perceive_v then_o how_o near_o the_o loss_n of_o all_o be_v unto_o you_o oh_o how_o will_v you_o turn_v aside_o from_o all_o that_o be_v past_a for_o at_o that_o time_n 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