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palatine_n and_o of_o saxony_n be_v vicar_n of_o the_o empire_n during_o
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subject_n 292._o prince_n of_o montbeliard_n their_o alliance_n 127._o when_o the_o principality_n of_o montbeliard_n come_v into_o the_o house_n of_o wirtemberg_n 167._o count_n of_o montfort_n 235._o mulhausen_n in_o thuringia_n 277._o thomas_n muncerus_n a_o seditious_a false_a prophet_n ibid._n munster_n a_o bishopric_n 188._o murbach_n abbey_n by_o who_o found_v 194._o n._n origin_n of_o the_o house_n of_o nassau_n 227._o alliance_n of_o the_o house_n of_o nassau_n 229._o neuchastel_n in_o suisserland_n belong_v to_o the_o duke_n of_o longueville_n 143._o nobility_n in_o germany_n mediate_v and_o immediate_a 248._o government_n of_o the_o immediate_a nobility_n 252._o northausen_n 278._o nortlinguen_o famous_a for_o the_o battle_n fight_v there_o ibid._n nuremberg_n its_o senate_n and_o privilege_n 277._o o._n how_o the_o word_n obey_v be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o a_o monarchy_n 32._o no_o man_n be_v bind_v to_o observe_v what_o he_o can_v reasonable_o promise_v 185._o the_o 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palace_n 210._o the_o death_n of_o count_n papenheim_n 323._o pepin_n put_v childeric_n the_o lazy_a into_o a_o monastery_n and_o make_v himself_o king_n 12._o pepin_n a_o german_a by_o extraction_n 14._o pharamont_n first_o king_n of_o france_n be_v duke_n of_o franconia_n 11._o how_o philip_n ii_o get_v the_o kingdom_n of_o portugal_n 72._o when_o philip_n the_o iv_o lose_v it_o 73._o philipsbourg_n to_o who_o it_o belong_v 180._o place_n and_o province_n leave_v to_o the_o swede_n by_o the_o peace_n of_o munster_n 338._o when_o poland_n be_v make_v a_o kingdom_n 38._o how_o the_o house_n of_o pomerania_n fall_v to_o brandenbourg_n 98._o how_o pope_n have_v diminish_v the_o imperial_a majesty_n 34._o when_o pope_n take_v the_o title_n of_o universal_a bishop_n ibid._n how_o emperor_n lose_v their_o right_n of_o choose_v pope_n 85_o pope_n create_v or_o confirm_v by_o emperor_n 199_o prague_n a_o archbishopric_n have_v no_o voice_n in_o the_o general_a assembly_n 178._o number_n of_o 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the_o person_n of_o protestant_a priest_n subject_a to_o the_o consistory_n of_o their_o prince_n 292._o prum_n abbey_n 194._o q._n the_o quarter_n of_o the_o circle_n of_o swaben_n and_o their_o director_n 253._o the_o quarter_n of_o the_o rhine_n and_o their_o director_n ibid._n the_o maxim_n of_o quaternion_n ridiculous_a 221._o eminent_a and_o renown_a queen_n 137._o r_o baron_n of_o rapolstein_n or_o ribaupierre_n 239._o ratisbon_n for_o what_o observable_a 278._o recess_n or_o act_n of_o the_o empire_n how_o sign_v and_o seal_v 311._o two_o original_n of_o the_o recess_n where_o lay_v up_o 312._o benefit_n of_o the_o reformation_n in_o germany_n and_o france_n 96._o the_o reformation_n of_o luther_n and_o calvin_n make_v churchman_n subject_a to_o their_o own_o prince_n 205._o difference_n between_o regality_n and_o sovereignty_n 66._o great_a and_o lesser_a regality_n ibid._n three_o religion_n allow_v in_o germany_n 207._o resolution_n of_o the_o diet_n how_o sign_v 311._o 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this_o day_n ibid._n the_o principal_a branch_n of_o the_o electoral_a house_n of_o saxony_n 85._o primogeniture_n not_o regard_v in_o the_o house_n of_o saxony_n 88_o alliance_n of_o the_o present_a prince_n and_o princess_n of_o the_o house_n of_o saxony_n 90._o &_o seq_fw-la prince_n of_o saxony_n their_o voice_n in_o the_o assembly_n 91._o power_n of_o the_o house_n of_o saxony_n 92._o how_o the_o duchy_n of_o saxony_n fall_v to_o the_o house_n of_o lawembourg_n 110._o count_n of_o schwartzbourg_n and_o their_o alliance_n 236._o schweinfort_n 279._o selestadt_n ibid._n count_n of_o solmes_n and_o their_o alliance_n 237._o stabel_n a_o abbey_n in_o the_o bishopric_n of_o liege_n 194._o count_n of_o stolberg_n and_o their_o arm_n 237.238_o strasbourg_n why_o call_v argentina_n 267._o government_n armoury_n and_o other_o remarkable_n of_o strasbourg_n 267.268_o in_o what_o kingdom_n succession_n take_v place_n and_o why_o 54._o the_o inconvenience_n of_o succession_n 56._o count_n 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tryer_n his_o imprisonment_n and_o death_n 181._o tube_v a_o university_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o wirtemberg_n 122._o &_o seq_fw-la none_o but_o
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