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aloisia_n mother_n to_o francis_n i._o write_v to_o pope_n clement_n during_o his_o captivity_n 98._o make_v a_o league_n with_o henry_n the_o viii_o 102._o amstorfius_n vide_fw-la john_n frederick_n elector_n of_o saxony_n anabaptist_n their_o original_a 110._o their_o doctrine_n at_o munster_n 190._o their_o book_n call_v the_o restitution_n 196._o their_o supper_n ibid._n their_o 28_o apostle_n ibid._n who_o be_v all_o execute_v 197._o they_o write_v to_o the_o landgrave_n 198._o their_o hellish_a doctrine_n ibid._n their_o book_n of_o the_o mystery_n of_o christ_n 199._o angelical_a doctor_n vide_fw-la aquinas_n anne_n boleyne_v wise_a to_o hen._n viii_o behead_v 208._o anthony_n d._n of_o lorraine_n forbid_v his_o subject_n to_o read_v luther_n book_n 75._o defeat_v the_o boor_n in_o his_o country_n 81._o kill_v 18000_o of_o they_o ibid._n of_o which_o many_o after_o promise_n of_o life_n be_v grant_v ibid._n he_o negotiate_v a_o peace_n between_o the_o emperor_n and_o french_a king_n in_o vain_a 320._o dies_z 327._o antinomian_o their_o original_a 244._o apparition_z of_o ghost_n frequent_a in_o the_o time_n of_o popery_n 172._o aquinas_n tho._n chief_o quote_v to_o prove_v indulgence_n 3._o study_a at_o cologne_n and_o paris_n 4._o scholar_n to_o albertus_n magnus_n ibid._n saint_a by_o pope_n john_n xxii_o ibid._n die_n an._n 1274._o ibid._n call_v angelical_a doctor_n ibid._n arbitrator_n elector_n of_o mentz_n and_o prince_n palatine_n choose_v to_o mediate_v between_o the_o protestant_a prince_n and_o the_o emperor_n 154._o their_o answer_n to_o the_o prince_n proposition_n 158._o aristotle_n better_a use_v by_o the_o louvain_n doctor_n than_o luther_n 29._o arnstadt_n a_o town_n in_o thuringia_n a_o convention_n of_o protestant_n there_o 251._o arras_n vide_fw-la anthony_n perenot_n granvell_n d'avalos_n ferd._n marquess_z of_o pescara_n hearten_v the_o imperialist_n to_o fight_v at_o pavia_n 79._o accuse_v the_o french_a king_n 295._o augsburg_n a_o diet_n there_o 4._o the_o diet_n at_o ausburg_n remove_v to_o spire_n 97._o they_o embrace_v the_o protestant_a religion_n 109._o commissioner_n to_o frame_v a_o decree_n there_o 135._o the_o tenor_n of_o it_o ibid._n the_o decree_n of_o that_o diet_n 139._o they_o publish_v a_o book_n against_o the_o ecclesiastic_n 212._o they_o promise_v to_o lend_v no_o more_o money_n to_o the_o emperor_n 389._o they_o capitulate_v with_o the_o emperor_n 418._o a_o diet_n call_v to_o ausburg_n 435._o it_o be_v a_o arm_a diet_n 437._o it_o be_v open_v ibid._n a_o decree_n there_o about_o a_o free_a council_n 467._o another_o arm_a diet_n at_o augsburg_n 499._o the_o decree_n of_o the_o diet_n about_o a_o council_n 512._o their_o divine_n examine_v of_o a_o sudden_a by_o granvell_n and_o send_v out_o of_o germany_n 516._o be_v surrender_v to_o d._n maurice_n and_o the_o confederate_a prince_n 555._o great_a contest_v about_o religion_n in_o the_o diet_n 621._o the_o allegation_n of_o the_o papist_n against_o the_o protestant_n 622._o the_o decree_n of_o the_o diet_n 626._o augsburg_n cardinal_n of_o vindicate_v himself_o 633._o augustane_n confession_n read_v to_o charles_n the_o five_o 129._o oppugned_a by_o the_o popish_a divine_n 130._o augustine_n monk_n at_o wittenberg_n forbear_v say_v mass_n 49._o two_o augustine_n friar_n examine_v at_o brussels_n 63._o burn_v 64._o augustus_n sucee_v his_o brother_n maurice_n in_o the_o electorate_v of_o saxony_n 587._o call_v a_o convention_n of_o his_o state_n what_o be_v their_o answer_n to_o his_o proposal_n ibid._n refuse_v to_o appear_v at_o the_o diet_n of_o ausburg_n 612._o austrian_a nobility_n petition_n ferdinand_n for_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n 285._o they_o renew_v their_o instance_n 287._o they_o address_v again_o 628._o their_o reply_n to_o ferdinand_n answer_n 630._o ferdinand_n answer_n to_o their_o reply_n 632._o b_o baden_n a_o disputation_n there_o of_o both_o party_n of_o swisser_n 105._o the_o point_v dispute_v of_o ibid._n bamberg_n wigand_n bishop_n of_o quarrel_n with_o the_o elector_n of_o brandenburg_n 152._o barbarossa_n the_o turkish_a admiral_n take_v castlenovo_n 251._o lie_v with_o his_o fleet_n at_o thoulon_n 314._o he_o besieges_n the_o castle_n of_o nizza_n ibid._n when_o he_o can_v not_o take_v it_o he_o retire_v to_o thoulon_n 316._o as_o he_o retire_v from_o thoulon_n make_v sad_a ravages_n in_o italy_n 326._o barn_n rich._n burn_a at_o london_n 269._o basil-council_n assert_v the_o superiority_n of_o council_n to_o a_o pope_n 10._o oecolampadius_n preach_v there_o 76._o great_a dissension_n about_o religion_n 116._o image_n break_v down_o and_o burn_v upon_o ash-wednesday_n 117_o mass_n abolish_v there_o ibid._n the_o form_n of_o the_o safe_a conduct_n which_o be_v grant_v at_o the_o council_n of_o basil_n 539._o bavaria_n the_o duke_n oppose_v the_o election_n of_o ferdinand_n king_n of_o the_o roman_n 158._o the_o d._n of_o bavaria_n intercede_v for_o the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n 307._o beaton_n david_n cardinal_n archbishop_n of_o st._n andrews_n kill_v 382._o beckon_v otho_n give_v the_o
a_o holy_a league_n among_o the_o popish_a prince_n 245._o lose_v his_o interest_n in_o the_o emperor_n court_n 255._o elector_n vide_fw-la albert_n 14._o the_o elector_n answer_n to_o the_o emperor_n at_o ratisbon_n 281._o the_o elector_n of_o the_o rhine_n meet_v about_o the_o elector_n of_o cologne_n 356._o the_o elector_n separate_v their_o council_n at_o the_o diet_n of_o ratisbon_n 375._o ecclesiastical_a elector_n severe_a for_o the_o interim_n 477._o and_o hold_v synod_n wherein_o the_o trinket_n of_o popery_n be_v restore_v 481._o they_o complain_v of_o the_o soldier_n who_o come_v from_o magdebourg_n 535._o emperor_n how_o choose_v 19_o now_o subject_a to_o the_o pope_n in_o his_o election_n 38._o empire_n vide_fw-la prince_n english_a refuse_n to_o pay_v first-fruit_n for_o benefice_n of_o small_a value_n 63._o english_a bibles_n print_v at_o paris_n 241._o enthusiast_n begin_v to_o preach_v in_o germany_n 52._o erard_n bishop_n of_o liege_n die_v 240._o erasmus_n write_v to_o frederick_n in_o luther_n behalf_n 21._o and_o to_o luther_n encourage_v he_o to_o go_v on_o but_o calm_o ibid._n and_o to_o rome_n in_o favour_n of_o reuchlin_n 31._o write_v about_o freewill_n 75._o write_n against_o the_o reformer_n under_o the_o title_n of_o gospel-teacher_n 122._o write_n to_o campegio_fw-la to_o promote_v unity_n in_o germany_n 133._o his_o jest_n upon_o eckius_fw-la and_o faber_n 139._o quarrel_n with_o luther_n again_o about_o freewill_n 170._o dies_z 209._o his_o colloquy_n forbid_v by_o the_o delegate_n cardinal_n 236._o erixon_n gustavus_n wrest_v sweden_n from_o christiren_n king_n of_o denmark_n 62._o marry_v steno_n stura_n daughter_n ibid._n ernest_n d._n of_o brunswick_n take_v prisoner_n by_o the_o emperor_n 427._o be_v set_v at_o liberty_n 428._o exorcism_n with_o the_o ceremony_n 481._o eysenach_n a_o town_n in_o thuringia_n a_o convention_n of_o the_o protestant_n there_o 244._o f._n faber_n john_n deputy_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o constance_n at_o zurick_n 57_o faber_n jacobus_n stapulensis_n persecute_v by_o the_o sorbonist_n 98._o the_o king_n of_o france_n write_v on_o his_o behalf_n out_o of_o spain_n ibid._n farel_n william_n preach_v at_o metz_n 290._o farnese_n cardinal_n his_o speech_n to_o the_o emperor_n against_o the_o protestant_n 264._o retire_v from_o the_o emperor_n court_n 266._o go_v to_o the_o diet_n of_o worm_n with_o the_o emperor_n 348._o go_v from_o thence_o to_o rome_n 349._o farnese_n octavio_n general_n of_o the_o pope_n troop_n which_o help_v the_o emperor_n against_o the_o protestant_n 394._o his_o parma_n secure_v to_o he_o by_o p._n julius_n the_o iii_o 492._o put_v a_o french_a garrison_n into_o parma_n 513._o be_v cite_v to_o rome_n ibid._n pursue_v the_o business_n of_o parma_n 514._o be_v support_v by_o the_o french_a king_n it_o occasion_n a_o war_n ibid._n ferdinand_n archduke_n of_o austria_n marry_v 50._o execute_v the_o ban_n severe_o against_o the_o lutheran_n 54._o claim_v the_o kingdom_n of_o hungary_n after_o k._n lewis_n death_n 105._o be_v make_v k._n of_o bohemia_n 110._o his_o claim_n to_o hungary_n what_o 114._o make_a k._n of_o the_o roman_n 144._o the_o term_n upon_o which_o the_o protestant_a prince_n promise_v to_o acknowledge_v he_o 157._o make_v a_o treaty_n of_o peace_n with_o the_o d._n of_o saxony_n 173._o allow_v ulric_n to_o be_v d._n of_o wirtemberg_n ibid._n inhibit_v the_o prosecution_n of_o the_o imperial_a chamber_n 184._o suspend_v they_o till_o the_o meeting_n of_o the_o next_o diet_n 185._o send_v a_o embassy_n to_o the_o swisser_n not_o to_o aid_v the_o french_a against_o the_o emperor_n 207._o be_v rout_v by_o the_o turk_n 231._o go_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o haguenaw_n 267._o his_o proposal_n to_o the_o protestant_n there_o 268._o his_o answer_n there_o about_o the_o proceeding_n of_o the_o imperial_a chamber_n 269._o prepare_v to_o invade_v hungary_n 270._o send_v alaski_n his_o ambassador_n to_o solyman_n ibid._n be_v overthrow_v at_o buda_n 284._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o austrian_a nobility_n 287._o his_o speech_n to_o the_o diet_n at_o spire_n 288._o open_v the_o diet_n at_o nurenberg_n 298._o make_v a_o unsuccessful_a war_n in_o hungary_n 304._o open_v the_o diet_n at_o nurenberg_n 305._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_n petition_n 307._o be_v acknowledge_v king_n of_o the_o roman_n by_o the_o d._n of_o saxony_n 325._o his_o daughter_n be_v betroth_v to_o the_o d._n of_o saxony_n son_n ibid._n open_v the_o diet_n at_o worm_n 343._o answer_v the_o depute_v of_o the_o protestant_n 345._o go_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o ratisbon_n 374._o denounce_v war_n against_o the_o saxon_n 409._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o bohemian_n 417._o his_o demand_n to_o the_o bohemian_n 420._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o bohemian_n 423._o he_o answer_v their_o letter_n 424._o he_o write_v to_o they_o again_o 425._o his_o commissioner_n to_o the_o convention_n of_o state_n in_o bohemia_n 426._o his_o army_n ibid._n write_v again_o to_o the_o bohemian_n 428._o write_v to_o they_o again_o from_o leutmeritz_n 431._o go_v to_o prague_n and_o force_n the_o bohemian_n to_o submit_v 434._o obtain_v vast_a sum_n of_o money_n from_o the_o free_a town_n 436._o raise_v money_n of_o the_o state_n at_o teh_a diet_n 460._o receive_v constance_n and_o impose_v strict_a condition_n upon_o they_o 474._o complain_v at_o the_o diet_n of_o augsbourg_n of_o the_o eruption_n of_o the_o turk_n 511._o aid_n be_v grant_v he_o by_o the_o prince_n at_o norimberg_n 512._o treat_v with_o d._n maurice_n about_o peace_n at_o lintz_n 556._o go_v to_o passaw_n to_o mediate_v a_o peace_n 563._o press_v d._n maurice_n to_o stay_v a_o while_n for_o the_o emperor_n answer_n 568._o go_v again_o to_o the_o emperor_n to_o villach_n ibid._n bring_v the_o emperor_n answer_n back_o to_o passaw_n 569._o he_o there_o answer_v the_o french_a ambassador_n in_o the_o emperor_n name_n 570._o open_v the_o diet_n of_o augsbourg_n 598._o publish_v a_o edict_n about_o religion_n 602._o which_o be_v answer_v by_o the_o state_n of_o his_o country_n ibid._n he_o come_v to_o augsbourg_n 607._o open_v the_o diet_n with_o a_o speech_n ibid._n what_o effect_v it_o have_v upon_o the_o diet_n 610._o banish_v two_o hundred_o protestant_a minister_n out_o of_o bohemia_n ibid._n invite_v the_o prince_n to_o the_o augsbourg_n diet_n 612._o mediates_n between_o papist_n and_o protestant_n at_o augsbourg_n 624._o answer_v those_o paper_n that_o be_v disperse_v in_o the_o diâ—t_n 625._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_n reply_v 626._o solicit_v the_o prince_n of_o germany_n against_o the_o turk_n 628._o answer_v the_o address_n of_o the_o austrian_a nobility_n 630._o reply_v to_o the_o austrian_n answer_v 631._o be_v solicit_v by_o the_o bavarian_n for_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n 633._o he_o go_v into_o bohemia_n ibid._n feure_n d'estaple_n vide_fw-la faber_n stapulensis_n fisher_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n behead_v for_o not_o acknowledge_v king_n henry_n supreme_a head_n of_o the_o church_n 180._o make_a cardinal_n in_o prison_n ib._n flisted_a peter_n burn_v at_o cologne_n for_o his_o religion_n 121._o florentine_n aid_v the_o french_a against_o charles_n 131._o send_v ambassador_n to_o he_o with_o submission_n 132._o they_o yield_v to_o he_o after_o a_o year_n siege_n ibid._n fox_n edw._n bishop_n of_o hereford_n his_o speech_n to_o the_o protestant_n at_o smalcald_a 188._o desire_v a_o private_a conference_n 189._o which_o be_v allow_v ib._n france_n a_o persecution_n of_o the_o lutheran_n there_o 175._o francis_n king_n of_o france_n competitor_n for_o the_o empire_n 13._o be_v trouble_v that_o charles_n v._o be_v prefer_v 19_o make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o swisser_n 48._o take_v milan_n 76._o besieges_n parma_n ibid._n be_v take_v prisoner_n there_o 79_o write_v into_o france_n in_o favour_n of_o faber_n stapulensis_n 98._o fall_v sick_a in_o prison_n 102._o treat_v a_o peace_n with_o char._n v._o ibid._n leaves_n two_o son_n hostage_n in_o spain_n 103._o but_o make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o pope_n and_o venetian_n against_o the_o emperor_n 105._o write_n to_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o empire_n 108._o publish_v a_o apology_n for_o engage_v in_o war_n with_o char._n v._o ibid._n send_v letter_n of_o defiance_n to_o char._n v._n 112._o make_v a_o league_n with_o henry_n viii_o ibid._n challenge_n char._n v._n to_o a_o duel_n 112._o conclude_v a_o peace_n with_o he_o at_o cambray_n 121._o the_o article_n of_o it_o ibid._n his_o letter_n to_o the_o protestant_a prince_n 149._o marry_v catharine_n de_fw-fr medicis_n to_o his_o elder_a son_n henry_n 168._o he_o go_v in_o procession_n to_o st._n genevieve_n 178._o he_o write_v to_o the_o german_a prince_n to_o take_v off_o misunderstanding_n 179._o send_v bellay_n to_o smalcald_v to_o the_o protestant_n 182._o his_o opinion_n about_o the_o point_n of_o controversy_n in_o germany_n 186._o he_o offer_v to_o enter_v into_o a_o league_n with_o the_o protestant_n 187._o
make_v war_n upon_o savoy_n 203._o defeat_v charles_n army_n in_o provence_n and_o picardy_n 208._o write_n to_o the_o prince_n of_o germany_n inveigh_v against_o the_o emperor_n ibid._n marry_v his_o elder_a daughter_n magdalen_n to_o james_n v._o of_o scotland_n 209._o complain_v of_o the_o emperor_n in_o the_o parliament_n of_o paris_n 210._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_n letter_n 230._o chide_v the_o d._n of_o wirtemberg_n by_o his_o ambassador_n at_o francfort_n 249._o give_v private_a assistance_n to_o the_o d._n of_o cleve_n to_o who_o he_o propose_v a_o marriage_n with_o his_o niece_n 266._o he_o be_v displease_v with_o the_o emperor_n ibid._n send_v a_o ambassador_n to_o haguenaw_n 267._o persecute_v the_o lutheran_n ibid._n command_v supplication_n for_o peace_n to_o be_v make_v throughout_o his_o kingdom_n 269._o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o diet_n at_o spire_n 289._o their_o harangue_n there_o ibid._n prepare_v for_o a_o war_n against_o the_o emperor_n 292._o purge_v himself_o of_o pescara_n accusation_n 296._o appoint_v prayer_n for_o success_n to_o his_o army_n ibid._n declare_v war_n ibid._n send_v longueville_n and_o van_n rossem_fw-la into_o flanders_n ibid._n attaques_n charles_n in_o five_o place_n ibid._n with_o not_o much_o success_n ibid._n he_o demand_v aid_n of_o the_o turk_n ibid._n his_o speech_n to_o the_o rocheller_n 305._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o emperor_n letter_n to_o the_o pope_n 307._o take_v luxembourg_n 316._o his_o man_n retire_v from_o landrecy_n 317._o he_o send_v a_o embassy_n to_o spire_n 319._o his_o herald_n be_v ill_o receive_v at_o spire_n ibid._n he_o beat_v the_o emperor_n at_o carignan_n 323._o the_o speech_n of_o his_o ambassador_n who_o shall_v have_v go_v to_o spire_n 324._o conclude_v a_o peace_n with_o the_o emperor_n at_o soissons_fw-fr 327._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o swisser_n about_o the_o waldenses_n 347._o he_o make_v a_o peace_n with_o king_n henry_n viii_o 382._o he_o refuse_v to_o assist_v the_o protestant_n 403._o he_o suffer_v the_o protestant_n to_o be_v persecute_v and_o 14_o burn_v 411._o he_o die_v 424._o be_v a_o great_a patron_n of_o learning_n and_o learned_a himself_o ibid._n give_v 100000_o crown_n apiece_o to_o the_o landgrave_n and_o the_o saxon_a ere_o he_o die_v 425._o be_v bury_v 429._o francis_n the_o dauphin_n die_v suspect_v of_o poison_n 208._o francfort_n upon_o the_o oder_fw-ge a_o city_n in_o the_o electorate_v of_o brandenbourg_n 2._o francfort_n upon_o the_o main_a a_o city_n in_o franconia_n 13._o a_o diet_n hold_v there_o 247._o where_o thing_n be_v accommodate_v with_o the_o protestant_n 248._o reconcile_v to_o the_o emperor_n and_o fine_v 414._o a_o diet_n hold_v there_o 604._o their_o answer_n to_o the_o french_a king_n letter_n 605._o franciscan_a friar_n at_o orleans_n their_o imposture_n about_o the_o provost_n wife_n 170._o a_o franciscan_a preach_v a_o bloody_a sermon_n before_o the_o emperor_n at_o worm_n 349._o franco_n jerome_n the_o pope_n legate_n solicit_v the_o swisser_n against_o the_o protestant_n 390._o franconian_a bishop_n command_v by_o the_o emperor_n to_o submit_v to_o marq._n albert_n 575._o they_o appeal_v to_o the_o imperial_a chamber_n 577._o can_v conclude_v with_o he_o at_o heidelberg_n 578._o be_v invade_v by_o he_o ibid._n frederick_n k._n of_o denmark_n publish_v a_o declaration_n against_o christian_n ii_o 62._o be_v call_v to_o the_o danish_a crown_n from_o the_o duchy_n of_o holstein_n ibid._n frederick_n prince_n palatine_n go_v ambassador_n to_o char._n v._o upon_o his_o election_n 18._o desire_v the_o emperor_n to_o go_v into_o germany_n ibid._n represent_v he_o at_o the_o diet_n at_o nuremberg_n 63._o write_v to_o the_o senate_n at_o strasbourg_n to_o desist_v from_o innovation_n 76._o restrain_v the_o solderis_n from_o cruelty_n to_o the_o boor_n at_o worm_n 81._o succeed_v his_o brother_n lewis_n in_o the_o electorate_v 321._o establish_v the_o protestant_a religion_n in_o the_o electorate_v 356._o go_v to_o spire_n with_o the_o landgrave_n to_o meet_v the_o emperor_n 368._o treat_v with_o granvell_n 372._o demand_n to_o know_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o war_n against_o the_o protestant_n 383._o endeavour_n a_o reconciliation_n among_o all_o side_n 384._o reconcile_v to_o the_o emperor_n 413._o receive_v the_o interim_n 461._o help_v the_o confederate_a prince_n against_o his_o will_n 569._o frederick_n d._n of_o saxony_n connive_n at_o luther_n 2._o intercede_v with_o cajetan_a for_o he_o at_o augsboug_n 7._o answer_v cajetan_n letter_n 11._o send_v cajetan_n letter_n to_o luther_n ibid._n read_v none_o of_o luther_n book_n nor_o bear_v his_o sermon_n for_o some_o time_n 12._o give_v his_o vote_n for_o charles_n k._n of_o spain_n to_o be_v emperor_n 18._o refuse_v it_o when_o offer_v ibid._n will_v take_v no_o money_n of_o the_o k._n of_o spain_n minister_n ibid._n fall_n sick_a 25._o his_o suit_n at_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n 33._o his_o answer_n to_o ditlebius_n ibid._n his_o answer_n to_o aleander_n and_o caracciolus_n 39_o convey_v luther_n away_o private_o 49._o write_v to_o the_o university_n of_o wittenberg_n to_o act_v calm_o in_o take_v away_o the_o mass_n 50._o dies_fw-la 84._o frederick_n of_o brandenbourg_n make_v archbishop_n of_o magdebourg_n 526._o frederick_n son_n to_z john_n frederick_z of_o saxony_n marry_v duke_n maurice_n widow_n the_o landgrave_n daughter_n 616._o his_o wife_n die_v 628._o fregoso_n and_o rink_n ambassador_n from_o francis_n to_o solyman_n kill_v upon_o the_o way_n 284._o frisius_n john_n answer_v popish_a question_n at_o wurtzburg_n 603._o friar_n great_a man_n desire_v to_o be_v bury_v in_o friar_n habit_n 251._o g_o geneva_n popery_n abolish_v there_o 112._o disturbance_n there_o upon_o calvin_n expulsion_n 616._o genovefe_n or_o genevieve_n the_o patroness_n saint_n of_o paris_n 178._o six_o lutheran_n burn_v on_o a_o procession_n day_n to_o she_o ibid._n genoa_n vide_fw-la doria._n george_n duke_n of_o saxony_n write_v to_o henry_n the_o viii_o against_o luther_n 65._o his_o discourse_n with_o muncer_n 86._o return_v a_o spiteful_a answer_n to_o luther_n letter_n 101._o disow_v any_o confederacy_n against_o the_o reform_a religion_n 114._o his_o trick_n against_o the_o lutheran_n 167._o he_o complain_v of_o luther_n to_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n 168._o quarrel_n with_o john_n frederick_n elector_n of_o saxony_n 206._o dies_z and_o leave_v his_o duchy_n to_o his_o brother_n henry_n 249._o george_n duke_n of_o mecklenbourg_n make_v war_n against_o the_o magdebourger_n 500_o defeat_v they_o ibid._n be_v take_v prisoner_n by_o they_o 505._o be_v kill_v with_o a_o great_a shot_n after_o he_o have_v join_v duke_n maurice_n 569._o germany_n a_o plague_n in_o germany_n 285._o german_n bishop_n write_v to_o the_o pope_n about_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 439._o gerson_n what_o he_o be_v 10._o ghendt_fw-ge a_o city_n in_o flanders_n a_o insurrection_n there_o 251._o they_o be_v punish_v for_o it_o 262._o gonzaga_n frederick_n make_v first_o duke_n of_o mantua_n by_o charles_n the_o v._o 127._o gonzaga_n ferdinand_n seize_v upon_o piacenza_n upon_o petro_n aloisio_n death_n 439._o reduce_v it_o to_o the_o emperor_n obedience_n ibid._n granvel_o out_v eldo_n from_o his_o interest_n in_o charles_n court_n 255._o he_o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o protestant_a convention_n at_o smalcald_a 255._o go_v to_o worm_n 270._o his_o speech_n at_o the_o diet_n ibid._n present_v a_o book_n to_o the_o diet_n at_o ratisbon_n of_o the_o head_n of_o the_o conference_n 276._o his_o speech_n at_o norimberg_n in_o the_o emperor_n name_n 306._o answer_v the_o landgrave_n letter_n about_o the_o war_n intend_v against_o the_o protestant_n 357._o treat_v with_o the_o landgrave_n and_o the_o elector_n palatine_n at_o spirâ—_n 370_o 372._o treat_v with_o the_o deputy_n of_o the_o protestant_a city_n at_o ratisbon_n 377._o he_o urge_v the_o strasburgher_n to_o receive_v the_o interim_n 464._o and_o insist_o upon_o it_o 465._o dies_z 499._o granvel_o anth._n perenot_n bishop_n of_o arras_n succeed_v his_o father_n in_o the_o ministry_n 499._o grey_n jane_n marry_v to_o guildford_n dudley_n 580._o and_o proclaim_v queen_n of_o england_n pursuant_n to_o king_n edward_n will_n 588._o grignian_n francis_n amb._n his_o speech_n at_o worm_n 350._o gritti_n lewis_n councillor_n to_o solyman_n 175._o his_o son_n andrew_n make_v bishop_n of_o five-churche_n ibid._n he_o be_v behead_v ibid._n gropper_n john_n and_o phlugius_fw-la vindicate_v themselves_o from_o eckius_n aspersion_n 282._o invite_v bucer_n to_o cologne_n 288._o fall_v off_o from_o the_o bishop_n and_o write_v the_o antididagma_a as_o it_o be_v think_v 311._o be_v very_o insolent_a in_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 535._o guelderlanders_n rebel_n 232._o custaun_n king_n of_o sweden_n alter_v religion_n 391._o guteling_n balthasar_n speech_n to_o his_o soldier_n 381._o h_o haguenaw_n a_o diet_n there_o 267._o the_o act_n of_o the_o assembly_n there_o ibid._n the_o decree_n at_o haguenaw_n 266._o heideck_n take_v
several_a town_n for_o the_o protestant_n 388._o rout_v by_o duke_n maurice_n 504._o take_a into_o the_o service_n of_o duke_n maurice_n assist_v the_o magdeburgher_n 514._o henry_n the_o vii_o emperor_n refuse_v to_o pay_v allegiance_n to_o the_o pope_n 38._o henry_n the_o viii_o write_v against_o luther_n 50._o be_v call_v defender_n of_o the_o faith_n ibid._n be_v pensioner_n to_o charles_n the_o v._o 51._o his_o daughter_n mary_n be_v betroth_v to_o charles_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o house_n of_o saxony_n against_o luther_n 65._o receive_v a_o golden_a rose_n from_o the_o pope_n 75._o write_v a_o scornful_a answer_n to_o luther_n letter_n 101._o make_v a_o league_n with_o france_n in_o the_o absence_n of_o king_n francis_n 102._o make_v a_o league_n with_o francis_n against_o charles_n 112._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_a prince_n of_o germany_n 150._o be_v dissatisfy_v about_o his_o marriage_n with_o catharine_n 169._o sue_v to_o be_v divorce_v ibid._n they_o be_v dilatory_a at_o rome_n ibid._n he_o marry_v anne_n boleyn_n 170._o be_v declare_v in_o parliament_n head_n of_o the_o church_n ibid._n revokes_n peter_n pence_n ibid._n send_v fox_n bishop_n of_o hereford_n ambassador_n to_o the_o protestant_n at_o smalcald_a 188._o his_o ambassador_n winter_n at_o wittenberg_n 205._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o protestant_n ibid._n he_o behead_v anne_n boleyn_n 206._o quell_v a_o rise_n in_o england_n 209._o his_o reason_n against_o the_o council_n of_o mantua_n 231._o his_o reason_n against_o the_o council_n at_o vicenza_n 250._o he_o enact_v in_o parliament_n several_a thing_n about_o religion_n 251._o marry_v anne_n of_o cleve_n ibid._n his_o answer_n to_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n ambassador_n 255._o behead_v romwel_o earl_n of_o essex_n 267._o be_v divorce_v from_o anne_n of_o cleve_n ibid._n marry_v catharine_n howard_n ibid._n burn_v papist_n and_o protestant_n for_o religion_n 269._o behead_v catharine_n howard_n for_o adultery_n 289._o marry_v catharine_n parr_n ibid._n make_v a_o successful_a war_n in_o scotland_n 324._o he_o make_v a_o expedition_n into_o france_n 327._o take_v bologne_n ibid._n make_v a_o treaty_n of_o peace_n with_o france_n 355._o forewarn_v the_o protestant_n in_o germany_n of_o their_o danger_n 356._o dies_z 418._o henry_n of_o zutphen_n suffer_v for_o religion_n in_o germany_n 75._o henry_n duke_n of_o saxony_n refuse_v to_o change_v his_o religion_n to_o gain_v the_o duchy_n 249._o but_o gain_v it_o by_o george_n death_n 250._o henry_n dauphin_z of_o france_n have_v a_o daughter_n 382._o henry_n the_o ii_o of_o france_n succeed_v to_o francis_n the_o i._o 424._o be_v crown_v 435._o the_o ceremony_n of_o it_o ibid._n persecute_v the_o lutheran_n severe_o in_o france_n 456._o enter_v paris_n in_o state_n 484._o crown_n his_o queen_n ibid._n persecute_v the_o lutheran_n ibid._n make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o swisser_n ibid._n regain_n several_a place_n from_o england_n 485._o publish_v another_o edict_n against_o the_o lutheran_n 492._o send_v a_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n about_o his_o assist_a octavio_n farnese_n 514._o he_o declare_v war_n against_o the_o emperor_n with_o his_o reason_n 517._o justify_v himself_o from_o league_n with_o the_o turk_n 518._o send_v the_o abbot_n of_o bellozane_n to_o trent_n with_o a_o letter_n to_o the_o council_n ibid._n he_o publish_v a_o edict_n against_o the_o pope_n 521._o and_o another_o against_o the_o lutheran_n ibid._n answer_v the_o emperor_n declaration_n 522._o hinder_v the_o swisser_n from_o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 528._o he_o send_v ambassador_n to_o duke_n maurice_n 529._o make_v peace_n with_o the_o pope_n 548._o he_o declare_v war_n against_o the_o emperor_n 553._o call_v himself_o protector_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o germany_n 554._o he_o take_v toul_n verdun_n metz_n 555._o take_v a_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n from_o the_o people_n of_o metz_n ibid._n his_o treaty_n with_o the_o strasburgher_n 557._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o prince_n ambassador_n 558._o the_o reason_n of_o his_o leave_v germany_n 559._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o swisser_n ibid._n he_o waste_v luxembourg_n 563._o his_o ambassador_n speech_n at_o the_o treaty_n of_o passaw_n 564._o he_o solicit_v again_o by_o letter_n from_o aichstadt_n 567._o he_o bring_v his_o man_n from_o luxembourg_n back_o into_o artois_n 571._o be_v offend_v with_o the_o pacification_n at_o passaw_n 572._o write_v to_o the_o emperor_n 576._o send_v a_o declartion_n to_o the_o state_n of_o the_o empire_n 577._o carry_v on_o the_o war_n in_o the_o low_a country_n 603._o but_o be_v beat_v in_o tuscany_n in_o the_o sienese_n war_n 604._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o diet_n at_o francfort_n ibid._n take_v casal_n 613._o carry_v on_o the_o war_n into_o montferrat_n 617._o hereford_n vide_fw-la fox_n herman_n vide_fw-la cologne_n hesse_n vide_fw-la philip_n landgrave_n hildesheym_n a_o city_n in_o the_o duchy_n of_o brunswick_n embrace_v the_o protestant_a religion_n 300._o they_o be_v accuse_v by_o their_o bishop_n to_o the_o emperor_n 313._o hogostratus_fw-la james_n a_o dominican_n write_v against_o luther_n 4._o commissioned_n by_o maximilian_n to_o examine_v jewish_a book_n 30._o write_v against_o reuchlin_n ibid._n be_v cast_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o spire_n ibid._n appeal_n to_o rome_n ibid._n leave_v his_o cause_n ibid._n examine_v two_o augustine_n friar_n at_o brussels_n 63._o holland_n a_o inundation_n there_o 137._o hooper_n john_n bishop_n of_o gloucester_n burn_v for_o his_o religion_n 607._o huberine_n caspar_n a_o interimist_n preach_v at_o augsbourg_n 535._o hugh_n capet_n make_v himself_o king_n of_o france_n 150._o huglie_a john_n a_o protestant_a burn_v for_o religion_n by_o the_o bishop_n of_o constance_n 105._o hungarian_n beg_v for_o assistance_n at_o the_o diet_n of_o spire_n 324._o their_o horse_n join_v duke_n maurice_n 409._o husse_v john_n preach_v wiclef_n doctrine_n 46._o appeal_v from_o the_o pope_n to_o christ_n ibid._n went_n to_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n with_o safe_a conduct_n 47._o there_o burn_v ibid._n hutton_n ulricus_n a_o noble_a man_n of_o franconia_n 65._o favour_n luther_n and_o die_v ibid._n i_o james_n the_o v._o of_o scotland_n marry_v king_n francis_n daughter_n 209._o his_o queen_n die_v 230._o make_v a_o war_n with_o england_n unsuccessful_o 304._o dies_z ibid._n jerome_n bishop_n of_o brandenbourg_n 2._o jerome_n of_o prague_n burn_v at_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n 47._o jerome_n bishop_n of_o ascoli_n summons_n luther_n by_o p._n leo_n order_n to_o appear_v at_o rome_n 5._o jew_n compare_v with_o roman_a clergy_n 29._o illyricus_n mathias_n flaccius_n write_v against_o the_o adiaphorist_n 498._o imperial_a chamber_n vide_fw-la protestant_n be_v set_v up_o again_o in_o the_o diet_n at_o augsbourg_n 466._o the_o judge_n fly_v from_o spire_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o confederate_a prince_n 557._o they_o answer_v marquis_n albert_n deputation_n about_o the_o franconian_a bishop_n 577._o they_o decree_v in_o favour_n of_o the_o bishop_n 578._o indulgence_n preach_v up_o in_o germany_n 1_o 2._o confirm_a by_o pope_n clement_n decree_n in_o the_o extravagant_n 9_o why_o grant_v 273._o indult_n vide_fw-la p._n paul_n the_o iii_o p._n innocent_a the_o iii_o decree_v to_o the_o electoral_a prince_n a_o right_a of_o choose_v the_o emperor_n 21._o his_o decree_n de_fw-la majoritate_fw-la &_o obedientia_fw-la 107._o inquisition_n its_o original_a 434._o inquisitor_n about_o the_o emperor_n edict_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o netherlands_o how_o they_o proceed_v 498._o interim_n draw_v up_o at_o augsbourg_n 454._o the_o head_n of_o it_o 458._o often_o revise_v and_o correct_v 459._o send_v to_o rome_n ibid._n the_o elector_n differ_v in_o their_o opinion_n about_o it_o ibid._n those_o who_o draw_v it_o up_o be_v reward_v 468._o it_o be_v dislike_v on_o both_o side_n ibid._n confute_v by_o the_o saxon_a divine_n 481._o joachim_n elector_n of_o brandenbourg_n send_v a_o embassy_n to_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n 242._o send_v agent_n to_o eysenach_n 244._o make_a geneali_fw-la ssimo_fw-la against_o the_o turk_n 292._o he_o strike_v in_o with_o the_o papist_n in_o the_o war_n against_o the_o smalcaldick_n league_n 375._o interpose_n for_o a_o peace_n 418._o with_o the_o landgrave_n ibid._n intereede_v for_o saxony_n 427._o and_o his_o life_n be_v spare_v at_o his_o intercession_n 428._o intercede_v for_o the_o landgrave_n 429._o remonstrate_v to_o the_o emperor_n for_o he_o at_o hall_n 433._o call_v bucer_n to_o augsbourg_n 454._o angry_a with_o he_o for_o not_o subscribe_v the_o interim_n 457._o receive_v the_o interim_n 461._o act_n with_o duke_n maurice_n in_o the_o magdeburgick_a war_n 505_o 506._o he_o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o conncil_n of_o trent_n 526._o his_o ambassador_n with_o those_o of_o d._n maurice_n solicit_v the_o emperor_n about_o the_o landgrave_n 531._o john_n xxii_o p._n vide_fw-la aquinas_n john_n king_n of_o denmark_n overthrow_v the_o swede_n 62._o die_v leave_v his_o son_n
day_n ibid._n marot_n clement_n a_o account_n of_o he_o 310._o marry_o q._n of_o hungary_n make_v governess_n of_o the_o netherlands_o 149._o go_v to_o augsbourg_n to_o mediate_v for_o the_o mitigation_n of_o the_o emperor_n edict_n 501._o hold_v a_o convention_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o netherlands_o at_o aix_n la_fw-fr chapelle_n 560._o she_o stop_v the_o landgrave_n at_o mastricht_n 573._o marry_o q._n of_o scot_n trouble_v in_o her_o minority_n 316._o affiance_a to_o prince_n edward_n of_o england_n ibid._n be_v carry_v into_o france_n 477._o marry_o daughter_n to_o henry_n viii_o proclaim_v herself_o queen_n of_o england_n upon_o k._n edward_n death_n 589._o enter_v london_n ibid._n make_v gardiner_n chancellor_n ibid._n behead_v the_o d._n of_o northumberland_n ibid._n she_o establish_v the_o popish_a religion_n again_o in_o england_n 591._o order_n a_o public_a disputation_n at_o london_n 593._o dissolve_v k._n edward_n law_n about_o religion_n in_o parliament_n 595._o marry_v pr._n philip_n of_o spain_n ibid._n break_v wiat_n conspiracy_n 596._o behead_v jane_n grey_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o the_o suffolk_n ibid._n banish_v foreign_n protestant_n out_o of_o england_n 597._o publish_v a_o book_n of_o article_n about_o religion_n ibid._n commit_v the_o princess_n ellizabeth_n to_o the_o tower_n 598._o her_o marriage_n with_o k._n philip_n be_v solemnize_v with_o great_a splendour_n 604._o call_v a_o parliament_n wherein_o england_n be_v again_o subject_v to_o rome_n 605_o 606._o dissolve_v that_o parliament_n 607._o burn_v several_a for_o religion_n ibid._n she_o mediate_v a_o peace_n between_o the_o emperor_n and_o king_n of_o france_n 616._o it_o be_v report_v that_o she_o be_v with_o child_n ibid._n she_o increase_v the_o persecution_n in_o england_n ibid._n her_o ambassador_n return_v home_o from_o rome_n 618._o she_o call_v a_o parliament_n where_o she_o propose_v the_o restitution_n of_o the_o church-land_n in_o vain_a 627._o martyr_n peter_n come_v into_o england_n and_o profess_v divinity_n at_o oxon_n 443._o dispute_v there_o about_o the_o lord_n supper_n 483._o be_v in_o trouble_n upon_o edward_n death_n 590._o apply_v himself_o to_o cranmer_n ibid._n get_v leave_n to_o be_v go_v ibid._n go_v to_o zurich_n 637._o matthews_n john_n a_o great_a prophet_n among_o the_o anabaptist_n command_v a_o community_n of_o good_n 194._o run_v truteling_n through_o with_o a_o pike_n by_o inspiration_n ibid._n be_v run_v through_o himself_o by_o a_o soldier_n ibid._n maurice_n d._n of_o saxony_n marry_v the_o landgrave_n daughter_n 272._o quarrel_n with_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n 292._o be_v wound_v in_o hungary_n 304._o refuse_v to_o enter_v into_o the_o protestant_a league_n after_o his_o father_n death_n ibid._n make_v law_n for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o country_n 311._o endeavour_n a_o accommodation_n between_o the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n and_o the_o landgrave_n 353._o persuade_v the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n to_o surrender_v 354._o purge_v himself_o of_o treachery_n ibid._n hold_v a_o secret_a conference_n with_o the_o emperor_n at_o ratisbon_n 380._o have_v a_o conference_n with_o k._n ferdinand_n 391._o call_v a_o convention_n of_o the_o state_n at_o chemnitz_n 405._o consult_v against_o the_o protestant_n ibid._n his_o friend_n write_v to_o the_o protestant_n 406._o he_o write_v to_o the_o landgrave_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o elector_n 409._o and_o to_o his_o son_n ibid._n take_v most_o of_o the_o elector_n town_n ibid._n be_v ill_o speak_v of_o and_o lampoon_v by_o the_o protestant_n 410._o publish_v a_o manifesto_n to_o clear_v himself_o ibid._n join_v ferdinand_n to_o go_v towards_o bohemia_n 423._o intercede_v for_o the_o landgrave_n 429._o write_v to_o the_o landgrave_n to_o comply_v 430._o receive_v wittenberg_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o electorate_v from_o the_o emperor_n 431._o exact_v a_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n of_o john_n frederick_n subject_n ibid._n promise_v the_o landgrave_n to_o intercede_v with_o the_o emperor_n at_o hall_n 433._o and_o remonstrate_v about_o it_o ibid._n receive_v the_o wittenberg_n divine_v gracious_o 435._o he_o be_v invest_v in_o the_o electorate_v solemn_o at_o augsbourg_n 457._o call_v a_o convention_n at_o meisen_n who_o draw_v up_o a_o form_n of_o religion_n for_o saxony_n 478_o intercede_v with_o prince_n philip_n for_o the_o landgrave_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o state_n to_o clear_v himself_o from_o the_o imputation_n of_o popery_n 484._o his_o deputy_n at_o augsbourg_n protest_v against_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 499._o he_o engage_v in_o the_o expedition_n against_o the_o magdebourgher_n 502._o he_o be_v make_v generalissimo_n of_o that_o war_n 503._o he_o attack_n the_o magdebourgher_n 504._o defeat_v heideck_n and_o mansfeldt_n ibid._n he_o promise_v the_o landgrave_n aid_v secret_o 505._o rout_v in_o a_o sally_n by_o the_o magdebourgher_n ibid._n proposes_n condition_n of_o peace_n to_o the_o town_n 515._o command_v his_o divine_n to_o draw_v up_o a_o confession_n of_o their_o faith_n ibid._n demand_n a_o safe_a conduct_n for_o his_o divine_n to_o go_v to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 516._o send_v the_o proposal_n to_o the_o magdebourgher_n by_o heideck_n 521._o he_o hold_v a_o convention_n about_o the_o business_n of_o magdebourg_n 525._o he_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o fidelity_n from_o the_o man_n of_o atzenelbogen_fw-mi 526._o he_o conclude_v a_o peace_n with_o the_o city_n of_o magdebourg_n 528._o complain_v of_o the_o preacher_n ibid._n hatch_n a_o war_n against_o the_o emperor_n 529._o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o emperor_n about_o the_o landgrave_n 531._o he_o hold_v a_o conference_n with_o prince_n william_n the_o landgrave_n son_n 534._o his_o ambassador_n come_v to_o trent_n and_o declare_v their_o instruction_n 537._o they_o join_v with_o the_o agent_n of_o wirtemberg_n and_o strasburg_n to_o solicit_v for_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o protestant_n in_o the_o council_n ibid._n the_o saxon_a divine_n be_v upon_o their_o way_n to_o come_v to_o the_o council_n 541._o the_o ambassador_n complain_v against_o perlargus_n ibid._n maurice_n send_v letter_n to_o his_o ambassador_n 542._o they_o leave_v trent_n secret_o ibid._n his_o care_n for_o the_o release_n of_o the_o landgrave_n 549._o he_o declare_v war_n against_o the_o emperor_n 550._o take_v the_o field_n and_o join_v with_o marq._n albert_n 555._o he_o go_v with_o the_o other_o prince_n and_o besieges_fw-fr ulm_n 556._o treat_v with_o ferdinand_n of_o condition_n of_o peace_n ibid._n write_v to_o the_o french_a king_n 558._o his_o army_n skirmish_n with_o the_o imperialist_n 559._o a_o mutiny_n in_o his_o camp_n for_o want_v of_o pay_n ibid._n his_o soldier_n make_v the_o emperor_n fly_v from_o inspruck_a 560._o which_o be_v plunder_v ibid._n they_o publish_v a_o declaration_n ibid._n he_o restore_v the_o out_v minister_n ibid._n his_o grievance_n at_o the_o treaty_n of_o passaw_n 563._o his_o proposal_n at_o the_o treaty_n 566._o he_o be_v impatient_a of_o delay_n and_o hasten_v ferdinand_n 568._o he_o return_v to_o the_o confederate_n 569._o besieges_n francfort_n ibid._n at_o last_o he_o accept_v a_o peace_n 571._o send_v his_o force_n into_o hungary_n 573._o send_v commissioner_n to_o treat_v with_o john_n frederick_n commissioner_n to_o no_o purpose_n 577._o go_v to_o heidelberg_n to_o mediate_v between_o albert_n and_o the_o bishop_n 578._o make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o d._n of_o brunswick_n ibid._n declare_v war_n against_o marq._n albert_n 581._o he_o overcome_v albert_n and_o be_v kill_v in_o the_o fight_n 586._o his_o death_n foretell_v by_o prodigy_n ibid._n maximilian_n emperor_n hold_v a_o diet_n at_o augsbourg_n 4._o write_v in_o august_n 1518._o to_o pope_n leo_n to_o correct_v luther_n and_o to_o put_v a_o end_n to_o his_o grow_a heresy_n 5._o dies_z jan._n 12._o 1519._o 13._o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o council_n of_o pisa_n 26._o go_v off_o to_o pope_n julius_n 27._o send_v langus_n to_o the_o lateran_n council_n ibid._n commission_n hogostrate_a and_o reuchlin_n to_o examine_v jewish_a book_n 30._o war_n with_o the_o swisser_n 469._o maximilian_n son_n to_o ferdinand_n come_v into_o germany_n out_o of_o spain_n 505._o be_v well_o belove_v ibid._n he_o return_v home_o from_o spain_n 529._o be_v honourable_o receive_v at_o trent_n 535._o go_v to_o brussels_n 637._o mecklenbourg_n vide_fw-la george_n d._n of_o mecklenbourg_n mechlin_n almost_o consume_v by_o lightning_n 392._o medici_n the_o rise_n of_o that_o family_n to_o greatness_n 169._o meinier_n precedent_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o aix_n persecute_v the_o waldenses_n 345._o use_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o merindol_n and_o cabrier_n barbarous_o 345_o 346._o meisen_n john_n bishop_n of_o meisen_n oppose_v luther_n about_o communion_n in_o both_o kind_n 25._o melancthon_n philip_n come_v to_o wittenberg_n 21._o go_v to_o leipzick_n ib._n answer_v the_o parisian_a censure_n of_o luther_n book_n 47._o come_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o augsbourg_n 127._o one_o of_o the_o protestant_a deputy_n there_o to_o mediate_v a_o
accommodation_n 132._o very_o much_o disconsolate_a 140._o comfort_v by_o luther_n ibid._n come_v to_o cologne_n 310._o defend_v bucer_n 311._o his_o opinion_n about_o indifferent_a thing_n 481._o he_o draw_v up_o a_o confession_n of_o faith_n for_o the_o saxon_a divine_n 515._o congratulate_v john_n frederick_n safe_a return_n home_n 574._o send_v letter_n of_o comfort_n to_o the_o banish_a bohemian_a preacher_n 613._o mendoza_n send_v by_o the_o emperor_n to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 360._o ambassador_n to_o strasbourg_n 419._o his_o speech_n to_o the_o pope_n about_o the_o council_n from_o the_o emperor_n 443._o send_v the_o pope_n answer_n to_o the_o emperor_n 445._o mentz_n the_o seat_n of_o the_o elector_n four_o german_a mile_n from_o francfort_n 13._o elector_n of_o mentz_n vide_fw-la albert._n the_o elector_n approve_v the_o interim_n crafty_o in_o the_o diet_n 460._o send_v the_o pope_n indult_n into_o the_o landgraviate_v 483._o deny_v to_o register_n maurice_n protestation_n against_o a_o council_n 499._o he_o leave_v trent_n 543._o he_o fly_v from_o albert_n of_o brandenbourg_n 567._o he_o die_v 614._o mersburgh_n bishop_n answer_v to_o luther_n 33._o milan_n the_o council_n remove_v thither_o from_o pisa_n 27._o miltitz_n charles_n bedchamber_n man_n to_o pope_n leo_n vide_fw-la wittenberg_n miltitz_n send_v by_o leo_n to_o frederick_n against_o luther_n 12._o treat_v with_o luther_n 23._o and_o the_o augustine_n friar_n concern_v he_o ibid._n minden_n proscribe_v by_o the_o imperial_a chamber_n 245._o mirandula_n joannes_n picus_n his_o book_n censure_v 28._o monte_fw-la cardinal_n de_fw-mi the_o pope_n legate_n at_o bononia_n his_o answer_n to_o the_o pope_n letter_n 444._o his_o insolent_a usage_n of_o vargas_n the_o emperor_n ambassador_n at_o bononia_n 446_o 447._o make_v pope_n and_o call_v julius_n iii_o 492._o montmorency_n anne_n make_v constable_n of_o france_n 239._o be_v in_o disgrace_n 277._o gain_v favour_n with_o henry_n ii_o king_n of_o france_n take_v metz_n for_o the_o french_a king_n 555._o his_o treaty_n with_o the_o deputy_n of_o strasbourg_n 557._o more_o sir_n thomas_n chancellor_n of_o england_n 180._o behead_v for_o not_o deny_v the_o pope_n supremacy_n ibid._n morin_n john_n under-provost_a of_o paris_n prosecute_v the_o protestant_n severe_o 175._o morone_n john_n legate_n to_o p._n paul_n iii_o at_o spire_n 291._o muleasses_n k._n of_o tunis_n out_v of_o his_o country_n come_v to_o augsbourg_n 457._o muncer_n thomas_n begin_v to_o preach_v in_o franconia_n 52._o a_o account_n of_o his_o enthusiasm_n 83._o settle_v at_o mulhansen_n 84._o turn_v out_o by_o the_o rabble_n help_v all_o the_o magistrate_n ibid._n joyns_n with_o the_o boor_n of_o swabia_n and_o franconia_n ibid._n be_v rout_v by_o count_n mansfield_n ibid._n retires_n with_o his_o gang_n to_o franckhausen_a ibid._n his_o speech_n to_o the_o rabble_n 85._o his_o man_n fright_v 86._o rout_v by_o the_o prince_n army_n ibid._n 5000._o of_o they_o take_v ibid._n muncer_n take_v at_o franckhausen_a ibid._n rack_v to_o confess_v his_o accomplice_n ibid._n behead_v ibid._n munster_n a_o city_n in_o westphalia_n possess_v by_o the_o anabaptist_n 174._o the_o senate_n estabilsh_a the_o reform_v religion_n there_o 191._o they_o make_v a_o treaty_n with_o the_o bishop_n 192._o banish_v the_o anabaptist_n ibid._n they_o be_v tumultuous_a there_o 193._o it_o be_v besiege_v by_o its_o bishop_n ibid._n who_o be_v assist_v by_o the_o neighbour_a prince_n 194._o a_o great_a famine_n in_o the_o city_n 198._o the_o prince_n threaten_v to_o send_v the_o force_n of_o the_o empire_n upon_o they_o 197._o murner_n thomas_n a_o franciscan_a friar_n complain_v to_o campegio_n against_o the_o senate_n of_o strasbourg_n 73._o musculus_fw-la wolfgangus_n fly_v from_o augsbourg_n to_o bern_n for_o not_o subscribe_v the_o interim_n 461._o n._n naples_n a_o sedition_n there_o because_o of_o the_o inquisition_n 434._o nassaw_n count_n of_o desire_v the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n to_o come_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o spire_n 152._o henry_n of_o nassaw_n charles_n v'_v general_n in_o picardy_n 208._o unsuccessful_a there_o ibid._n william_n son_n to_o count_n nassaw_n succeed_v the_o prince_n of_o orange_n 327._o nave_n discourse_n with_o count_n solmes_n about_o the_o war_n design_v against_o the_o protestant_n 357._o speak_v to_o the_o landgrave_n at_o spire_n in_o the_o emperor_n name_n 368._o dies_z 419._o naumbourg_n the_o chapter_n choose_v phlugius_fw-la for_o their_o bishop_n 288._o netherlands_o reformation_n get_v foot_v there_o 341._o northumberland_n john_n d._n of_o marry_v his_o son_n guildford_n dudley_n to_o the_o lady_n jane_n grace_n 580._o be_v sieze_v on_o at_o cambridge_n 589._o and_o behead_v by_o q._n mary_n ibid._n nuremberg_n a_o diet_n convene_v thither_o 51._o their_o minister_n accuse_v to_o the_o pope_n legate_n 62._o the_o act_n of_o the_o diet_n publish_v 63._o the_o treaty_n of_o pacification_n remove_v hither_o from_o schurnfurt_n 160._o a_o peace_n be_v there_o conclude_v ibid._n a_o holy_a league_n there_o draw_v up_o among_o the_o popish_a prince_n 245._o another_o diet_n there_o 298._o the_o decree_n of_o that_o diet_n 299._o the_o netherlands_o ambassador_n accuse_v theâ—â—_n of_o cleve_n in_o the_o diet_n 306._o the_o decree_n of_o the_o diet_n 307._o their_o quarrel_n with_o albert_n of_o brandenbourg_n 561._o vide_fw-la albert_n their_o answer_n to_o albert_n remonstrance_n 599._o o_o obersteyn_n ulrick_n count_n make_v general_n of_o the_o army_n against_o the_o munster_n mad_a man_n 197._o his_o soldier_n be_v tumultuous_a for_o want_v of_o pay_n 200._o he_o carry_v the_o town_n at_o last_o 201._o ockham_n william_n condemn_v by_o the_o university_n of_o paris_n 28._o what_o his_o doctrine_n 29._o oecolampadius_n john_n preach_v at_o basil_n 76._o he_o embrace_v the_o doctrine_n of_o zuinglius_fw-la 97._o dispute_n at_o bern_n 111._o meet_v luther_n at_o marpurg_n 121._o dies_z 156._o orleans_n vide_fw-la franciscan_n friar_n d._n of_o orleans_n die_v 352._o osiander_n come_v to_o marpurg_n to_o the_o conference_n betwixt_o luther_n and_o zuinglius_fw-la 121._o set_v up_o a_o new_a sect_n about_o justification_n in_o prussia_n 511._o rail_n against_o melancthon_n and_o the_o saxon_a divine_n 512._o die_v at_o coningsberg_n 575._o his_o sect_n in_o prussia_n promise_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o augustane_n confession_n 632._o otho_n prince_n palatine_n embrace_v the_o protestant_a religion_n 300._o recover_v his_o country_n and_o joyns_n with_o the_o confederate_a prince_n 556._o oxford_n a_o dispute_n there_o concern_v the_o lord_n supper_n 483._o oxline_n john_n a_o minister_n carry_v by_o force_n from_o his_o house_n by_o the_o governor_n of_o turegie_n 76._o this_o occasion_n the_o canton_n of_o zurich_n to_o remonstrate_v 77._o p._n palatine_n george_n vide_fw-la spires_n palatine_n prince_n vide_fw-la lewis_n vide_fw-la otho_fw-la palaeologus_n john_n emperor_n of_o constantinople_n come_v to_o the_o council_n of_o ferrara_n 10._o pall_n the_o excessive_a charge_n of_o it_o 273._o the_o ceremony_n of_o its_o consecration_n 274._o passaw_n a_o treaty_n there_o 563._o the_o prince_n mediator_n there_o answer_v maurice_n grievance_n 564._o and_o they_o answer_v the_o french_a ambassador_n speech_n 565._o they_o exhort_v the_o emperor_n to_o a_o peace_n by_o letter_n 566._o they_o answer_v the_o emperor_n letter_n 568._o the_o head_n of_o the_o pacification_n 572._o paris_n doctor_n of_o that_o university_n appeal_v against_o p._n leo_n for_o abrogate_a the_o pragmatic_n sanction_n 10._o censure_v the_o book_n of_o reuchlin_n 30._o and_o condemn_v luther_n book_n 47._o a_o account_n of_o the_o faculty_n of_o divinity_n at_o paris_n 48._o a_o young_a gentleman_n of_o thoulouse_n burn_v there_o for_o religion_n 239._o they_o be_v severe_a upon_o the_o lutheran_n 296._o the_o manner_n of_o proceed_n upon_o he_o 297._o their_o divine_n at_o melun_n draw_v up_o article_n against_o the_o reformation_n 342._o the_o parliament_n answer_v the_o k._n of_o france_n edict_n 619._o paul_n iii_o farnese_n choose_v pope_n 174._o instruct_v vergerius_n how_o to_o stave_v off_o a_o council_n 175._o issue_n out_o bull_n to_o call_v a_o council_n 206._o and_o other_o to_o reform_v the_o vice_n of_o rome_n 209._o prorogue_n the_o council_n call_v at_o mantua_n 230._o be_v solicitous_a to_o reconcile_v the_o emperor_n and_o the_o king_n of_o france_n 232._o appoint_v a_o committee_n of_o cardinal_n to_o examine_v the_o corruption_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 233._o nominate_v vicenza_n for_o the_o session_n of_o the_o council_n 238._o return_v to_o rome_n 241._o prorogue_n the_o council_n without_o limitation_n 250._o send_v his_o legate_n to_o the_o emperor_n 264._o make_v war_n upon_o perugia_n 266._o the_o speech_n of_o his_o legate_n at_o the_o diet_n of_o spire_n 291._o allow_v a_o council_n to_o be_v hold_v at_o trent_n 292._o send_v cardinal_n to_o mediate_v between_o the_o french_a k._n and_o the_o emperor_n 303._o commend_v the_o chapter_n of_o cologne_n in_o a_o letter_n to_o
council_n of_o the_o empire_n 76._o the_o senate_n answer_n 79._o their_o minister_n draw_v up_o a_o apology_n ibid._n quarrel_n there_o about_o the_o mass_n 115._o they_o stience_n the_o popish_a minister_n ibid._n the_o bishop_n complain_v to_o the_o diet_n at_o spire_n 116._o mass_o abolish_v there_o ibid._n their_o deputy_n protest_v upon_o their_o be_v deny_v to_o sit_v in_o the_o diet_n 118._o their_o divine_n answer_v erasmus_n 122._o make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o evangelic_n canton_n of_o switzerland_n 126._o which_o be_v resent_v by_o the_o council_n of_o the_o empire_n ibid._n they_o with_o some_o other_o confederate_a city_n exhibit_v a_o confession_n at_o augsbourg_n to_o the_o emperor_n 130._o they_o debate_v the_o matter_n further_o against_o the_o emperor_n 138._o they_o be_v oppugn_v by_o popish_a divine_n ibid._n they_o set_v up_o a_o school_n 241._o their_o letter_n to_o the_o emperor_n to_o dissuade_v he_o from_o the_o war_n 378._o they_o make_v their_o peace_n and_o be_v fine_v 423._o they_o refuse_v the_o interim_n 464._o and_o stand_v to_o it_o to_o granvell_n 465._o they_o send_v their_o judgement_n of_o the_o interim_n to_o the_o emperor_n in_o a_o letter_n 471._o in_o a_o consultation_n they_o resolve_v to_o accept_v of_o the_o interim_n 472._o they_o send_v deputy_n with_o another_o letter_n to_o the_o emperor_n 473._o their_o bishop_n write_v to_o they_o about_o yield_v ib._n they_o be_v command_v to_o agree_v with_o their_o bishop_n 474._o they_o write_v to_o the_o emperor_n of_o the_o bishop_n unreasonable_a demand_n 478_o the_o bishop_n say_v mass_n again_o 479._o quarrel_n between_o he_o and_o the_o senate_n about_o the_o public_a professor_n 480._o the_o senate_n and_o the_o bishop_n agree_v 485._o mass_n first_o say_v in_o the_o cathedral_n 491._o deride_v by_o the_o people_n ibid._n whence_o the_o priest_n fly_v ibid._n the_o bishop_n complain_v to_o the_o emperor_n 496._o but_o the_o breach_n be_v make_v up_o ibid._n the_o bishop_n complain_v against_o the_o preacher_n 513._o the_o senate_n send_v sleidan_n their_o deputy_n to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 529._o vid._n sleidan_n they_o answer_v the_o demand_n of_o marq._n albert_n 571._o stroza_n peter_n a_o florentine_a gull_n the_o protestant_n with_o promise_n of_o money_n 404._o stupitz_n john_n general_n of_o the_o augustine_n friar_n 2._o stura_n steno_n vide_fw-la christiern_n sturmius_fw-la james_n die_v 594._o sweden_n vide_fw-la gustavus_n swisser_n oppose_v the_o election_n of_o francis_n i._o to_o the_o empire_n 14._o a_o account_n of_o their_o commonwealth_n 48._o have_v a_o custom_n that_o priest_n shall_v public_o keep_v concubine_n 51._o they_o complain_v against_o zuinglius_fw-la in_o a_o convention_n of_o estate_n 66._o they_o assemble_v at_o lucern_n and_o make_v edict_n against_o the_o new_a religion_n 67._o they_o remonstrate_v against_o those_o of_o zurick_n 69._o they_o join_v with_o zuinglius_fw-la in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o eucharist_n 97._o they_o meet_v 12_o canton_n to_o dispute_v at_o baden_n 105._o the_o popish_a canton_n make_v a_o league_n with_o ferdinand_n 118._o seed_n of_o civil_a war_n arise_v among_o themselves_o 120._o which_o be_v take_v up_o ibid._n they_o make_v a_o league_n for_o six_o year_n with_o the_o landgrave_n of_o helse_n 141._o do_v not_o refuse_v to_o join_v in_o the_o league_n of_o smalcald_a if_o comprehension_n be_v allow_v they_o 148._o not_o admit_v into_o the_o league_n 151._o the_o popish_a canton_n league_n against_o the_o zuricher_n 155._o they_o overcome_v the_o zuricher_n 156._o they_o overcome_v they_o again_o ibid._n they_o conclude_v a_o peace_n ibid._n the_o protestant_a canton_n intercede_v with_o the_o french_a king_n to_o remit_v his_o severity_n towards_o the_o protestant_n 210._o they_o answer_v the_o letter_n which_o be_v send_v to_o they_o by_o the_o state_n of_o the_o empire_n 323._o intercede_v to_o the_o french_a king_n for_o the_o waldenses_n 347._o they_o give_v a_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_n embassy_n 392._o they_o answer_v the_o emperor_n letter_n 398._o the_o protestant_a canton_n differ_v in_o their_o answer_n about_o the_o war_n from_o the_o popish_a one_o 399._o their_o answer_n to_o the_o protestant_n demand_n 404._o two_o protestant_a canton_n refuse_v a_o league_n with_o henry_n ii_o king_n of_o france_n 484._o silvius_n aeneas_n vide_fw-la p._n pius_fw-la t._n tecelius_n john_n tetzel_n a_o dominican_n write_v against_o luther_n ninety_o five_o thesis_n 2._o teutonick_n order_n its_o institution_n 99_o they_o subdue_v prussia_n ibid._n thomas_n of_o becket_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 241._o kill_v by_o some_o of_o king_n henry_n ii_n court_n ibid._n his_o rich_a shrine_n ibid._n canonize_v 242._o toledo_n don_n francisco_n de_fw-la ambassador_n from_o the_o emperor_n at_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 374._o treat_v vigorous_o with_o the_o protestant_a ambassador_n there_o 539._o transylvania_n vaivod_n claim_v the_o kingdom_n of_o hungary_n against_o ferdinand_n 112._o write_v about_o it_o to_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o empire_n ibid._n invite_v solyman_n into_o germany_n 121._o be_v make_v king_n of_o hungary_n by_o solyman_n ibid._n die_n 269._o his_o son_n be_v deliver_v up_o to_o solyman_n 285._o make_v vaivod_n of_o transylvania_n ibid._n transylvania_n revolt_v from_o ferdinand_n 633._o tregerus_fw-la conradus_n dispute_v with_o the_o preacher_n of_o the_o reform_a religion_n at_o bern_n 111._o trent_n nominate_v by_o the_o pope_n to_o hold_v a_o council_n 292._o allow_v by_o the_o catholic_n prince_n of_o germany_n ibid._n protest_v against_o by_o the_o protestant_n ibid._n the_o council_n call_v 296._o it_o be_v open_v 361._o the_o first_o session_n ibid._n the_o decree_n of_o it_o 362._o the_o second_o session_n ibid._n the_o three_o session_n 373._o the_o four_o session_n with_o its_o decree_n 377._o the_o french_a ambassador_n speech_n in_o the_o council_n ibid._n it_o be_v put_v off_o 391._o what_o number_n of_o bishop_n be_v there_o ibid._n decree_v make_v there_o about_o justification_n 416._o the_o seven_o session_n 422._o the_o council_n be_v divide_v and_o some_o go_v to_o bononia_n 425._o the_o emperor_n deputy_n command_v not_o to_o stir_v thence_o ibid._n the_o councilis_n divide_v 439._o cardinal_z of_o trent_n speak_v to_o the_o pope_n about_o remove_v the_o council_n 443._o the_o council_n meet_v once_o more_o at_o trent_n 513._o sit_v formal_o 518._o receive_v the_o french_a king_n letter_n ibid._n the_o ceremony_n of_o their_o session_n 520._o the_o way_n of_o make_v article_n and_o canon_n 521._o they_o decree_v the_o business_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n 525._o they_o leave_v some_o thing_n to_o be_v dispute_v when_o the_o protestant_n shall_v come_v to_o the_o council_n 526._o the_o form_n of_o their_o safe_a conduct_n ibid._n they_o answer_v the_o french_a king_n letter_n 527._o they_o make_v decree_n about_o penance_n and_o extreme_a unction_n 530._o long_o debate_n about_o a_o safe_a conduct_n at_o trent_n 539._o they_o be_v wonderful_o divide_v 546._o fly_v from_o trent_n in_o haste_n 547._o and_o they_o prorogue_v the_o council_n for_o two_o year_n 548._o treves_n vide_fw-la trier_n trier_n elector_n make_v a_o speech_n for_o francis_n i._n 16._o persuade_v luther_n to_o yield_v 46._o very_o courteous_o ibid._n richard_n the_o elector_n make_v war_n with_o francis_n sic_v 56._o not_o for_o religion_n ibid._n kill_v several_a boor_n at_o worm_n 81._o after_o they_o have_v throw_v down_o their_o arm_n ibid._n die_n 149._o the_o elector_n of_o trier_n leave_v the_o council_n of_o trent_n 542._o truchse_n george_n head_n of_o the_o schwabian_a league_n 80._o rout_n the_o boor_n in_o schwaben_n ibid._n and_o at_o winsberg_n 81._o burn_v the_o town_n ibid._n rout_n other_o in_o franconia_n ibid._n make_v a_o speech_n to_o the_o protestant_a prince_n in_o the_o emperor_n name_n 134._o turegie_n vide_fw-la oxline_n turk_n vide_fw-la solyman_n their_o original_a 295._o they_o invade_v hungary_n 314._o they_o take_v tripoli_n 518._o their_o fleet_n take_v corsica_n 591._o their_o fleet_n scour_v the_o coast_n of_o italy_n 617._o v._o vaiod_n vide_fw-la transylvania_n valla_n laurentius_n his_o book_n censure_v 28._o vargas_n francisco_n de_fw-la and_o martino_n velasco_n the_o emperor_n ambassador_n protest_v against_o the_o council_n at_o bononia_n 446._o venetian_n make_v a_o league_n with_o the_o emperor_n against_o francis_n 204._o they_o conclude_v a_o peace_n with_o the_o turk_n 252._o they_o publish_v a_o proclamation_n about_o religion_n against_o the_o reform_a 468._o venize_v gabriel_n provincial_a of_o the_o augustans_fw-la in_o germany_n vide_fw-la leo._n vergerius_n peter_n paul_n the_o pope_n legate_n at_o augsbourg_n 127._o have_v order_n to_o manage_v the_o business_n of_o a_o council_n cautious_o 166._o be_v recall_v into_o italy_n by_o p._n paul_n iii_o 147._o and_o send_v back_o with_o the_o old_a instruction_n 175._o consult_v with_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n at_o prague_n 180._o send_v to_o naples_n to_o
the_o emperor_n 204._o appoint_a of_o the_o committee_n to_o draw_v up_o a_o bull_n for_o the_o call_n of_o a_o council_n ibid._n his_o speech_n at_o worm_n 272._o talk_v with_o spira_n at_o milan_n 475._o turn_v protestant_a 476._o persuade_v his_o diocese_n of_o justinople_n to_o join_v with_o he_o ibid._n be_v persecute_v settle_v in_o the_o valteline_n 477._o and_o thence_o remove_v to_o tube_v ibid._n write_v a_o book_n to_o disswad_v the_o swisser_n from_o send_v to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 528._o vey_fw-mi a_o lawyer_n of_o baden_n speak_v to_o luther_n from_o the_o commissioner_n at_o worm_n 45._o exhort_v he_o to_o submit_v his_o book_n to_o the_o emperor_n and_o prince_n 46._o vienna_n vide_fw-la solyman_n visconti_n duke_n of_o milan_n their_o pedigree_n 203._o ulm_n receive_v the_o protestant_a religion_n and_o a_o church_n be_v constitute_v there_o 149._o be_v reconcile_v to_o the_o emperor_n and_o fine_v 413._o a_o diet_n call_v thither_o 428._o what_o be_v do_v at_o it_o 431._o adjourn_v to_o augsbourg_n 432._o the_o government_n change_v by_o the_o emperor_n 472._o their_o divine_n refuse_v with_o great_a courage_n to_o acknowledge_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o interim_n ibid._n their_o minister_n be_v release_v 479._o their_o answer_n to_o albert_n proposal_n 563._o ulric_n duke_n of_o wirtemberg_n claim_v his_o country_n 79._o be_v repulse_v by_o the_o schwabian_a confederate_n 80._o be_v restore_v into_o it_o by_o the_o landgrave_n of_o hesse_n 173._o engage_v to_o be_v feudatary_a to_o ferdinand_n ibid._n and_o recover_v his_o country_n entire_o 174._o he_o acknowledge_v himself_o feudatary_a to_o ferdinand_n 180._o be_v admit_v into_o the_o protestant_a league_n 206._o excuse_n himself_o by_o letter_n to_o king_n francis_n 249._o he_o with_o upper_a germany_n first_o take_v arm_n 380._o write_v supplicatory_a letter_n to_o the_o emperor_n 413._o be_v receive_v upon_o hard_a condition_n 415._o he_o make_v his_o submission_n to_o the_o emperor_n in_o person_n at_o ulm_n 421._o receive_v the_o interim_n 462._o dies_z 502._o vogelsberg_n sebastian_n raise_v man_n in_o germany_n for_o henry_n king_n of_o france_n 434._o be_v behead_v at_o augsbourg_n for_o it_o 456._o w._n waradin_n george_n martinhausen_n bishop_n of_o make_v a_o cardinal_n 528._o be_v kill_v for_o commotion_n in_o transylvania_n 535._o waldenses_n persecute_v 345._o barbarous_o massacre_v at_o merindol_n 346._o their_o opinion_n 347._o wenceslaus_n emperor_n intercede_v for_o husse_v 46._o wyatt_n sir_n thomas_n rise_v in_o kent_n upon_o queen_n mary_n marry_v king_n philip_n 594._o be_v suppress_v 596._o execute_v 598._o wiclef_n john_n preach_v against_o the_o pope_n in_o england_n 46._o his_o bone_n order_v to_o be_v burn_v by_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n 47._o william_n vide_fw-la bavaria_n winchester_n stephen_n gardiner_n bishop_n of_o he_o write_v a_o reproachful_a book_n against_o bucer_n 340._o be_v imprison_v for_o obstinacy_n 511._o make_a lord_n chancellor_n by_o queen_n mary_n 589._o a_o account_n of_o his_o proceed_n in_o the_o divorce_n of_o henry_n viii_o ibid._n he_o die_v of_o a_o dropsy_n 627._o wirtemberg_n vide_fw-la ulric_n and_o christopher_n wittenberg_n a_o city_n of_o saxony_n upon_o the_o elbe_n and_o a_o university_n 2._o connive_n at_o luther_n ibid._n they_o write_v to_o pope_n leo_n in_o his_o behalf_n 6._o and_o to_o miltitz_n that_o he_o may_v be_v try_v in_o germany_n ibid._n and_o to_o frederick_n in_o excuse_n of_o luther_n proceed_n against_o cajetan_n 12._o the_o university_n abett_v the_o augustine_n in_o not_o say_v mass_n 49._o their_o reply_n to_o frederick_n about_o that_o matter_n 50._o wolfgang_n make_v grand_a master_n of_o prussia_n 324._o his_o plea_n at_o the_o diet_n of_o augsbourg_n about_o the_o teutonic_n order_n 447._o be_v drive_v out_o of_o his_o country_n 571._o wolfgang_n d._n of_o deux-ponts_n absolute_o refuse_v the_o interim_n 480._o yet_o promise_v to_o obey_v the_o emperor_n as_o far_o as_o he_o can_v 481._o wolsey_n die_v for_o discontent_n 170._o worm_n a_o diet_n call_v thither_o 38._o it_o be_v open_v 41._o luther_n proscribe_v by_o a_o edict_n there_o 48._o a_o diet_n call_v to_o punish_v the_o anabaptist_n 200._o another_o diet_n call_v there_o 201._o a_o convention_n cite_v thither_o 268._o the_o head_n of_o the_o conference_n at_o worm_n 271._o a_o diet_n there_o 343._o z._n zisca_n john_n raise_v a_o war_n in_o bohemia_n against_o sigismond_n in_o revenge_n of_o husse_n death_n 47._o zuinglius_fw-la ulricus_fw-la come_v to_o zurick_n 22._o oppose_v friar_n samson_n about_o indulgence_n ibid._n dissuade_v the_o swisser_n from_o serve_v abroad_o in_o the_o war_n 48._o defend_v himself_o against_o the_o bishop_n of_o constance_n 51._o write_v to_o the_o swisser_n to_o allow_v marriage_n among_o their_o priest_n ibid._n dispute_n with_o john_n faber_n in_o the_o assembly_n at_o zurick_n 57_o acquit_v himself_o of_o the_o accusation_n of_o the_o state_n 66._o preach_v up_o the_o abrogation_n of_o image_n ibid._n differ_v with_o luther_n about_o the_o sacrament_n 97._o will_v not_o go_v to_o the_o conference_n at_o baden_n 105._o dispute_n at_o bern_n 111._o dispute_n with_o luther_n at_o marpurg_n 121._o be_v kill_v 156._o zurick_n vide_fw-la zuinglius_fw-la they_o refuse_v to_o serve_v abroad_o at_o zuinglius_n desire_n 48._o they_o est_fw-fr ablish_v the_o reformation_n 57_o they_o answer_v the_o remonstrance_n of_o the_o other_o canton_n 70._o and_o the_o bishop_n of_o constance_n book_n abort_a image_n 72._o they_o remove_v image_n 76._o they_o expostulate_v with_o the_o other_o cantens_fw-fr about_o the_o seize_v of_o their_o minister_n 77._o the_o mass_n abolish_v there_o 82._o they_o stop_v provision_n from_o the_o other_o canton_n 155._o they_o be_v rout_v in_o battle_n 156._o and_o so_o a_o second_o time_n ibid._n and_o at_o last_o conclude_v a_o peace_n ibid._n the_o minister_n of_o zurick_n answer_n 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