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... caused them to be burnt - a third of the Spanish navy . Essex , then landing with 3,000 soldiers , succeeded in penetrating into the town ; and in the market - place he was joined by the admiral and another party , who had entered at a ...
... caused them to be burnt - a third of the Spanish navy . Essex , then landing with 3,000 soldiers , succeeded in penetrating into the town ; and in the market - place he was joined by the admiral and another party , who had entered at a ...
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... cause of heresy in the Netherlands and elsewhere . In 1596 , Cardinal Alexander de ' Medici , the Papal Legate in ... caused Philip to reflect that he was now old and infirm , and that his son would be incompetent to pursue the vast ...
... cause of heresy in the Netherlands and elsewhere . In 1596 , Cardinal Alexander de ' Medici , the Papal Legate in ... caused Philip to reflect that he was now old and infirm , and that his son would be incompetent to pursue the vast ...
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... cause five brothers , all mere children , to be strangled . The Janissaries had then to be conciliated by an augmented donative of fifty ducats a man , and costly gifts were distributed among the great officers of state . Amurath III ...
... cause five brothers , all mere children , to be strangled . The Janissaries had then to be conciliated by an augmented donative of fifty ducats a man , and costly gifts were distributed among the great officers of state . Amurath III ...
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... cause that English influence made at this period so surprising an advance at Constantinople . Towards the end of 1578 William Harebone , or Harburn , an English merchant , presented himself before Sultan Amurath III . with a letter from ...
... cause that English influence made at this period so surprising an advance at Constantinople . Towards the end of 1578 William Harebone , or Harburn , an English merchant , presented himself before Sultan Amurath III . with a letter from ...
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... cause of the misunderstanding which had so long prevailed . While he was in this temper an event occurred which afforded a pretence to declare open war . Hassan , the Turkish Governor of Bosnia , having , in June , 1593 , crossed the ...
... cause of the misunderstanding which had so long prevailed . While he was in this temper an event occurred which afforded a pretence to declare open war . Hassan , the Turkish Governor of Bosnia , having , in June , 1593 , crossed the ...
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Page 427 - King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between King and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, had abdicated the government, and that the throne had thereby become vacant.