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... entered the service of Spain , with the greater part of the forces , to surprise Calais ; and that important place was taken by assault , April 17th , before Henry could arrive for its defence . La Fère surrendered May 22nd ; and Henry ...
... entered the service of Spain , with the greater part of the forces , to surprise Calais ; and that important place was taken by assault , April 17th , before Henry could arrive for its defence . La Fère surrendered May 22nd ; and Henry ...
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... entered at a different quarter . The inhabitants now surrendered , purchasing their lives with 120,000 crowns , and abandoning the city with its goods and merchandise to the conquerors . The bold , but perhaps not impracticable , plans ...
... entered at a different quarter . The inhabitants now surrendered , purchasing their lives with 120,000 crowns , and abandoning the city with its goods and merchandise to the conquerors . The bold , but perhaps not impracticable , plans ...
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... entered the town and captured it with but little resistance . Henry IV . , after holding an Assembly of Notables at Rouen , was amusing himself at Paris when he received the news of this terrible blow . For some moments he seemed ...
... entered the town and captured it with but little resistance . Henry IV . , after holding an Assembly of Notables at Rouen , was amusing himself at Paris when he received the news of this terrible blow . For some moments he seemed ...
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... entered into an alliance with the Emperor . In Transylvania the young Prince Sigismund himself , influenced by the Jesuits and the Catholic party , was for Austria , while the greater part of the Protestants preferred the Turks for ...
... entered into an alliance with the Emperor . In Transylvania the young Prince Sigismund himself , influenced by the Jesuits and the Catholic party , was for Austria , while the greater part of the Protestants preferred the Turks for ...
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... entered a convent at Hall in Tyrol , where she passed twenty - two years , the remainder of her existence . Cardinal Andrew Bathory having been recognized by the States as Prince of Transylvania , in 1599 , the Emperor Rodolph ...
... entered a convent at Hall in Tyrol , where she passed twenty - two years , the remainder of her existence . Cardinal Andrew Bathory having been recognized by the States as Prince of Transylvania , in 1599 , the Emperor Rodolph ...
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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.