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... proceeded to elect in place of Truchsess Prince Ernest of Bavaria , Bishop of Freising , who had formerly competed with him for the see . The troops of Ernest , assisted by some Spaniards lent to him by the Prince of Parma after the ...
... proceeded to elect in place of Truchsess Prince Ernest of Bavaria , Bishop of Freising , who had formerly competed with him for the see . The troops of Ernest , assisted by some Spaniards lent to him by the Prince of Parma after the ...
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... . The Jesuits now returned into the land , and ruled the weak - minded Sigismund more absolutely than ever . He even thought of entering a convent , and proceeded to Prague to entreat CHAP . XXVII . ] DEATH OF AMURATH III .
... . The Jesuits now returned into the land , and ruled the weak - minded Sigismund more absolutely than ever . He even thought of entering a convent , and proceeded to Prague to entreat CHAP . XXVII . ] DEATH OF AMURATH III .
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... proceeded into Silesia , where he soon found that he had been deceived in the bargain which he had made ; and before the end of August he returned to Klausenburg at the invitation of Stephen Bocskai , a Hungarian noble , and one of the ...
... proceeded into Silesia , where he soon found that he had been deceived in the bargain which he had made ; and before the end of August he returned to Klausenburg at the invitation of Stephen Bocskai , a Hungarian noble , and one of the ...
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... proceeded to the convent of the Augustinians , where the Parliament had been assembled , and overawed it by his language . That body , however , was of itself sufficiently inclined to exert a privilege which did not constitutionally ...
... proceeded to the convent of the Augustinians , where the Parliament had been assembled , and overawed it by his language . That body , however , was of itself sufficiently inclined to exert a privilege which did not constitutionally ...
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... proceeded to Angoulême . The Court was filled with consternation . The Queen , it was thought , would not have ventured to fly unless she could count on the support of a large party of the nobles ; which , however , was far from being ...
... proceeded to Angoulême . The Court was filled with consternation . The Queen , it was thought , would not have ventured to fly unless she could count on the support of a large party of the nobles ; which , however , was far from being ...
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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.