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... sent some Spaniards to watch over him ; and ap- pointed a council of war , in which were several of that nation , having for its president Pedro Henriquez , Count of Fuentes , who published some cruel decrees . In 1593 Count Mansfeld sent ...
... sent some Spaniards to watch over him ; and ap- pointed a council of war , in which were several of that nation , having for its president Pedro Henriquez , Count of Fuentes , who published some cruel decrees . In 1593 Count Mansfeld sent ...
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... sent a message to Henry IV . requesting him to dismiss Balagny , and receive them under his immediate authority . Unfortunately , Motley , United Netherlands , vol . iii . ch . xxxii . CHAP . XXVII . ] ALLIANCE BETWEEN HENRY AND ...
... sent a message to Henry IV . requesting him to dismiss Balagny , and receive them under his immediate authority . Unfortunately , Motley , United Netherlands , vol . iii . ch . xxxii . CHAP . XXVII . ] ALLIANCE BETWEEN HENRY AND ...
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... sent a peaceful message to Prince Maurice and the United Provinces , which , however , met with no attention . Henry IV . had been engaged since the winter in the siege of La Fère , a little town at the junction of the Serre and Oise ...
... sent a peaceful message to Prince Maurice and the United Provinces , which , however , met with no attention . Henry IV . had been engaged since the winter in the siege of La Fère , a little town at the junction of the Serre and Oise ...
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... sent forward three officers and a dozen of his most resolute soldiers , disguised like peasants in smock - frocks , under which were hidden swords and pistols . Arrived at the gate of the town , one of the pretended peasants let fall ...
... sent forward three officers and a dozen of his most resolute soldiers , disguised like peasants in smock - frocks , under which were hidden swords and pistols . Arrived at the gate of the town , one of the pretended peasants let fall ...
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... sent Biron with 4,000 or 5,000 men to blockade Amiens , and that body was soon converted into a regular army by recruits from all parts of the kingdom . Henry's success against the Duke of Savoy and in Brittany has been already related ...
... sent Biron with 4,000 or 5,000 men to blockade Amiens , and that body was soon converted into a regular army by recruits from all parts of the kingdom . Henry's success against the Duke of Savoy and in Brittany has been already related ...
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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.