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... Towns His death and character ( 1560 ) 149 Frederick II . in Denmark 1623. Reign of Frederick II . in Den- mark ix Page ... town Affairs of the Netherlands Surrender of Breda ( 1625 ) . Affairs of Germany 1621. Alliance between England ...
... Towns His death and character ( 1560 ) 149 Frederick II . in Denmark 1623. Reign of Frederick II . in Den- mark ix Page ... town Affairs of the Netherlands Surrender of Breda ( 1625 ) . Affairs of Germany 1621. Alliance between England ...
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... town of Gertruidenberg . In the following year ( 1594 ) Philip ordered the Archduke Ernest to despatch Mansfeld with a considerable body of troops to assist Mayenne in relieving Laon ; the ill success of which attempt has been already ...
... town of Gertruidenberg . In the following year ( 1594 ) Philip ordered the Archduke Ernest to despatch Mansfeld with a considerable body of troops to assist Mayenne in relieving Laon ; the ill success of which attempt has been already ...
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... town at the junction of the Serre and Oise . He had received reinforcements from England as well as from Germany and Holland . He had endeavoured to excuse his apostasy to Queen Elizabeth , as an act of political necessity ; and ...
... town at the junction of the Serre and Oise . He had received reinforcements from England as well as from Germany and Holland . He had endeavoured to excuse his apostasy to Queen Elizabeth , as an act of political necessity ; and ...
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... town ; and in the market - place he was joined by the admiral and another party , who had entered at a different quarter . The inhabitants now surrendered , purchasing their lives with 120,000 crowns , and abandoning the city with its ...
... town ; and in the market - place he was joined by the admiral and another party , who had entered at a different quarter . The inhabitants now surrendered , purchasing their lives with 120,000 crowns , and abandoning the city with its ...
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... town , one of the pretended peasants let fall , as if by accident , a bag which he carried on his shoulders , filled with nuts and apples . This incident excited the merriment of the guard , who began scrambling for the fruit . While ...
... town , one of the pretended peasants let fall , as if by accident , a bag which he carried on his shoulders , filled with nuts and apples . This incident excited the merriment of the guard , who began scrambling for the fruit . While ...
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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.