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... Duke of Anjou ; the preparation and accidental diversion of a design for invading Ireland , under Sebastian King of Portugal and Thomas Stukley the English fugitive , supported by the Pope and the King of Spain . And in the middle of ...
... Duke of Anjou ; the preparation and accidental diversion of a design for invading Ireland , under Sebastian King of Portugal and Thomas Stukley the English fugitive , supported by the Pope and the King of Spain . And in the middle of ...
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... Duke of Anjou he doth not assure himself ; besides the opinion conceived of the weakness of the complexion of all that race , giving neither hope of length of life nor of children . And the next to the succession make already pro ...
... Duke of Anjou he doth not assure himself ; besides the opinion conceived of the weakness of the complexion of all that race , giving neither hope of length of life nor of children . And the next to the succession make already pro ...
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... duke Duke of of Tuscany , Francesco de ' Medici , son to Cosmo , and the third duke of that Tuscany . family and province ; of the age of forty years , of disposition severe and sad , rather than manly and grave ; no princely port or ...
... duke Duke of of Tuscany , Francesco de ' Medici , son to Cosmo , and the third duke of that Tuscany . family and province ; of the age of forty years , of disposition severe and sad , rather than manly and grave ; no princely port or ...
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... Duke of Ferrara , Alfonso d'Este , the fifth duke , now about forty years of age ; his first wife Lucretia , daughter to Cosmo de ' Medici , whom they say he poisoned ; his second , daughter to Ferdinand the Emperor ; his third wife now ...
... Duke of Ferrara , Alfonso d'Este , the fifth duke , now about forty years of age ; his first wife Lucretia , daughter to Cosmo de ' Medici , whom they say he poisoned ; his second , daughter to Ferdinand the Emperor ; his third wife now ...
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... Duke of Ferrara , by whom he hath no children , and now is divorced . He hath two sisters , the one married to the Duke of Gravina , the other to the Prince Bisignano , and a third is to marry , whose name is Lavinia . Ottaviano , first ...
... Duke of Ferrara , by whom he hath no children , and now is divorced . He hath two sisters , the one married to the Duke of Gravina , the other to the Prince Bisignano , and a third is to marry , whose name is Lavinia . Ottaviano , first ...
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