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... king his father kept him to his ftudies , for fear his active and fiery fpirit fhould carry him * He was born June 28 , 1491 , and came to the crown April 22 , 1509 . A 2 to 216698 Herbert . 1509. to more dangerous employments b . He.
... king his father kept him to his ftudies , for fear his active and fiery fpirit fhould carry him * He was born June 28 , 1491 , and came to the crown April 22 , 1509 . A 2 to 216698 Herbert . 1509. to more dangerous employments b . He.
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... fear were too " well proved . " Then they were both committed to the They are Tower . The king was refolved to make them an ex- Tower . ample , in order to content the people , who were extremely Hall . incenfed against them . Thus ...
... fear were too " well proved . " Then they were both committed to the They are Tower . The king was refolved to make them an ex- Tower . ample , in order to content the people , who were extremely Hall . incenfed against them . Thus ...
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... fear from him , they befieged Pifa , though affifted by the Venetians , and the fiege was ftill carrying on at the time of the league of Cambray . The city of Genoa , after fundry refolutions caufed by the factions of the Fregoffas and ...
... fear from him , they befieged Pifa , though affifted by the Venetians , and the fiege was ftill carrying on at the time of the league of Cambray . The city of Genoa , after fundry refolutions caufed by the factions of the Fregoffas and ...
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... fear , that these two monarchs had made a private treaty together to fhare all Italy . Mean while , he hardly faw how thefe two formidable potentates could well be oppofed . Venice was reduced to nothing . The Floren- tines were drained ...
... fear , that these two monarchs had made a private treaty together to fhare all Italy . Mean while , he hardly faw how thefe two formidable potentates could well be oppofed . Venice was reduced to nothing . The Floren- tines were drained ...
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... fear he might engage in defigns ' deftructive of the welfare of France . His ambaffadors there- fore concluded with ' Henry a new treaty of alliance , wherein the former treaties were not mentioned . By this it was agreed , that the ...
... fear he might engage in defigns ' deftructive of the welfare of France . His ambaffadors there- fore concluded with ' Henry a new treaty of alliance , wherein the former treaties were not mentioned . By this it was agreed , that the ...
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