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441 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 242.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the conspirators was pushed forward with vigour. Troops were marched on Hungary from all sides: the insurgents were overwhelmed by numbers, and the chiefs …
442 History of Protestantism, vol. 3
… Supposed Conspiracy against Ferdinand—He is Assassinated—Defeat of the Swedes—Battle of Nordlingen—Defection of the Elector of Saxony—Peace of Prague …
443 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 302.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… leading conspirators of Wallenstein to sup with them. The wine was circulating freely after supper, when one of the company rose and gave as a toast, “The House …
444 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 302.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… great conspirator still lived; but, whatever the prognostication of the stars, his last sands were running. The elements seemed in accord with the violent …
445 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 320.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… anon conspiracies were formed to take away his life. He triumphed over them all, and held power to the last, but neither he nor the king lived to enjoy what it …
446 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 341.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… had conspired to bring Marshal Schomberg into France at the head of a foreign army. He was condemned to die. On the scaffold, which he mounted on the 4th of November …
447 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 374.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… now conspired with, his scruples, and powerfully inclined him to seek a divorce from Queen Catherine.Burnet, vol. 1., pp. 37, 38.—“The best-informed writers of the …
448 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 407.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… for conspirators to lead him into crime. The darkest periods of his life, and in particular the executions that followed the enactment of the Six Articles …
449 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 417.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… . The conspirators were able to persuade the king that his uncle, the Protector, had abused his office, and was an enemy to the crown. He was stripped of his office …
450 History of Protestantism, vol. 3
… the Conspiracy—Discovery of the Plot— Execution of the Conspirators
451 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 444.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… , comprehending conspirators of every rank, from Philip of Spain, the master of half Europe, down to the vagrant and fanatical Ballard, received yet another …
452 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 444.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the conspirators themselves had; and he stood quietly by and watched its ripening, till all was ready, and then he stepped in and crushed it. The crowned conspirators …
453 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 444.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… similar conspiracies as martyrs for religion. The fact is that it is impossible to show that a single individual was put to death under Elizabeth simply …
454 History of Protestantism, vol. 3
… the Conspirators, Knox Enters it?Called to the Ministry—His First Sermon—Key-note of the Reformation Struck—Knox in the French Galleys—The Check Useful to …
455 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 484.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… , the conspirators kept possession of his castle. It had been recently and strongly repaired, and was well mounted with arms; and although the regent besieged …
456 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 501.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… that conspiracy should succeed, it would open the Scottish queen’s way to a fairer realm and a mightier throne than the kingdom she had just arrived to take …
457 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 510.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… Papal conspirators, plucked from their very teeth the little country of Scotland, which they had made their prey, and, rescuing it from the vile uses to which …
458 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 512.5 (James Aitken Wylie)
… to conspire against the life and throne of Elizabeth. It was now that doom overtook her. On a dull winter morning, on the 8th of February, she who had dazzled all …
459 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 514.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… co-conspirators in England came to violent ends. The Earls of Westmoreland and Northumberland were executed. The Duke of Norfolk, the premier peer, was beheaded …
460 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 524.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… these conspirators. His Council were of the same mind with himself. Not so the country and the Church, which saw new conspiracies and wars in prospect, should …