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that moment he had on his hands a w
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of the Protestant Confederacy makes
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esolute will, and a heart which amb
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servants and baggage; sixty carriag
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een born to possess. He followed hi
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anything. The royal permission was
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Count Mansfeld set about executing
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capable of opposing them, resumed t
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assumed the title of "Admiral of th
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Chapter 5 Edict of Restitution THE
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of Augsburg in 1555, when a propose
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Augsburg. This was eminently a city
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and recover for Rome the Kingdoms o
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constitution -- namely, one king,,
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Other parties came forward to urge
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y the ambassadors of France and of
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was stepping upon the shore of Nort
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alarm the troops of the League and
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never been before, ready to engage
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of the enterprise was immense, and
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When at length he found words, the
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look of their beloved sovereign. Co
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that of the Reformed faith? This it
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exchanged their plundering habits f
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He now turned his victorious arms t
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effort to recover the much of which
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the hand of the northern stranger t
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Footnotes: 1. Chapman, p. 196. 2. L
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ditches. The commerce on its river
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Magdeburg's heroic defense and trag
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egiment of his soldiers. Faction, u
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discover the Swedish banners on the
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having been foreseen, no plan of re
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Some of the officers of the League,
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he said, the moment he heard of the
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protracted. "If we decide upon a ba
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wind was blowing from the west, and
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ullet, and were trampled into the b
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Chapter 8 Conquest of the Rhine and
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still doubtful, the Swedish monarch
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Upsala. This formed some compensati
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going on, treaties were being frame
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from destruction he had undertaken
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e restored. 10th. Out of gratitude
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attle. It delights us to be able to
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emperor to tell him that the army w
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who was but too glad of an excuse f
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The king left Augsburg next day, an
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were expiring on the highway: the m
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the order of battle, and waiting th
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the third was wavering, Wallenstein
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own life." A page assisted him to d
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Chapter 9 Death of Gustavus Adolphu
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imperial center were now attacked,
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the battle to wax in fury, the near
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to flee; but when his messengers sa
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with blood and wounds. The king had
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which strike like a hand from heave
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who had grown up around him; in the
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These unworthy princes put away fro
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wore according to the fashion of th
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of Rome: this he did. The battle of
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mainly to the man who had laid down
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quicker dispatch to all his plans.
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the scene of their triumphs. They c
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promised this dignity to Wallenstei
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of the company rose and gave as a t
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the field, 80 cannon, 4,000 wagons,
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guilty of a shameful abandonment of
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victorious Swedes, pouring over the
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Augsburg (1552-5), and declared tha
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Chapter 11 The Fatherland After the
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they marched out, and ascended the
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the cry of the wolf at the yard-gat
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to pay 5,500 guldens of war indemni
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assembly, wearing green wreaths, an
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prisons; travelers who had been plu
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single inhabited dwelling. A messen
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Footnotes: 1. Gustav. Freytag, pp.