The history of the reign of the emperor Charles v, المجلد 4 |
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acquired affairs Alva ambassadors ambition ancient arms army arts authority body BOOK XI Calais Cardinal Cardinal of Lorrain Charles church command conduct conquests considerable Cosmo council court crown danger declared defended diet dignity dominions Duke of Alva Duke of Guise Duke of Savoy ecclesiastical Elector Empe Emperor Empire employed endeavoured enemy engaged England enterprise Europe execution extraordinary favour Ferdinand formidable French King gained garrison gave Germany Henry Hist hopes Hungary Imperial Inspruck Italy King of France kingdom Landgrave liberty Low-Countries Magdeburg Maurice Maurice's Medecino Metz ministers monarch narchs negociation obliged occasioned papal Parma Passau Paul peace Philip Pope Pope's possession Prince Protestant Queen regard reign religion rendered Ribier Rome schemes siege Siena Sleid soldiers solicitous Solyman soon Spain Spanish spirit success territories Thuan tion town treaty treaty of Passau Trent troops truce Tuscany utmost vigour violent zeal
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الصفحة 210 - ... them, he had either neglected or injured any of his subjects, he now implored their forgiveness ; that, for his part, he should ever retain a grateful sense of their fidelity and attachment, and would carry the remembrance of it along with him to the place of his retreat, as his sweetest consolation, as well as the best reward for all his services, and in his last prayers to Almighty God would pour forth his most earnest petitions for their welfare. Then turning towards Philip, who fell on his...
الصفحة 208 - The emperor, in pursuance of his determination, having assembled the states of the Low Countries at Brussels, seated himself, for the last time, in the chair of state; on one side of which was placed his son, and on the other, his sister the queen of Hungary, regent of the Netherlands, with a splendid retinue of the grandees of Spain and princes of the empire standing behind him. The president of the council of Flanders, by his command, explained, in a few words, his intention in calling this extraordinary...
الصفحة 288 - Chievres to the end of his reign, he em ployed no general in the field, no minister in the cabinet, no ambassador to a foreign court, no governor of a province, whose abilities were inadequate to the trust which he reposed in them.
الصفحة 211 - ... ever come, when you shall wish to enjoy the tranquillity of private life, may you have a son endowed with such qualities, that you can resign your sceptre. to him, with as much satisfaction as I give up mine to you.
الصفحة 185 - ... it. Luther, Calvin, Cranmer, Knox, the founders of the reformed church in their respective countries, as far as they had power and opportunity, inflicted the same punishments upon such as called in question any article in their creeds, which were denounced against their own disciples by the church of Rome.
الصفحة 209 - ... youth all the attention and sagacity of maturer years ; that if, during the course of a long administration , he had committed any material error in government , or if, under the pressure of so many and great affairs, and amidst the attention which he had been obliged to give to them , he had either neglected or injured any of his subjects, he now implored their forgiveness ; that , for his part, he should ever retain a grateful sense of their fidelity and attachment, and would carry the remembrance...
الصفحة 284 - It enfeebled his mind as much as his body, and from this period we hardly discern any traces of that sound and masculine understanding, which distinguished Charles among his contemporaries. An illiberal and timid superstition depressed his spirit. He had no relish for amusements uf any kind.
الصفحة 289 - ... of his people the end of his government. Charles at a very early period of life having added the imperial crown to the kingdoms of Spain and to the hereditary dominions of the...
الصفحة 235 - It consisted only of six rooms, four of them in the form of friars' cells, with naked walls; the other two, each twenty feet square, were hung with brown cloth, and furnished in the most simple manner. They were all on a level with the ground ; with a door on one side into a garden, of which Charles himself had given the plan, and had filled it with various plants, which he intended to cultivate with his own hands.
الصفحة 208 - Flanders, by his command, explained, in a few words, his intention in calling this extraordinary meeting of the states. He then read the instrument of resignation, by which Charles surrendered to his son Philip all his territories, jurisdiction, and authority in the Low Countries ; absolving his subjects there from 'their oath of allegiance to him, which he required them to transfer to Philip, his lawful heir, and.