Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by John Aubrey
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commission of General.
September 12, 1680. Mrs. Cellier tried at the Old Bailey, for publishing a book called Malice Defeated, &c. and found guilty. September 12, 1683. The siege of Vienna raised (after the besieged had lost 10,000 men, and the besiegers 70,000) by the King of Poland, and the Duke of Lorrain. May 29, 1630. King Charles II. born. May 29, 1660. Restored. May 29, 1672. The fleet beaten by the Dutch. May 29, 1679. A rebellion broke out in the west of Scotland, where they proclaimed the covenant, and put forth a declaration. The Emperor Charles V. was born on February 24, 1500. He won the battle of Pavia, February 24, 1525. Clement VII. crowned him Emperor, February 24, 1530. Raphael d'Urbino (the famous painter) was born on Good-Friday, and died on Good-Friday. At Feltwell in Norfolk (which lies east and west) a fire happened to break out at the west end, which the west wind blew and burned all the street: on that day twenty years, another fire happened there, which began at the east end, and burned it to the ground again. This I had from a reverend divine. Quaere de hoc. |
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