The general history of Spain from the first peopling of it by Tubal, till the death of King Ferdinand, who united the crowns of Castile and Aragon : with a continuation to the death of King Philip III / written in Spanish by the R.F.F. John de Mariana ; to which are added, two supplements, the first by F. Ferdinand Camargo y Salcedo, the other by F. Basil Varen de Soto, bringing it down to the present reign ; the whole translated from the Spanish by Capt. John Stevens.
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The general history of Spain from the first peopling of it by Tubal, till the death of King Ferdinand, who united the crowns of Castile and Aragon : with a continuation to the death of King Philip III / written in Spanish by the R.F.F. John de Mariana ; to which are added, two supplements, the first by F. Ferdinand Camargo y Salcedo, the other by F. Basil Varen de Soto, bringing it down to the present reign ; the whole translated from the Spanish by Capt. John Stevens.
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Mariana, Juan de, 1535-1624.
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London :: Printed for Richard Sare ... and Thomas Bennet ...,
1699.
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Spain -- History.
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"The general history of Spain from the first peopling of it by Tubal, till the death of King Ferdinand, who united the crowns of Castile and Aragon : with a continuation to the death of King Philip III / written in Spanish by the R.F.F. John de Mariana ; to which are added, two supplements, the first by F. Ferdinand Camargo y Salcedo, the other by F. Basil Varen de Soto, bringing it down to the present reign ; the whole translated from the Spanish by Capt. John Stevens." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A51926.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 30, 2025.
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Anno 1600.
This Year was very remarkable for the Jubilee at Rome, to which a great number of Peo∣ple resorted. The Winter was so extraordinary rainy that the Tiber overflowing, Rome was * 1.1 3 days full of Water, and great harm done.
Among 13 Cardinals promoted by the Pope, one was Robert Bellarmine, of the Society of Jesus, Nephew to Pope Marcellus, a Man of a good Life, and extraordinary Learning, as appears by the many notable Books he published.
The new King of France, with the Approbation of the Pope, put away Queen Margaret his first Wife, and presently after married Mary de Medicis, Daughter to Francis Duke of Florence.