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Protests and alliances shape amid European turmoil
In London on December 13 Shaftsbury elects Sir John Cropley and Ed. Nicholas to Parliament as Protestants pledge to defend rites and seek Crown succession in the Protestant line. Reports from Cadiz and Cadiz to Barcelona note French and Spanish maneuvers, Brandenburghers arriving, fortifications in the Palatinate, and imperial plans to raise troops while urging restraint at Ghent and Riga.
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Shaftsbury
John Cropley Baronet
Nicholas
Prince of Wales
James
Mary
France
Duke of Anjou
Madrid
Barcelona
Catalonia
de Lerters
Cadiz
Chateaurenaud
West Indies
Levanez
Cediz
Italy
Ejulea
Sicily
Coleside
Naples
Iceroy
Navarre
Monterey
Medina Celi
Cologn
Dufeldorp
Monsieur Dopfe
Maefirisht
Keyserwaert
Rhimberguen
Elecor
Trgers
Coblenss
Bonn
Prusia
Palatinate
P. Lewis
Baden
Vienna
Imperial Council
Empire
Rome
Cardinal of
Lamberg
Ratisbon
Hague
Saz van
Munster
Ghent
T‘ortabella
Brufels
Bedmar
Cramenburgh
Riga
Thibher