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| | Polish and Russian Political History - The First Elective Kings, 1572-1588 |
 | | Nevertheless, as the prospects of the Duke of Anjou had approached certainty, the more cool-headed of the electors had begun to feel some natural anxiety as to how far this foreign Prince, the offspring of a despotic House, would be likely to respect the liberties of the Republic. |
 | | The articles were supplemented, a few days later, by pacta conventa, corresponding to our coronation oath, which Montluc signed on behalf of Henry. |
 | | The new King bound himself thereby to maintain a fleet in the Baltic at his own expense, place 450,000 ducats at the disposal of the Republic, educate 100 young Polish nobles abroad, espouse the late King's sister, the Korolewna Anna, eighteen years his senior1, and confirm the Compact of Warsaw. |
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