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The Romany Rye

CHAPTER XXXIX
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The Turk, I suppose, after Mohacs, got possession of Hungary?
_Hungarian_.

Not exactly.

The Turk, upon the whole, showed great moderation; not so the Austrian.

Ferdinand the First claimed the crown of Hungary as being the cousin of Maria, widow of Lajos; he found too many disposed to support him.

His claim, however, was resisted by Zapolya John, a Hungarian magnate, who caused himself to be elected king.
Hungary was for a long time devastated by the wars between the partisans of Zapolya and Ferdinand.


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