Philip II of Spain — "You may assure His Holiness, that rather than suffer the least damage to religio…"

You may assure His Holiness, that rather than suffer the least damage to religion and the service of God, I would lose all my states and an hundred lives, if I had them; for I do not propose nor desire to be the ruler of heretics.
Philip II of Spain — Philip II of Spain Early Modern · Spanish Empire ruler

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In a letter to his ambassador in Rome.

Date: 1566

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