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Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor (26 Dec 1194 - 13 Dec 1250)

Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_of_Sicily References in Documents:
Musaeum Clausum (1684)

3. Large Submarine Pieces, well delineating the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, the Prerie or large Sea-meadow upon the Coast of Provence, the Coral Fishing, the gathering of Sponges, the Mountains, Valleys and Desarts, the Subterraneous Vents and Passages at the bottom of that Sea; the passage of Kircherus in his Iter Submarinus when he went down about Egypt, and rose again in the Red Sea. Together with a lively Draught of Cola Pesce, or the famous Sicilian Swimmer, diving into the Voragos and broken Rocks by Charybdis, to fetch up the golden Cup, which Frederick, King of Sicily, had purposely thrown into that Sea.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

104. Cronica fratris Martini Papæ Penitentiarii & Capellani; it contains the History of the Emperors from Augustus to the Vacancy after Frederick 2d, and the Popes to Honorious 4, An. 1283. Note, the Book is perfect till, pag. 191. where the History of Pope Joan was probably inserted, there being nothing defective in the whole Book but that Leaf, and the other that answers it. It belonged to the Friars Minorits at Doncaster, and was probably torn out after the Reformation, against which they were so zealous, that the Prior of Doncaster was executed, An. 1547.