désoler

En vue de remédier aux maux qui désolaient l’Europe, l’empereur Sigismond demanda a l’un des trois papes rivaux de convoquer un concile général à Constance.
To cure the evils that were distracting Europe, a general council was summoned to meet at Constance.
Il était de ceux qui avaient trouvé belle la République sous l'Empire et qui se désolaient de la voir guider par les grands bourgeois du temps au milieu des scandales.
It was these who had found the Republic more beautiful than the Empire and who were disconcerted at being governed by the scandal-prone bourgeoisie.
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