Chapter XX: Letter IV (7)

_Ferrier_, M. de, formerly Ambassador at Venice, sent by the King to
the King of Navarre, ii. 182

_Fervaques_, officer of Alençon, said to be the suggester of the French
Fury, ii. 169;
a prisoner, _ib._;
his execution demanded by the Antwerp citizens, 175;
presented by Alençon with an abbacy, 181;
attempt to assassinate him, 209

_Fiesco_, the Comte de, account of him, ii. 26, and _note_;
mentioned 33;
refuses to leave the Queen’s service, 52

_Fire-arms_, objection of the Turks to, i. 242-243

_Flagellants_, guilds of, ii. 45;
new guild of, instituted by the King, 179;
punishment of footmen who mocked, 180

_Flushing_, town of, bought by Orange, ii. 183

_Foix_, François de, Comte de Candale and Bishop of Aire, dedicates a
translation of Hermes Trismegistus to Maximilian, ii. 17, and _note_

_Fontenay_, town in Poitou, besieged, ii. 10;
taken, 12

_Forez_, county of Le, the Queen’s dower partly charged on, ii. 109

_France_, M. de, the Queen’s first steward, ii. 33

_France_, state of, ii. 38-42, 48-50, 67-68, 70-73, 77, 87-89;
no money but French or Spanish allowed in, 151;
dreadful weather in, 163;
on the brink of war, 241

_Francis I._, influences the Sorbonne to decide in Henry VIII.’s favour,
ii. 27

_Franciscan friar_, story of a, i. 340

_Frederic III._, Emperor, his alliance with the House of Portugal,
ii. 77, and _note_

_Frederic III._, Elector Palatine, his reception of Henry III.,
ii. 15 _note_

_Fregosi_, a great Genoese family, ii. 89, and _note_

_French gentlemen_, their characters, ii. 72, 92

_Fünfkirchen_, Bishop of, defeated by Ali Pasha, i. 236

_Gannat_, town in the Bourbonnais, added to the Queen’s dower, ii. 109

_Gaston_, Don. See _Medina-Celi_, Duke of.

_Genoa_, a safety-valve for restless Frenchmen, ii. 89

_George, St._, identified by the Turks with their hero, Chederle,
i. 148;
how painted by the Greeks, 150;
greatly venerated by the Mingrelians, 251

_Georgians_, their prudent answer when asked to attack the Shah, i. 377

_Germain, St., en Laye_, King at, ii. 211;
reforms of assembly at, _ib._;
King returns thither, 230

_German_ reiters, report that 2,000 are coming to join Damville,
ii. 96;
defeated by Guise, 104;
more reported to be coming, 110, 113, 119;
said to have crossed the Rhine, 127;
scouring the country, 129;
seen from the ramparts of Nancy, 131;
1,500 hired by Alençon, near Cambrai, 143;
Navarre said to be hiring, 212;
rumours of some being brought to France, 239;
much dreaded in France, 249

_Ghent_, battle before, ii. 148;
alleged conspiracy detected there, 209;
Parma’s envoys courteously received there, 217;
said to have come to terms with him, 219;
admits the troops of Orange, 222;
submits to Parma, 229

_Ghourebas_, name of a regiment of the Imperial guard, i. 154,
and _note_;
mentioned, 283

_Gienger_, Cosmo, governor of Upper Austria, ii. 138, and _note_

_Gilles_, or _Gyllius_, Peter, French traveller, referred to, i. 132,
and _note_

_Goatsucker_, cruel treatment of a, by a Venetian goldsmith, i. 226,
and _note_

_Goigny_, Seigneur de, officer of King of Spain, seen at Cambrai,
ii. 204

_Goldfinches_, tricks of trained, i. 228

_Goldsmith_, story of a Venetian goldsmith and a bird, i. 226

_Goths_ remaining in the Crimea, i. 355-359, and 355 _note_;
vocabulary of their language, 357-359

_Gotzen_, Dr. Joachim, sent by Duke Eric of Brunswick to propose for
the Queen, ii. 94

_Gran_, city of, description of, i. 83;
surprised by the Imperial troops, 239

_Grapes_, Turkish mode of preserving, i. 147-148

_Greeks_, their superstitions about unclean food, i. 124;
test Solyman’s prohibition of wine, 332-333

_Guadagni_, an Italian in the French service, seneschal of Lyons,
ii. 40;
sent to Maximilian, 31;
his statement to him, 47

_Guast_, Louis du, one of the King’s favourites, his murder, ii. 116.
and _note_;
his quarrel with Thoré, 117;
his splendid mode of life, 118;
debts left by him, 119

_Guise_, Henry, Duke of, le Balafré, hostile to Alençon, ii. 95;
accompanies the Queen to the gates of Paris, 96;
appointed the King’s Lieutenant, 98;
defeats the German reiters, 104;
wounded, 105;
his triumphal return to Paris, 121;
offers to go to Alençon’s rescue, 167;
one of the leaders of the League, 241;
declares he is simply a private gentleman fighting for the League,
246;
takes Verdun, 247

_Guise_, the young Duke of, a prisoner, ii. 253, and _note_

_Guise_, House of, its position, ii. 40;
its hereditary feuds with House of Navarre, 176-177;
sets the League on foot, 238;
its claims to the throne, _ib._;
understanding with the Pope and the King of Spain, 239;
prepares for a campaign, 241;
its reasons for offence, 242

_Guises_, their party striving to make themselves masters of France,
ii. 224

_Güns_, town in Styria, taken by Solyman, i. 409

_Halys_ (Kizil Irmak), the river, fishing in, i. 145

_Harrach_, Rodolph von, a minister of Ferdinand’s, i. 412

_Hassan_ Aga, chief of the eunuchs of the bed-chamber, sent as
ambassador to Persia, i. 380;
and again as Bajazet’s executioner, 381

_Havre de Grâce_, likely to surrender to Navarre, ii. 255

_Hawking_, Solyman’s taste for it, i. 198

_Hebrus_, or Maritza, the river, i. 106, 107

_Henry_, one of Busbecq’s servants, his quarrel with the Janissary
of Tolna, i. 392-396;
does not take de Sandé’s remonstrance in good part, 394

_Henry VIII._, King of England, decision of the Sorbonne on the
validity of his marriage, ii. 27, and _note_

_Henry III._, King of France, his obligations to Maximilian, ii, 6,
_note_;
expected at Lyons, 7;
hires Swiss and other troops, 8;
arrives at Lyons, 9;
resolves to continue the war, 12;
and begins it with a light heart, 13;
offers an amnesty, _ib._;
cedes certain towns to the Duke of Savoy, _ib._;
his reception by the Elector Palatine, 15, _note_;
his return to Paris uncertain, 20;
publishes a second edict, 23;
report of his marriage to his brother’s widow discredited and why,
27;
likely to go to Avignon, 28;
said to have fallen in love with Louise de Vaudemont, 32;
gives Busbecq an audience, 36, 55, 59, 85, 106, 107;
under his mother’s influence, 37;
sets out for Rheims, 38;
his character, 43;
wishes to keep Poland for one of his children, _ib._;
at the Cardinal de Lorraine’s funeral, 46;
orders his ambassador at Constantinople to support Maximilian’s
interests, 49, and _note_;
about to marry Louise de Vaudemont, 51;
his unpopularity 57;
gives away all Damville’s offices, 69;
cannot digest the rebel demands, 70;
suffering from influenza, 74;
raises fresh cavalry, 81;
promises an escort for Elizabeth, 84, 86;
his goodwill to Maximilian, 86;
hopes Montmorency is innocent, _ib._;
convenes a mock States-General, 87;
orders the crops in Languedoc to be burnt, 88;
his amusements, 91;
wishes to keep Poland, 92;
accompanies the Queen to the gates of Paris, 96;
his military preparations, 97;
appoints Guise his lieutenant, 98;
orders the ambassadors to move into Paris, 100;
sends Nevers in pursuit of Alençon, 102;
his remarks on Alençon’s conduct, 107;
his interference in the quarrel between du Guast and Thoré, 118;
regrets the Queen’s departure, 123;
sends Maximilian a present of grey-hounds and lime-hounds, 124;
undertakes to pay Casimir and his troops 500,000 francs, 127;
pledges jewels to Duke of Lorraine, _ib._;
his unwilling consent to the truce, 128;
disclaims all responsibility for Alençon, 141;
goes to Lyons, 145;
his fondness for pilgrimages, 145, 156, and _note_;
goes to Bourbon-les-Bains, 149;
more favourable to Alençon’s enterprise, 150;
witnesses Salceda’s execution, 153;
his interview with him, 154;
his reply to the Spanish ambassador, 155;
makes a pilgrimage to Nôtre Dame de Liesse, 156;
commands the Bretons to build fifty galleys, _ib._;
orders money to be paid to Alençon, _ib._;
expected in Paris, 158;
sends commissioners through France, _ib._;
who returned without success, 172;
his financial expedients, 160;
his extravagance, 172, 178;
his conduct unfavourably criticised, 173;
moves troops to the frontier, _ib._;
presses the Duke of Lorraine to betroth his daughter to Epernon,
176;
his affection for Joyeuse and Epernon, 178;
institutes a new order of Flagellants, 179;
orders footmen who mimicked the Flagellants to be whipped, 180;
his devotion to religious observances, 182;
sends M. de Ferrier to the King of Navarre, _ib._;
going to Foullenbraye to drink the Spa waters, 183;
in bad health, _ib._;
urged by the Pope to accept and publish the decrees of the Council
of Trent, 184;
wishes to make Epernon governor of Metz, _ib._;
hopes to profit by the troubles at Cologne, 185;
will go to Lyons, _ib._;
sends a courier with an autograph letter to Joyeuse, 187;
hurries back to Paris, _ib._;
going to Lyons, _ib._;
his outbreak against his sister, 192;
writes to Navarre accusing her, 193;
sets out for Lyons to meet Joyeuse, 194;
his demands from the Pope through Joyeuse, 197;
refused, 198;
goes to Saint-Germain en Laye on account of the plague, 201;
his financial difficulties, _ib._;
not sorry for Alençon’s absence, 203;
regrets his outburst against his sister, _ib._;
said to have written to Alençon cautioning him, 205;
holding assemblies at Saint-Germain, 206;
attempts to enforce his sumptuary laws about dress, 207;
intends to reform, 210;
in retirement at Saint-Germain, 211;
returns to Paris, 213;
meets Alençon, _ib._;
going to take Cambrai under his protection, 214;
resolved to make Joyeuse’s father governor of Languedoc, _ib._;
his attack on the Prior of Champagne, 215-216, and _note_;
gives up his campaign against Damville, 218;
estranged from his wife, 219;
said to be thinking of a divorce, 220;
sends Epernon to Aquitaine, _ib._;
intends going to Lyons, _ib._;
wears black mourning for Alençon, 221;
goes to Lyons, 224;
asks Navarre to come to him, offering to make him
Lieutenant-General of the kingdom, _ib._;
returns from Lyons, 227;
building a church for himself and his penitents, _ib._;
his campaign against vice, _ib._;
goes to the Loire, 228;
is driven away from Blois by the plague and returns to
Saint-Germain, 230;
has a chance of trying his power of healing scrofula, 231;
undecided as to assisting the Netherlanders, 232;
grants their ambassadors a private audience, 234;
invested with the Garter, 235;
reluctant to take up the cause of the Netherlands, _ib._;
distressed at attempt to assassinate Navarre, 236;
his final answer to the Netherland ambassadors, 237;
suspected of secretly approving of the Guises’ plans, 240;
neglects the Duke of Bouillon’s warning, 241;
difficulties of his position, 244;
sends deputies in vain, 246;
on condition of receiving 100,000 crowns a month from the clergy,
orders the Huguenots to leave France within fifteen days,
247-248, and _note_;
recalls his army, 248;
sequestrates Navarre’s property, 249;
resolves not to let a Huguenot remain in France, 250;
sends some Huguenot women to England under his safe conduct,
_ib._;
given up to his devotions and living like a hermit, _ib._;
Parliament removed to Tours by him, 256

_Henry_, King of Navarre and Duke of Vendôme, afterwards King of
France, his position and family, ii. 7, _note_;
waits at Lyons for the King, 7;
attends the Cardinal of Lorraine’s funeral, 46;
accompanies the Queen to the gates of Paris, 96;
receives his wife courteously, 203;
demands her punishment if guilty, otherwise that of her accusers,
204;
said to have sent to Germany to hire reiters, 212;
given the duchy of Alençon, 222;
receives Epernon honourably, 223;
well qualified to lead an army to the Netherlands, 233;
likely to give his sister to Condé, _ib._;
attempt to assassinate him, 235-236, and _note_;
his accession dreaded by the Guises, 238;
on his guard, 240;
reported Bull declaring him disqualified for the throne, 243,
and _note_;
offers assistance to the King, 246;
Bull declaring him and Condé disqualified to succeed, 249,
and _note_;
his property sequestrated by the king, _ib._;
attacks the faubourgs of Paris, 251;
retreats after offering battle, 252;
retakes Etampes, _ib._;
his plans for the winter, 253;
takes Vendôme and Le Mans, 254;
his reported coronation, _ib._;
his declaration about religion, 255;
said to have made Montmorency Constable, _ib._;
convenes the States-General at Tours, 257;
attacks Evreux, 258;
summons Rouen, 259;
besieges Paris, _ib._;
Cardinal de Gondi and the Archbishop of Lyons sent to him, 260;
threatens to break off negotiations, 261;
places his cannon at St. Denis, _ib._;
contrasted as a general with Parma and comparison of their armies,
262-264

_Hermes Trismegistus_, reputed work of, translated by François de Foix,
ii. 18, and _note_

_Heydons_, kind of banditti, i. 92;
Busbecq escapes an attack from them, 167;
their insolence inveighed against by Solyman, 390

_Hilaire, St._, French cadet in Rodolph’s service, his discharge
requested, ii. 188

_Horses_, Busbecq’s, i. 214;
account of Turkish, how they are reared, trained, &c., 215-217

_Humayoum_, Mogul Emperor of Delhi, i. 299, and _note_

_Hungarian_ nobles, certain, go over from the Voivode to Ferdinand,
i. 386

_Hungary_, its great fertility, i. 165;
events there, 236-242

_Hyena_, account of the, i. 140;
used for love-charms, _ib._;
story about it, 141

_Ibrahim_ Pasha, a eunuch, governor of Constantinople, i. 111;
sent to Ghemlik to execute Mustapha’s son, 120-121;
his escape from the women of Ghemlik, 122

_Ibrahim_, the interpreter, a Polish renegade, his notion of a cipher,
i. 233;
disgraced by Lavigne’s and restored by Busbecq’s influence, 370;
his gratitude, _ib._;
encourages Busbecq to ask for de Sandé’s release, 372;
appointed to go to the Emperor with Busbecq, 387;
rates the Janissary of Tolna for his conduct, 395;
is to go to Frankfort, 398;
wishes to visit the Archduke Ferdinand, _ib._;
witnesses the coronation, has an audience of the Emperor, and is
sent home, 399

_Ilsing_, ii. 64, _note_;
notice of the Queen’s departure to be given to him, 120;
notice sent to him, 124

_Imaret_, Turkish word for hostel, i. 110

_Imbize_, accuses nobles at Ghent of conspiracy against the authorities
of the city, ii. 209, and _note_

_Imeritians_, a Georgian tribe, i. 246;
their feuds with the Mingrelians 246-247

_Isabella_, widow of John Zapolya, returns to Transylvania, i. 236

_Ismael_, son of Shah Tahmasp, a deadly enemy of the Turks, i. 300-301

_Italian merchants_ of Pisa, their charity to the Spanish prisoners,
i. 330

_Italian-Greek_, his reasons for refusing to help the prisoners, i. 330

_Italian renegadoes_, i. 294-296

_Italians_, strong feeling in France against Italians in the French
service, ii. 39-40

_Jackals_, i. 135

_Jagodin_, Servian village, Busbecq sees a Servian funeral there, i. 95

_James_, King of Scotland, said to be a prisoner, ii. 148;
said to be about to attack England, and also to marry a Spanish
princess, _ib._;
marries daughter of the King of Denmark, 258

_Janissaries_, account of the i. 86-87, and _note_;
a few stationed in each town as police, 86, 392;
employed as firemen, 151;
suspected of incendiarism, _ib._;
how Busbecq put his escort of Janissaries in good humour, 199;
their tents, 222;
their equipment and mode of fighting, 223;
help Busbecq to get out, 282;
procession of, 285;
defend their conduct against Busbecq’s cavasse, 287;
frugal dinner of one, 289;
their punishments, 293;
quarrel of some with Busbecq’s servants, 295-296;
how they are regarded by the Sultan, 296;
entitled to the Sultan’s dinner on the day of Bairam, 304.

_Janissary stationed at Tolna_, his quarrel with Busbecq’s servants,
i. 392-396

_Jehangir_, Solyman’s youngest son, his appearance, character,
and death, i. 178-179

_Jews_, Busbecq finds himself in a house full of, i. 282;
two sent by Janissary of Tolna to Busbecq, 395

_Jorneton_, mentioned, ii. 74

_Joyeuse_, account of the Duke of, a favourite of the King,
ii. 177-178;
his pilgrimage to Loreto, and visit to the Pope, 185;
given the governorship of Normandy, 188;
his instructions on going to Italy, 197;
Alençon advised to secure his interest, 213;
escorts Alençon in his departure, 214;
King wishes to make his father governor of Languedoc, _ib._;
his quarrel with the Duc de Mercœur, 219;
its origin, 220, 245;
marches to recover places seized by the Duc d’Aumale, 245

_Juliers_, Duke of, at the coronation at Frankfort, i. 399, and _note_

_Julius Cæsar_, his opinion of his soldiers, i. 223;
his intention in mounting the tenth legion, 224;
his despatch of _Veni, vidi, vici_, 408

_Junius_, secretary to the late Elector Palatine, sent by the States
to Alençon, ii. 198, and _note_

_Juppenbier_ (spruce beer), a barrel of, presented to Busbecq, and its
effect on his guests, i. 257-258

_Kanûns_, or Turkish Domesday Book, i. 142, and _note_

_Katzianer_, Austrian General, his defeat alluded to, i. 166

_Kevi_, Island in the Danube, i. 167

_Khodja_, story of a, at a Pasha’s table, i. 377-378

_Khuen_, Don Rodolph, Master of Horse to Maximilian, Busbecq asks his
salary to be paid to him, ii. 58, and _note_

_Kinsky_, John, his business with Schomberg, ii. 112, 125

_Kites_, the scavengers of Constantinople, i. 212;
Busbecq shoots, _ib._

_Kizilbash_, name given by Turks to the Shah, i. 219

_Koniah_, the ancient Iconium, Selim ordered to, i. 267;
its strategic importance, 273;
Selim posts himself there, 274;
battle of, 278-279

_Koran_, any Christian sitting on a, punished with death, i. 111;
copy of the, presented to the Sultan by the Persian Ambassador,
157, 375

_Kurds_, their origin, i. 275, and _note_;
body of, hired by Bajazet, 274;
their sham fight, 275

_Langres_, Guise raises troops near, ii. 98;
bishopric of, removed to Dijon, 257

_Languedoc_ and _Guienne_, the chief Huguenot region, ii. 41;
the crops in, ordered to be burnt, 88

_Lansac_, de, seizes Blaye, ii. 245, and _note_

_La Noue_, Huguenot leader, account of him, ii. 21, _note_;
at Rochelle, 21;
a prisoner, 155, and _note_;
attempts to surprise Paris, 252, _note_;
with Navarre before Paris, 262

_Laon_, Alençon goes there, ii. 202

_Lasso de Castilla_, Don Pedro, Ambassador of Ferdinand at the marriage
of Philip and Mary, urges Busbecq to hasten to Vienna, i. 77, and
_note_

_Laval_, the Comte de, son of d’Andelot, and nephew of Coligny, goes
to the Netherlands, ii. 147, and _note_;
Orange intends giving him his daughter, 179;
to be governor of Antwerp, _ib._

_Lavigne_, the French Ambassador, procures the release of the Venetian
prisoners, i. 353;
had formerly calumniated Busbecq, _ib._;
dreaded by Roostem on account of his bluntness, 354;
story of an interview between them, _ib._;
hates Ibrahim the interpreter, and procures his disgrace, 370;
his quarrel with de Codignac, _ib._

_Lazarus_, an Albanian chief, recaptured after escaping, and impaled,
i. 131-132

_Legate_, from the Pope (Cardinal Caietano), summons people of Langres
to Dijon, ii. 257;
lays them under an Interdict for refusing to acknowledge
the Cardinal de Bourbon, _ib._;
encourages the Parisians to hold out, 260

_Le Mans_, town of, taken by Navarre, ii. 254, 255

_Lemnian Earth_, a medicine used by Quacquelben, i. 164;
how procured, 256, and _note_;
Busbecq sends a physician to Lemnos to make inquiries about it,
416

_Lenoncourt_, Cardinal de, said to have crowned Navarre at Tours,
ii. 254, and _note_

_Leonora_, sister of Charles V., widow of Francis I., difficulties
about arranging the settlement of her dower, ii. 53, 83

_Leyden_, reports about the siege of, ii. 4

_Leyva_, Don Sancho de, Spanish Admiral, commander of the Neapolitan
galleys, brought prisoner to Constantinople, i. 321;
imprisoned in the tower of Pera, 326;
how Busbecq procured his release, 369-373;
hates de Sandé, 373;
asks permission to return by Ragusa and Venice, 390

_Lier_, its garrison erect an outpost at the monastery of St. Bernard,
ii. 148

_Lillo_, fort near Antwerp, besieged, ii. 224

_Limoges_, de l’Aubespine, Bishop of, ii. 37

_Listhius_, John, Hungarian noble, Bishop of Wessprim, ii. 73,
and _note_

_Livron_, siege of, ii. 44;
turned into a blockade, 46

_Livy_, thought Alexander would have been defeated if he had attacked
Rome, i. 408

_Lorraine_, Charles, Cardinal de, his illness, death, and character,
ii. 45, and _note_;
his funeral, 46;
blamed as the cause of the war, 50;
formerly absolute master of France, 53

_Lorraine_, Cardinal de, brother of the Duke of Guise, one of the
chiefs of the League, ii. 241

_Lorraine_, Christina, Duchess Dowager of, her portrait taken for
Henry VIII., ii. 63, _note_;
sends a message to Maximilian, 132

_Lorraine_, Duke of, expected in Paris, ii. 63, 70;
at the Marquis de Nomeny’s marriage, 80;
asked to allow the passage of Spanish troops through Lorraine, 91;
accompanies Elizabeth to Bourg-la-Reine, 96;
his conversation with Busbecq at dinner, _ib._;
notice of the Queen’s departure sent to him, 124;
jewels sent by Henry III. to induce him to be security to Casimir,
127;
comes to meet Elizabeth, 129;
expected in Paris, 158;
arrives, 163;
demands Navarre’s sister for his son, _ib._;
his horror at the notion of giving his daughter to Epernon, 176;
his subterfuges, _ib._

_Lorraine_, House of, King devoted to, ii. 32;
its connection with Maximilian, 59, and _note_

_Luc, St._, his outrageous behaviour in Alençon’s chamber, ii. 159,
and _note_;
his repartee to Orange, 160

_Lusignan_, castle of, account of the, ii. 12, _note_;
its siege expected, _ib._;
commenced, 21;
continues, 28;
raised, 32;
surrenders, 46

_Luxembourg_, M. de, mentioned as likely to escort Elizabeth, ii. 126

_Lynx_, story of an Assyrian, i. 206

_Lyons_, inhabitants of, demolish their citadel, ii. 249

_Lyons_, Pierre d’Espinac, Archbishop of, ii. 260, _note_;
sent as ambassador to the Guises, 246;
sent by the Parisians to treat with Navarre, 260

_Mahomet_, story of and his cat, i. 225;
why he forbade the use of wine, 292-294

_Mahomet II._, Sultan, builder of the castle of Europe on the
Bosphorus, i. 131

_Mahomet_, son of Solyman, who died young, i. 178

_Malvezzi_, John Maria, former ambassador to the Porte, Busbecq visits
him, i. 78;
his embassy and imprisonment, 79-80;
his death, 81

_Mamelukes_, their ancient dominion in Egypt, i. 273, and _note_

_Mancup_, town of Goths in the Crimea, i. 356

_MSS._, Greek, collected by Busbecq at Constantinople, i. 416-417

_Marasch_, the Pasha of, sent as ambassador to Persia, i. 380

_Marche, La_, the Queen’s Dower partly charged upon, ii. 109

_Marguerite_ de Valois, wife of Henry of Navarre, catches cold when
walking in procession of Flagellants, ii. 45;
Alençon’s confidante and on bad terms with Henry III. and her
husband, 96;
as yet childless, 176;
assailed by the King, 192;
leaves Paris for Vendôme, _ib._;
King said to intend to imprison her, 193;
declares she and the Queen of Scots are the most unhappy beings
in the world, 194;
joins her husband, 203;
to live apart from him till her case has been investigated, _ib._;
expected to revenge the insult, 204;
said to be reconciled to her husband, 212;
refuses to see Epernon, 223

_Marseilles_, attempt to seize, ii. 245

_Martigues_, the Vicomte de, his daughter about to marry the Marquis
de Nomeny, ii. 64

_Mary_, sister of Henry VIII. and widow of Louis XII., her marriage
with the Duke of Suffolk, ii. 76

_Mary_, Queen of England, her marriage, i. 77

_Mary_, Queen of Scots, her pension so settled as to be worthless,
ii. 34;
expenses of her return home defrayed by Charles IX., 48;
her whole dower not secured on crown lands, 53;
remark of Marguerite de Valois about her, 194;
in danger for conspiring against Queen Elizabeth, 212

_Matarieh_, gardens of, near Cairo, the true balsam grown there, i. 416

_Mattioli_, Italian physician and botanist, specimens sent him
by Busbecq, i. 415, and _note_

_Maximilian_, King of Bohemia, afterwards King of Hungary and Emperor,
receives Busbecq graciously on his return to Vienna, i. 171;
his election as King of the Romans, 397;
his coronation, 399;
his advice to Henry III., ii. 50;
asked to intercede for Montmorency, 75;
his views as to the settlement of the Dower, 85;
wishes Busbecq to remain in Paris, 93

_Mayenne_, the Duke of, accompanies Elizabeth to Bourg-la-Reine, ii. 96;
likely to escort Elizabeth, 126;
a Leaguer, 241;
hurries to relieve Angers, 248;
his troops in contact with the enemy, 250;
enters Paris, 252;
has large forces embodied but no means to pay them, _ib._;
attacks the fort of Meulan, 258;
arrives at Meaux, 259;
his letters intercepted, 261;
an unlucky general, 262

_Medina Celi_, Duke of, commander of the expedition to Djerbé, retires
to citadel and escapes by night, i. 319;
his son Don Gaston a prisoner, 323;
his agents search for Don Gaston unsuccessfully, 324;
Don Gaston probably murdered by Pialé Pasha, _ib._

_Medina de Rio Sicco_, Duke of, coming from King of Spain to
congratulate Henry III. on his marriage, ii. 74

_Mehemet_ Sokolli Pasha, third of

the Vizierial Pashas, afterwards Grand Vizier, despatched by Solyman
to Selim, i. 270;
returns and is sent to Asia, 271;
sent in pursuit of Bajazet, 305;
in command of the troops on the Persian frontier, 378

_Melun_, town of, said to have surrendered to Navarre, ii. 255

_Menagerie_, Busbecq’s, stories of animals in, i. 204-208

_Mendoza_, Don Bernardino de, implicated in conspiracy against Queen
Elizabeth, ii. 212;
ordered to leave England, 213;
arrives in Paris, 216;
appointed Spanish ambassador to France, 230;
induces the Parisians to hold out, 260

_Menin_, evacuated, and then plundered and sacked, ii. 194

_Meninx_, island of. See _Djerbé_

_Mercœur_, Duc de and Marquis de Nomeny, the king’s brother-in-law,
ii. 244, _note_;
his approaching marriage, 64;
his marriage, 80;
accompanies Elizabeth to Bourg-la-Reine, 96;
governor of Brittany, 172;
report of his death, _ib._;
untrue, 173;
his quarrel with the Duke of Joyeuse, 219;
its cause, 220;
a Leaguer, 241;
his ingratitude, 244

_Méru_, M. de, younger son of the Constable Montmorency, ii. 16, _note_

_Metrophanes_, the Metropolitan, a friend of Busbecq’s, anxious for a
union between the Greek and Latin churches, i. 341-342

_Metz_, great Protestant disturbances at, ii. 251

_Meulan_, fort on the Seine, attacked by Mayenne, ii. 258, 259

_Mezières_, appointed as Condé’s residence, ii. 127

_Michel_, Giovanni, Venetian ambassador, visits Busbecq, ii. 121,
and _note_

_Middelburg_, Congress of Netherland States at, ii. 202

_Milan_, useful as a training school for French soldiers, ii. 72,
and _note_

_Minarets_, serve the purpose of our belfries, i. 291

_Mingrelians_, account of the, i. 245-252;
their monarch, 245;
their feuds with the Imeritians, 246

_Mirambeau_, brother of Lausac, sent to Alençon, ii. 171;
thinks there is little hope of an arrangement, 173

_Mohacz_, battle of, i. 167, 407, and _note_

_Mohair_ goat. See _Angora_ goat

_Mola_, of Augsburg, a courier, ii. 119

_Mondragon_, Spanish officer, his projects, ii. 90, and _note_

_Montal_, notorious bravo, his end, ii. 190, and _note_

_Montbéliard_, Pibrac waylaid near, ii. 62, and _note_

_Montbrun_, Vicomte de, Huguenot chieftain, said to be with Damville,
ii. 23;
seizes towns in Dauphiny, 41;
throws reinforcements into Livron, 44;
defeats Swiss in Dauphiny, 78, and _note_;
wounded and taken prisoner, 79-80;
his character, 80, and _note_;
beheaded at Grenoble, 99

_Montluc_, Jean de, Bishop of Valence, i. 389, _note_;
ii. 35, and _note_

_Montmorency_, Duc de, Marshal of France, his imprisonment in the
Bastille, ii. 8;
account of him, _ib._ _note_;
his execution threatened, 16;
guarded more strictly, 67, 68, and _note_;
better treated, 77;
offers to stand his trial, 86;
considered innocent by Vaudemont, 91;
his release decided on, 103;
sets out to Alençon, 114;
a notable instance of the fickleness of fortune, 115

_Montmorency_, Madame de, asks Elizabeth to request Maximilian to
intercede for her son, ii. 75;
contributes to the forced loan, 98

_Montpellier_, said to have revolted at Damville’s instigation, ii. 22

_Montpensier_, Louis de Bourbon, Duc de, account of, ii. 9, _note_;
besieges Fontenay, 10;
and Lusignan, 21, 32;
his son the Prince Dauphin, 147;
his death, 152

_Montpensier_, Duc de, son of the preceding, intends going to the
Netherlands, ii. 147;
in spite of his father’s death, 152;
joins Alençon, 156

_Morvilliers_, Jean de, Bishop of Orleans, ii. 37, _note_;
his interview with Busbecq, 87;
arrangement by which Busbecq receives his salary through him,
93, 112, 122;
contributes to the forced loan, 98

_Mufti_, Turkish chief priest, consulted by Solyman, i. 116, 272, 374

_Mustapha_, Solyman’s eldest son, his high character and popularity,
i. 113;
summoned to appear before his father, 115;
his execution, 117-118;
his only son shares his fate, 119-122;
many of his retainers join Bajazet, 275

_Mustapha_, the Pretender, his first appearance, i. 179;
his story, 181-182;
threatening aspect of his rising, 183;
deserted by his followers, 184;
taken prisoner and executed, 185

_Nanteuil_, fortress of, appointed for the meeting of the Peace
Commissioners, ii. 260

_Napellus._ See _Aconite_

_Napoli di Romania_, its surrender by the Venetians, i. 261-263

_Navarre._ See _Henry IV._

_Netherland_ Ambassadors with Alençon, ii. 212;
try to gain the King’s support, 225;
their offers, _ib._;
come with fresh proposals to the King, 231;
granted a private audience, 234;
attend the investiture of the King with the Garter, 235;
return home, 237;
the King’s reply to them, _ib._

_Netherlands_, news from the, ii. 4, 90, 195;
dykes opened in the, 205

_Nevers_, Louis Gonzaga, Duc de, ii. 82, _note_;
suggestion of placing Elizabeth’s affairs under his protection,
82;
sent in pursuit of Alençon, 102;
asks for governorship of Brittany, 172;
indignant at being refused, 173;
brings reinforcements to Navarre, 261

_Nicæa_ (Isnik), description of, i. 136

_Nicomedia_ (Ismid), ruins of, i. 134

_Nicopolis_, battle of, i. 407, and _note_

_Niort_, town of, given to Alençon, ii. 126

_Nissa_ or _Nisch_, town of, i. 96

_Nocle_, Beauvois de la, deputy from Condé, ii. 89, and _note_

_Nogarola_, Count, Commander of German horse, ii. 44;
returns to Vienna, 58

_Nomeny_, Marquis de. See _Mercœur_, Duc de

_Northumberland_, Earl of, arrested for conspiracy against Queen
Elizabeth, ii. 212, _note_

_O_, Monsieur d’, holds the citadel of Caen for the League, ii. 245

_Olympus_, Mount, in Asia, view of, from Constantinople, i. 123, 202;
Busbecq travels along its slopes, 136;
furnishes Constantinople with snow, 291

_Orange_, William, Prince of, peace negotiations opened with him,
ii. 4;
his plan of misleading the Spanish fleet by false beacons, _ib._;
his marriage to Mademoiselle de Bourbon, 66;
suggestion that Condé should lead troops to his assistance, 72;
if beaten, will hand over the Netherlands to a foreign power, 90;
recovers from his wound, 142;
likely to secure Holland and Zealand for himself, 145;
rebukes St. Luc, 159;
prayed for during his illness by the reformed churches in France,
162;
excused himself from going with Alençon to the camp, 169;
to be appointed Alençon’s Lieutenant, 175;
mobbed in Antwerp, 176;
intends to marry Teligny’s widow, and to give his own daughter to
Laval, 179;
buys Flushing, 183;
his influence declining, 185, 196;
tries to arouse the men of Antwerp, 186;
crosses to Zealand, _ib._;
reinforces Ostend, 194;
in retirement at Flushing, 196;
likely to be soon made Count of Holland and Zealand, 205;
schemes to recover Zutphen, 208;
Hollanders said to have sworn allegiance to him, 210;
assassinated, 224

_Orchan_, son of Bajazet, a marriage suggested between him and the
Shah’s daughter, i. 308

_Orleans_, declares for the Guises, ii. 245

_Ostend_, resists Parma, ii. 194;
said to have come to terms with him, 219

_Othman_, founder of the Turkish royal family, i. 137

_Oudenarde_, besieged, ii. 143;
surrenders, 144

_Ouloufedgi_, name of a regiment of the Imperial guard, i. 154,
and _note_;
mentioned, 283

_Palyna_, Paul, fails to keep his appointment with Busbecq, i. 82;
overtakes him at Buda, 86

_Paper_, Turkish reverence for, and the reason of it, i. 110

_Paris_, proposal in the municipality of Paris to defray Elizabeth’s
expenses, ii. 91;
regret of the inhabitants at her departure, 128, and _note_;
_émeute_ there in consequence of the King’s enforcing his
sumptuary law, 207;
the faubourgs taken by Navarre, 251-252;
besieged, 259-261;
dreadful famine in, 259

_Paris_, Pierre de Gondi, Bishop of, and Chancellor to Elizabeth,
ii. 33;
his views about the dower, 85;
likely to escort the Queen, 126;
starts home from Nancy with an escort, 130;
wounded in the council-chamber, 216;
sent as ambassador to Rome, 249;
sent by the Parisians to treat with Navarre, 260

_Parma_, Alexander Farnese, Prince of, besieges Oudenarde, ii. 143;
takes it, 144;
encamps at Arras, 149;
threatens to attack St. Quentin in case of a French invasion, 150;
sickness of his troops, 157;
retakes Cateau Cambrésis, and blockades Diest, _ib._;
takes Diest, 162;
prepares to besiege Alost and threatens Brussels, 182;
besieges Cambrai, 183;
sends the governor of Namur to the King, 184;
takes Dunkirk, 186;
checked at Ostend, 194;
relieves Cateau Cambrésis, 202;
master of nearly all the country but Ghent and Antwerp, 205;
receives overtures from Flanders, 217;
removes to Dendermonde, 226;
said to be dangerously ill, 256;
in retirement, 258;
comes to the relief of Paris, 260;
he and his army contrasted with Navarre and his army, 262-264;
his devices for encountering the French cavalry, 263

_Partridges_, from Chios, i. 212;
how reared, 213

_Pashas_, keep open house before Ramazan, i. 376

_Patriarch of Constantinople_, consulted in vain by the Pashas, i. 234

_Pax_, John, commander at Komorn, i. 83

_Pernantius_, of Lorraine, said to have reconciled the Queen of Navarre
to her husband, ii. 212

_Persia_, its barrenness, i. 219;
creates a diversion in favour of Christendom, 221-222;
account of the country and its monarchs, 298-301, and _note_

_Persians_, their religious differences with the Turks, i. 161-162,
and 236, _note_;
complain of the violation of their territory, 307

_Persian_ Ambassador, his arrival at Amasia, i. 156;
peace concluded with, 157;
and honours paid to him, _ib._;
his departure from Amasia, 160

_Persian_ Ambassadors bring presents to Solyman, i. 156-157, 375

_Pertau_ Pasha, fourth Vizierial Pasha, and married to the widow
of Mahomet, the Sultan’s son, i. 183;
despatched by Solyman against Mustapha the Pretender, 183-184;
despatched by Solyman to Bajazet, 270;
sent back by him, 271

_Pescara_, Marquis of, report of his brother’s capture by the
Huguenots, ii. 155

_Peter_, the courier, mentioned, ii. 58, 65, 67, 112, 119

_Philip II._, King of Spain, his marriage, i. 77;
Turkish reports of his power, 318;
said to have promised his daughter to the King of Scotland,
ii. 148;
supports the League, 239;
sends money to Paris, 254

_Philippopolis_, town of, i. 106

_Pialé_ Pasha, the admiral, sent in command of the Turkish fleet to
Djerbé, i. 318;
sends a galley to Constantinople to announce his victory, 319;
conceals Don Gaston in hopes of a large ransom, 324;
his consequent peril, _ib._;
is forgiven by Solyman, _ib._

_Pibrac_, Guy du Faur, Seigneur de, account of him, ii. 10, _note_;
offends the Queen-Mother by advising the King to dismiss his
Italian troops, 10;
reported to be coming from Lyons, 23;
arrives in Paris, 28;
his conversation with Busbecq, 29;
the advocate of peace, 50;
starts for Poland as ambassador, 61;
waylaid near Montbéliard, 62, and _note_;
is to visit the Polish Palatines, 79;
his opinion of Polish affairs, 81;
his return expected, 122;
his unpleasant position in Poland, _ib._;
returns, 126;
what he thinks the Poles have gained from France, 132;
will probably be sent to the Netherlands as Alençon’s chancellor,
169;
sent to Antwerp by Alençon, 181

_Pignerolo_, town and fortress in Piedmont, ceded by Henry III. to
the Duke of Savoy, ii. 13

_Pigs_, Turkish prejudice against them turned to account by Busbecq’s
friend, i. 205

_Pilgrimages_, fashion of making, in France, ii. 199

_Pilgrims_ to Jerusalem, seized by the Syrians and imprisoned at
Constantinople, i. 352;
their release procured by the French ambassador, 353;
sent home by Busbecq, _ib._

_Pinnas_, a kind of mollusc, caught by Busbecq, i. 339;
account of them and their guards, 339-340

_Plague_, the, Busbecq’s suite attacked by, i. 163;
outbreak of, in Busbecq’s house, 330-335;
death-rate from, at Constantinople, 341;
appears in France, ii. 183;
spreading, 188;
raging in Paris, 199;
prevents the King entering Paris, 201;
carries off one of the ladies of the Queen’s bed-chamber, 230

_Plane-tree_, great, opposite Busbecq’s house, i. 227;
the cavasse when shut out ties his horse to it, 260

_Pliny_, his statements as to the _pinna_ and _pinna-guard_ referred
to, i. 339

_Poitiers_, attempt to surprise, ii. 88

_Poland_, account of affairs in, ii. 29;
French hope to keep, 78, 92;
affairs there, 81

_Pont-à-Musson_, Marquis of, eldest son of the Duke of Lorraine, goes
to Flanders on his way home, ii. 255-256

_Pope_, the, offers the King 3,000 Swiss, ii. 122;
urges him to accept the Tridentine Decrees, 184;
visited by Joyeux, 185

_Portugal_, Sebastian, King of, account of him, ii. 30, _note_;
marriage between him and Elizabeth spoken of, ii. 30, 76-78

_Portuguese Ambassador_ arrives in Paris, ii. 70;
expected, 74;
Busbecq’s interview with him, 76-77;
suggests a marriage between Elizabeth and the King of Portugal,
_ib._;
takes a house in Paris, 82

_Poussin_, Huguenot fortress, besieged, ii. 21;
taken, 23

_Predestination_, Turkish notions about, i. 341, 382-383

_Prinkipo_, the largest of the Princes’ Islands in the sea of Marmora,
Busbecq allowed to retire thither, i. 334;
account of it, 337-340

_Puygalliard_, M. de, acting governor at Cambrai for the King of
France, ii. 195;
leaves the town, 205

_Quacquelben_, native of Courtrai, Busbecq’s physician, attends the
Pasha of Buda, i. 86;
shares Busbecq’s taste for ancient coins, 94;
his treatment of intermittent fever, 161;
of the plague, 164;
is attacked by the plague, 335;
his opinion of the plague, _ib._;
Busbecq’s last visit to him, 335-336;
his death, 336;
his high character and abilities, _ib._;
examines aconite brought by Turkish pilgrim, 362

_Quesnoy_, Le, town in Hainault, failure of Alençon’s attempt on,
ii. 198

_Quentin, St._, town in Picardy, garrisoned against any attack by
Parma, ii. 150;
Marshal de Retz there, 227

_Raab_, Busbecq’s escort attacked by soldiers from its garrison, i. 170

_Rakos_, plain near Pesth, the former meeting-place of the Hungarian
Diet, i. 168

_Rambouillet_, family of, ordered to leave the Court, ii. 13,
and _note_

_Ramée_, Pierre de la, his method, i. 99, _note_

_Rascians_, their language, i. 105;
extent of their country, 166;
their character, _ib._

_Remorantin_, a château, suggested by Busbecq as a residence for
Elizabeth, ii. 25;
assigned as part of her dower, 109

_Requesens_, Don Berenguer de, Spanish Admiral, commander of the
Sicilian galleys, brought a prisoner to Constantinople, i. 321;
imprisoned in the tower of Pera, 326;
how Busbecq procured his release, 369-373;
asks leave to return by Ragusa, 390;
his death, _ib._

_Retz_, Comte de, Marshal of France, ii. 39, _note_;
some of his troops cut to pieces by Damville, 32;
supports Elizabeth’s interests, 82;
attends the Queen-Mother to Boulogne, 184;
commands in Picardy, 223;
makes the people of Cambrai swear allegiance to the Queen-Mother,
225;
at St. Quentin negotiating with Balagny, 227;
still in Picardy, 228

_Retz_, Comtesse de, likely to be one of Elizabeth’s escort, ii. 126

_Rhodope_, Mount, i. 106

_Richardot_, Councillor, sent to King of Spain, on account of Parma’s
conduct, ii. 258

_Richebourg_, Marquis of, formerly resident at the Court of Maximilian,
ii. 234;
killed at the Antwerp bridge, 247

_Rimini_, the Bishop of, the Apostolic Nuncio, his death, ii. 198

_Rochefoucauld_, goes to the Netherlands, ii. 147

_Rodolph II._, Emperor, suspected of being concerned in the affair of
Antwerp, ii. 168;
said to be betrothed to Philip II.’s daughter, _ib._

_Roland_, mythic Carlovingian hero, the legend said to be known to the
Mingrelians, i. 250, and _note_

_Roostem_, Grand Vizier, Busbecq and his colleagues visit him, i. 111;
his origin, character, and abilities, 113-114, 343;
sent in command against the Shah, 115;
his dismissal from office, 118;
restored to office, 176, 190;
urges Busbecq to remain, 196;
complains of Hungarian raids, 199;
his opinion of Busbecq, 234;
tries to convert him, 235;
his orthodoxy suspected, _ib._;
his conversation with Busbecq, 235-236;
his exultation at his kinsman’s raid, and sorrow at his death,
240-241;
raises a troop of dragoons from his household servants, 242;
failure of the experiment, 243;
his remarks on Busbecq’s obstinacy, 261;
his emblematic present, 263-264;
warns Busbecq not to quarrel with the Janissaries, 296;
excites Solyman’s wrath against Pialé, 324;
his conversation with de Sandé in the Divan, 325;
refuses to let Busbecq leave his house on account of the plague,
333;
his death, 334;
contrasted with Ali, 343, 345;
story of him and Busbecq, 344;
dreaded interviews with Lavigne, 354;
scene at one, 355;
his conduct towards Busbecq’s servants when falsely accused,
367-368

_Rouen_, threatened by Navarre, ii. 257, 259

_Roxolana_, Solyman’s wife, her real name Khourrem, account of her,
i. 111-112, and _note_;
her intrigues against Mustapha, 113;
and his only son, 119;
her affection for Bajazet, 179;
appeases his angry father, 185;
encourages him, 187;
how she induced Solyman to marry her, 229, and 112, _note_;
her death, 265

_Ryhove_, Flemish noble, accused by Imbize of conspiracy, ii. 209

_Salceda_, implicated in a plot, ii. 148;
a prisoner, 149;
his terrible execution, 152-153, and _notes_;
his wickedness and audacity, 154;
his head sent to Antwerp and stuck on the highest pinnacle,
154, 155

_Saluzzo_, the marquisate of, proposal to sell or pawn, ii. 61;
200,000 crowns borrowed on security of it, 79

_Salviati_, his mission to procure de Sandé’s release, and its failure,
i. 371, 374, _note_

_Samarcand_, city of, visited by a Turkish pilgrim, i. 360

_Sandé_, Don Alvaro de, commander of the citadel at Djerbé, attempts
to escape and is captured, i. 320;
exhibited on Pialé’s galley, 321;
before the Divan, 325;
imprisoned in the fortress of Caradenis, 326;
how Busbecq procured his release, 369-373;
his hatred of Leyva, 373;
his speech to the steward of the French representative, _ib._;
his journey home with Busbecq, 390-397;
his jokes, 391;
fears he will be sent back to Constantinople, 393;
chides Busbecq’s servant for his temper, 394;
his gratitude to Busbecq, 397

_Sanjak-bey_, derivation of the word, i. 84, and _note_;
Turkish army preserved by the advice of a Sanjak-bey, and his
subsequent treatment, 238-239;
story of a Sanjak-bey and a Khodja, 377-378

_Sanjak-bey of Gran_, Busbecq’s interviews with the, i. 84, 170

_Saumur_, town of, given to Alençon, ii. 126

_Savigliano_, town and fortress in Piedmont, ceded by Henry III. to
the Duke of Savoy, ii. 13

_Savona_, reported capture of, by the Duke of Savoy, ii. 74

_Savoy_, Emanuel Philibert, Duke of, receives Savigliano, and Pignerolo
from Henry III., ii. 13 and 14, _note_;
death of his wife, 14;
said to have taken Savona, 74;
lends 200,000 crowns on security of Saluzzo, 79

_Savoy_, Charles Emmanuel, Duke of, son of the preceding, said to be
estranged from Spain, and likely to marry Navarre’s sister, ii. 148;
about to be betrothed to the Duke of Lorraine’s daughter, 163

_Saxon_ colonists in Transylvania, i. 359

_Saxony_, the Elector of, attends the coronation at Frankfort, i 399,
and _note_

_Schomberg_, Gaspard de, Comte de Nanteuil, ii. 124, _note_;
his dealings with Kinsky, 112, 125;
going to Germany, 155;
his château of Nanteuil mentioned, 260, and _note_

_Schwartzenberg_, Count von, meets Elizabeth at Nancy, ii. 129;
consulted by Busbecq about her route, 133, 137

_Schwendi_, Lazarus von, an Alsatian seigneur, a scholar and a soldier,
ii. 73, and _note_;
prevented by illness from coming to Nancy, 129

_Scivarin_, Gothic town in the Crimea, i. 356

_Scordium_, or water germander, a remedy for the plague, i. 164,
and _note_

_Scotland_, news of disturbances in, ii. 148;
King of Scotland. See _James_, King of Scotland

_Scutari_, town of, i. 133

_Scuter_, Lawrence, a courier, ii. 119

_Sebastian_, King of Portugal. See _Portugal_, Sebastian, King of

_Selim I._, the father of Solyman, his defeat by his father at
Tchourlou, i. 108, and _note_;
picture of his defeat of the Persians at Tschaldiran, 129;
referred to, 299;
his conduct alluded to, 276-277, 279, 383

_Selim_, Solyman’s son, afterwards Sultan Selim II., destined by his
father as his successor, i. 179;
warns his father against Bajazet, 265;
removed to Koniah from Magnesia, 267;
marches on Ghemlik, 268;
occupies Koniah, 273;
his appearance and character, 275-276;
awaits his brother’s attack, 277;
puts the Pasha of Erzeroum to death, 305;
his succession advantageous to the Shah, 312;
procures Pialé Pasha’s pardon, 324

_Selimbria_, town of, i. 109

_Selles_, M. de, a prisoner in Zealand, ii. 233, and _note_

_Semendria_, formerly a fortress of the despots of Servia, i. 95

_Servians_, the, their funeral customs, i. 95;
their marriage customs, 96;
their language, 105;
extent of their country, 165

_Seure_, Michel de, Prior of Champagne, his quarrel with the King,
ii. 215-216, and _note_

_Sforzia Palavicini_, defeated by Ali Pasha at Fülek, i. 236

_Shad_, the common Danube, found also in the Halys, i. 145

_Sherbet_, mode of making, i. 147

_Silihdars_, name of a regiment of the Imperial guard, i. 153, _note_;
mentioned, 283

_Siwas_, the Pasha of, deceived by Bajazet, i. 304

_Slavery_, its advantages discussed, i. 210-211, and _note_

_Slaves_, Christian, met by Busbecq, i. 162

_Slaves_, use made by the Turks of the numerous slaves captured by
them, i. 209-211

_Sluys_, town of, holds out against Parma, ii. 219

_Snakes_, in Busbecq’s house, i. 203-204

_Solyman_, Sultan, takes Belgrade, i. 94;
induced by Roxolana to marry her, 112;
goes to the army and summons Mustapha, 115;
consults the mufti, 116;
rebukes the mutes for their slackness, 117;
mohair his usual dress, 144;
Busbecq’s first and second interviews with him, 152, 158;
his appearance and character, 159-160;
avenges an insult, 162;
sends Pertau Pasha against the false Mustapha, 183;
his anger against Bajazet appeased by Roxolana, 185-186;
interview with Bajazet, 187-188;
goes to Adrianople, 198;
remonstrates with Bajazet, 266;
changes his sons’ governments, 267;
refuses to listen to Bajazet’s complaints, 270;
consults the mufti about him, 272;
his appearance, 285;
his opinion of the Janissaries, 296;
is presented by Busbecq with Ferdinand’s gifts, 297;
pretends to be inclined to pardon Bajazet, 298;
orders the execution of one of his spies, 301;
orders his army to return to Constantinople, 302;
orders Bajazet’s child to be brought up at Broussa, _ib._;
sends Pashas and Sanjak-beys in pursuit of Bajazet, 305;
removes Pasha of Erzeroum from office, _ib._;
alarmed at Bajazet’s flight to Persia, _ib._;
wishes to pursue him, but is restrained by the Pashas, 306;
deeply hurt at the loss of Djerbé, 318;
sends an armament thither, _ib._;
sees the triumphal entry of his fleet, 321;
his demeanour, 322;
his increasing superstition, 331;
his prohibition of wine tested by some Greeks, 332-333;
his reply to Busbecq’s request to leave his house, 333;
releases pilgrims at Lavigne’s request, 353;
his letter to the King of France, 369;
tries to induce the Shah to surrender Bajazet, 378;
sends messages to the Georgians and Turkomans, 379;
persuades the Shah to permit Bajazet to be executed, 380-381;
orders Bajazet’s child to be executed at Broussa, 382;
his parting speech to Busbecq, 390;
a terrible enemy, 405-407;
his attacks on Hungary and Austria, 409;
his three wishes, 410

_Sophia_, town of, i. 102

_Sorbonne_, decision of the, about Henry VIII.’s marriage, ii. 27,
and _note_

_Spahis_, name of a regiment of the Imperial guard, i. 154, and _note_;
mentioned, 283

_Spain_, the posts to, stopped, ii. 151;
threatens the liberties of Europe, 226

_Spaniards_, the, take Djerbé, i. 317-318;
their fleet defeated by the Turks, 318;
their sufferings during the siege, 320-321;
their sufferings in prison alleviated by Busbecq, 326-328

_Spanish_ ambassador, his remonstrances about Salceda’s head, ii. 155

_Spanish_ officer employed as gooseherd, i. 209

_Stag_, fierceness of a, i. 208

_Standing armies_, dangers of, i. 296-297

_States-General_, their meeting demanded, ii. 57;
mock States-General convened, 87;
summoned, 257

_Sterckenburg_, officer sent by Casimir to Elizabeth, ii. 130

_Strasburg_, the Bishop of, notice of Elizabeth’s departure sent to
him, ii. 124, and _note_;
prevented from coming to Nancy by fear of the German reiters, 129;
his return home, 133;
remains at Bâle, 135

_Strozzi_, Philippe, Marshal of France, ii. 39;
killed at the Azores, 146

_Sunnites_ and Schiis, the two great sects of Mohammedans, i. 161,
_note_

_Sweden_, marriage between the daughter of the King of, and Henry III.
spoken of, ii. 43;
her portrait, 63

_Swiss_ Ambassadors at Paris, ii. 63;
entertainments and presents to them, 158, 160

_Swiss_ troops defeated by Montbrun, ii. 78

_Symplegades_ or floating islands at the mouth of the Bosphorus, i. 132

_Szigeth_, fortress in Hungary, attacked by Ali Pasha, i. 236;
relieved by the Archduke Ferdinand, 237-238

_Tahmasp_, Shah, at war with Solyman, i. 115;
his character and mode of life, 300;
sends envoys to Bajazet, 307;
invites him to visit him, 308;
his treachery towards him, _ib._;
and his motives, 309;
causes him to be arrested at his table and his followers to be
murdered, 311;
prefers that Selim should succeed to the throne, 312;
his treacherous conduct, 378;
consents to Bajazet’s execution, 381

_Tamerlane_, indignities inflicted by him on Bajazet and his wife,
i. 112;
his descendants, 379

_Tartar, a_, his hair his only head covering, i. 85

_Tartars_ in the Crimea, account of the, i. 356

_Tashkend_, city of, visited by Turkish pilgrim, i. 360

_Tassis_ (_or Taxis_), _J. B._, Spanish ambassador in Paris, superseded
and sent to the Netherlands, ii. 230, and _note_

_Taxis_, Leonhard de, Postmaster-General in the Netherlands, ii. 28,
and _note_

_Tchekmedjé_, Buyuk and Kutchuk, bays near Constantinople, i. 109,
_note_

_Tchourlou_, town of, famous for the defeat of Selim, i. 108

_Thoré_, M. de, younger son of the Constable Montmorency, ii. 16,
_note_;
escapes from the defeat of Germans and reaches the Loire, 106;
joins Alençon, 115;
his quarrel with du Guast, 117

_Tolna_, a Hungarian town, its good wine and civil inhabitants, i. 93;
quarrel between the Janissary there and Busbecq’s servant,
392-396

_Tortoises_, i. 134

_Touighoun_, Pasha of Buda, meaning of the name, i. 85;
his illness and reputation, 85, 86;
Busbecq’s interview with him, 91

_Tours_, attempt on, ii. 98;
reported coronation of Navarre there, 254;
Parliament removed thither by Henry III., 256;
the States-General convened there by Navarre, 257

_Trajan’s Bridge_, remains of, i. 95

_Trajan’s Gate_, or pass of Ichtiman, i. 106, and _note_

_Transylvania_, recovered by Ferdinand, i. 79, 80;
Hungarian nobles revolt from the Voivode of, 386;
the Voivode’s ambassadors try to hinder the conclusion of peace,
387

_Transylvanian_, the most popular candidate for the Polish crown,
ii. 43, and _note_

_Trautson_, John von, Ferdinand’s minister, i. 412

_Tschaldiran_, battle of, alluded to, i. 299

_Tulips_, i. 107

_Turenne_, the Vicomte de, brings reinforcements to Navarre, ii. 261

_Turkish_ ambassador intervenes at the Polish Diet. ii. 29

— army at Amasia, described, i. 155-156

— beggars, i. 209

— camp, described, i. 288, 289

_Turkish_ cavalry, Busbecq’s first sight of, i. 83

— commissariat, i. 219-221, 289

— fanatics at Buda, i. 396

— fleet, reported arrival of a, ii. 257

— horseman, a, described, i. 283-284

— horses, their rearing, training, &c., i. 215-217

— hostels, described, i. 98

— inns. See _Caravanserai_

— military punishments, i. 293-294

— officer induced by Busbecq to give up the royal standard of the
Neapolitan galleys, i. 322

— old woman, her romantic story, 231-232

— pilgrim gives Busbecq an account of his journey to Cathay and of that
country, i. 359-362;
feats performed by another, 362-363

— soldiers contrasted with Christian, i. 221;
their clothing and its distribution, 222

— women, their treatment and mode of life, i. 228-229

_Turkoman_ chiefs invited to attack the Shah, i. 379

_Turks_, their notions about wine-drinking, i. 88;
about houses, 90;
consider the left-hand the place of honour, 92;
their methods of dividing time, 101;
attach no distinction to birth, i. 104, 154;
their fondness for flowers, 108;
and money, _ib._;
their reverence for paper and the reasons for it, 110;
their superstitions as to unclean food, 124, 134;
their favourite colours, 144;
their notions about omens, _ib._, 269;
surprised at the Germans’ fishing, 145;
their frugal fare, 146;
their notions of chronology, 149;
how promotion is regulated among them, 155;
their dress, _ib._;
their horror of pigs, 205;
slavery among them, 209-211;
their kindness to animals, 224;
prefer cats to dogs and why, 225;
ransom birds from bird-catchers, 227;
some think it wrong to keep birds in cages, _ib._;
their marriage laws, 229;
do not inquire closely into crimes, but punish them severely if
detected, 232;
think it their duty to make one offer to a Christian of conversion
to their religion, 235;
their religious differences with the Persians, _ib._;
their skill in archery and mode of shooting and practising,
253-255;
their readiness to accept foreign inventions and to adopt various
Christian customs, 255-256;
their Parthian tactics, 257;
their treatment of ambassadors, 261;
believe that the souls of those killed in battle ascend to heaven,
289;
their notions of the Carnival, 290;
their fast, _ib._;
dislike to eat or drink standing, 291;
their endurance under the bastinado, 294;
their reverent behaviour at their prayers, 303;
impression made on them by the Spanish successes, 318;
their exultation at their victory, 319;
their taunts of the prisoners, 322;
how they treat prisoners, 326;
their recklessness about infection, 341;
disturbed at Basilicus’ invasion of Moldavia, 349;
at dinners carry off things for their wives and children, 375;
their notions about predestination, 341, 382-383;
pray for Busbecq’s conversion, 384;
league against them suggested to divert the restless spirits of
France, ii. 49;
their victories over the Persians render them formidable, 243-244,
and _note_;
offer to assist Navarre, 257, and _note_

_Uzes_, Duc de, commands for the King at Aigues-Mortes, ii. 42

_Varna_, battle of, i. 407, and _note_

_Vaudemont_, Louise de, afterwards Queen of France, Henry III. in love
with her, ii. 32;
about to marry her, 51;
is a niece of Count Egmont, _ib._;
Elizabeth’s attendants ordered to enter her service, 52,
and _note_;
no favourite with the Queen-Mother, 57;
congratulated by Busbecq in Maximilian’s name, 59;
estranged from her husband, 219

_Vaudemont_, Nicolas, Comte de, the King’s father-in-law, a probable
peacemaker, ii. 63;
his arrival expected, 63, 70;
at his son’s marriage, 80;
visits Montmorency and thinks him innocent, 91

_Veli Bey_, Sanjak-bey of Hatwan, his feud with Arslan Bey, i. 244

_Veltwick_ or _Velduvic_, Gerard, ambassador of Charles V. to the
Porte, i. 79, and _note_;
his detention by the Turks referred to, 263

_Vendôme_, Cardinal de, brother of Condé, Navarre’s sequestrated
property placed in his hands, ii. 249