Chapter CXV: Part V: ch. v. He died in 1592 (3)

[244] The Marquis of Richebourg and the Seigneur de Billy, a distinguished Portuguese officer, were both killed. See Motley, _United Netherlands_, i. 191-196.

[245] See _Thuanus_, iv. 10.

[246] See _Froude_, chap. lxvii.

[247] The grant was made by the deputies of the Clergy assembled at the Abbey of Saint-Germain des Prés, on October 2, and on the 16th, a second Edict against the Huguenots was published ordering them to conform or leave the kingdom within fifteen days.—_De l’Estoile_, ii. 213.

[248] See _Thuanus_, iv. 50 seq.

[249] The Seigneur de Tavannes, appointed Governor by the League. See _De l’Estoile_, ii. 216.

[250] Dated August 28, 1585. Published in Paris towards the end of September.—_De l’Estoile_, ii. 210. See Motley, _United Netherlands_, i. 132.

[251] Brother of the Prince de Condé. After his uncle’s death he assumed the title of Cardinal de Bourbon, see note, page 7.

[252] M. Savary de Lancosme, nephew of M. de Villequier, one of the King’s favourites.

[253] ‘Paris est divisé comme en trois villes par la riviere de Seine qui passe au milieu.... L’autre partie, qui est à gauche de ladicte riviere, est nommée l’Université.’—Palma Cayet, _Histoire de la Ligue_, i. 251. The four faubourgs were those of St. Germain, St. Jacques, St. Marceau, and St. Victor.

The famous La Noue on this occasion attempted to enter Paris by wading along the side of the Seine immediately under the Tour de Nesle, so as to land on the Quai des Augustins. Unfortunately, he rashly led the way himself, and keeping too close to the foot of the tower, where the water happened to be deepest, suddenly got out of his depth, and was nearly drowned. The enterprise consequently proved a failure.

[254] The Cardinal de Bourbon, Henry IV.’s uncle, the Prince de Joinville, son and successor to Henry, Duke of Guise, and the Duc d’Elbœuf had been arrested by Henry III.’s orders, on December 23, 1588, the day of Guise’s assassination. Others, who had been arrested at the same time, had been executed, had escaped, or had been released, but these three still remained in close custody. The Cardinal was confined at Fontenay, and the two Dukes at Tours.

[255] Between this letter and the last intervenes a period of nearly four years. See vol. i. p. 69. From the purchase-deed of the Seigneury of Bousbecque and Parma’s _Sauve-garde_ (see Appendix), we know that Busbecq continued to reside in France as the agent of Elizabeth. This letter was written three months after the assassination of Henry III. After that event Navarre had been obliged to retreat to Normandy pursued by the Duke of Mayenne. The latter, however, after his attack on Henry at Arques had failed, retired to Amiens and left the way open for his enemy to make a dash on Paris.

[256] The governor was de Maillé-Brezé, Seigneur de Benehart; and the monk was a cordelier named Robert Chessé or Jessé. Thuanus (v. 32) gives an account of their execution. The monk died like a brave man, the governor like a coward.

[257] Philippe de Lenoncourt, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne, and afterwards of Auxerre, Cardinal of San Onofrio. It is a disputed point whether he ever actually became Archbishop of Rheims. See _Gallia Christiana_, ix. 156.

[258] Henry, eldest son and successor of Charles, Duke of Lorraine. He sometimes bears the title of Duke of Bar. He married in 1599 Catherine, Henry IV.’s sister (see note, page 51). After her death he married Margaret de Gonzaga, daughter of the Duke of Mantua. He died in 1624. He had taken part in Mayenne’s autumn campaign against Henry, and was now on his way home from Amiens, where he had been detained some time by illness.

[259] ‘Mayenne exposa la nécessité d’établir un conseil général de l’union, dont l’autorité seroit reconnue par toute la France. Des désignations pour ce conseil suprême étoient déjà faites par le conseil particulier de la ville. Il en donna le rôle; on y trouvoit trois évêques, de Meaux, de Senlis et d’Agen, six curés de Paris, sept gentilshommes, vingt deux bourgeois de Paris; ce qui, avec lui-même pour président et un secrétaire, formoit quarante membres.’—_Sismondi_, xx. 472.

[260] He was Cardinal Caietano, brother of the Duke of Sermoneta. He arrived in Paris on January 5.

[261] The people of Dijon eleven years before had been desirous of having a separate bishopric, but were prevented by the opposition of the Bishop and Chapter of Langres, in which diocese Dijon was situated.—_Gallia Christiana_, iv. 637.

[262] These reports were not unfounded. Sultan Amurath had in fact written to Navarre promising protection against Spain, and offering to send a fleet of 200 sail to Aigues-Mortes.—_Collection des Documents Inédits sur l’Histoire de France, Lettres Missives de Henri IV._, iii. 364. Part of the letter is quoted by Motley, _United Netherlands_, iii. 48.

[263] The citadel of Rouen was actually betrayed to the Royalists on February 19, but was recovered by Aumale four days afterwards.

[264] The siege began on January 9, and was raised in the middle of February. _Aubigné, Histoire_, vol. iii. bk. iii. ch. iv; _Thuanus_, v. 41-3.

[265] This letter is not dated, but from the mention of the Legate’s arrival and the siege of Meulan, it appears to have been written towards the end of the first half of January 1590. Busbecq was probably then at Mantes, the place from which the next letter was written. Mantes is about twenty-five English miles from Evreux, which corresponds roughly with ten of Busbecq’s miles. See vol. i. page 82, note.

[266] Pierre d’Espinac was born in 1540, and became Archbishop of Lyons in 1574. He was Speaker, or Prolocutor, of the States-General held at Blois in 1576. Catherine de Medici, when the Leaguers first took up arms, sent him to negotiate with them (see p. 246.) However, he went over to that party, and was thenceforth one of the strongest partisans of the League. According to his own account, he was forced to take this step by the insults he received from Epernon, the King’s favourite; his enemies, on the other hand, asserted that his motive was the hope of gaining a Cardinal’s hat. After the assassination of Guise, at Blois, in December 1588, the Archbishop was one of those arrested, and he shared the prison of the Cardinal, the brother of the murdered duke. Each expected to meet the same fate, and each confessed to the other, and received absolution at his hands. The Cardinal was put to death the following day without trial, but the Archbishop’s life was spared. On his trial he refused to answer when interrogated by the judges, on the ground that, as Archbishop and Primate, he was subject only to the jurisdiction of the Pope, or of delegates appointed by him. He was then imprisoned at Amboise. On his release he again joined the League, and was Mayenne’s strongest partisan. He died in 1599, refusing to the last to acknowledge Henry IV.—_Thuanus_, v. 855.

[267] Nanteuil-le-Haudoin, 49 kilometres, or about 31 English miles, from Paris. Busbecq’s ‘French miles’ must therefore be leagues. The château had been purchased by Schomberg from the Guises in 1578, and he derived from it his title of Comte de Nanteuil.

[268] The appointment of these commissioners, and the seizure of Mayenne’s letters, are mentioned by Busbecq, and, as far as we have been able to discover, by Busbecq alone. These facts are not noticed by Sismondi. As has been already remarked (vol. i. page 64, note), these letters have apparently entirely escaped the notice of historians.

[269] Little more than two years intervened between the date of this letter and the writer’s death. See vol. i. pp. 70, 71.

[270] See for example vol. i. p. 162, pp. 239-241, and p. 351.

[271] See vol. i. p. 94.

[272] See vol. i. pp. 94, 167, 407.

[273] Ferdinand and Louis had married each other’s sisters. Mary, the wife of the latter, was afterwards Regent of the Netherlands for her brother Charles V. See Motley, _Rise of the Dutch Republic_, Part I. chap. i.

[274] See vol. i. p. 410.

[275] See vol. i. p. 409.

[276] See vol. i. p. 166.

[277] See vol. i. pp. 78, 79.

[278] See vol. i. p. 301.

[279] See vol. i. pp. 79, 176.

[280] See vol. i. p. 80.

[281] See vol. i. p. 236.

[282] See vol. i. pp. 111-118.

[283] See vol. i. p. 80.

[284] See vol. i. p. 81.

[285] See vol. i. p. 190.

[286] See vol. i. p. 85.

[287] See vol. i. pp. 237-239.

[288] See p. 282.

[289] See vol. i. p. 236.

[290] See vol. i. p. 348, note.

[291] See vol. i. p. 297.

[292] See vol. i. p. 386.

[293] This summary of the treaty is taken from a Latin version of the Turkish original made by John Spiegel, Ferdinand’s first interpreter, which is usually printed with Busbecq’s letters.

[294] See note 2, p. 73.

[295] Nonsuch Park, at Cheam, was a favourite residence of Queen Elizabeth.

[296] See pp. 271-2.

[297] The original of this patent of Knighthood is preserved in the Imperial Archives at Vienna.

[298] The blank supplies the place of a foul epithet.

_INDEX TO THE LETTERS._

_Aa_, John Van der, member of Ferdinand’s privy council, presents
Busbecq to Ferdinand, i. 78

_Abbot_ of Turkish Monastery—his alleged miracles, i. 363-365

_Achmet_ Pasha, appointed Grand Vizier, i. 118;
his character, 119;
Busbecq and his colleagues visit, 152;
strangled, 176;
details of his execution, 189-190;
many of his retainers join Bajazet, 275

_Aconite_ or Napellus, used by Turkish pilgrim, i. 362

_Acorus calamus_, plant sent by Busbecq to Mattioli, i. 415

_Adrianople_, town of, i. 107;
Solyman’s winter residence, 198;
Busbecq summoned thither, 199;
earthquake there, 200

_Affenstein_, commander of German reiters, killed, ii. 104

_Aga_ of the Janissaries, mentioned, i. 232, 285

_Agiamoglans_, name of a class among the Christian tribute children,
i. 306, and _note_

_Aigues-Mortes_, seaport in Languedoc, surprised by the Huguenots,
ii. 42, and _note_;
Italian nobles captured by the Huguenots taken thither, 155

_Akschehr_, town in Asia Minor taken by Bajazet, i. 273

_Albacar_, Spanish physician sent by Busbecq to Lemnos, i. 416

_Albanians_, a Georgian tribe, i. 246

_Albanians or Epirotes_, ii. 143, and _note_

_Aldegonde_, St., a prisoner in the hands of the Royalists, ii. 4;
said to be sent by the States as envoy to Alençon, 198;
made burgomaster of Antwerp, 210

_Alençon_, Francis, Duke of, afterwards Duke of Anjou, waiting at Lyons
for his brother, ii. 7;
his constitution delicate, 43;
at the Cardinal de Lorraine’s funeral, 46;
at the ball given on the Marquis de Nomeny’s marriage, 81;
his restless spirit, 95;
supposed to have dealings with the Huguenots, 96;
accompanies the Queen to the gates of Paris, _ib._;
his flight and his motives, 100-104, and _note_;
expected to return to Blois, 105;
demands that the negotiations be held at Blois instead of Poitiers,
114;
supposed to have instigated du Guast’s murder, 116;
interferes in his quarrel with Thoré, 118;
takes possession of Châtelherault, 120;
demands Bourges and other towns, _ib._;
will probably come to terms, 131;
his expedition to the Netherlands, 141;
intends ravaging Hainault, 143;
sends to Italy to hire horse, _ib._;
a champion of the Catholics, 144;
reinforcements for him, 147;
witnesses the battle at Ghent, 148;
disposition of his troops, 149;
expects to visit England 156;
prevails on citizens of Antwerp to admit 300 French noblemen, 162;
his attempt to seize Antwerp, 166;
retreats to the monastery of St. Bernard, 167;
and thence to Dendermonde, 168;
his probable course of action, _ib._;
blackness of his conduct, 170;
excuses made for it, _ib._;
complete breach with citizens of Antwerp, 173;
his ill-regulated mind, 174;
proposed compromise with him, 174-175;
chooses Dunkirk as his residence, 179;
reported to be concerned in fresh disturbances, 180;
ill at Dunkirk, 181;
presents Fervaques with an abbacy, _ib._;
sends Pibrac to Antwerp, _ib._;
writes to stop his mother from coming, 182;
meets her at La Fère, 185;
has lost everything in Netherlands but Cambrai, 186;
returns to France, _ib._;
said to be going to marry the daughter of the Duke of Lorraine,
194;
said to have handed over Cambrai to his brother, 195;
his probable plans, _ib._;
appointed by the king his Lieutenant with limited powers, 196;
at Cambrai in great want of money, 198;
envoys to him from the States, _ib._;
likely to come to Paris, 199;
goes to Château Thierry, 201;
intends to winter at Angers, 202;
goes to Laon, _ib._;
will not come to court, 203;
his rumoured negotiations with Spain for sale of Cambrai, 204;
changes his plans, will winter at Château Thierry, 206;
his humiliating position, _ib._;
suspected attempt to murder, 209;
about to receive an embassy from the Netherlands, 210;
urges his claim to be made Lieutenant-General of the kingdom, 212;
visits his mother, 213;
by her advice approaches the king submissively, _ib._;
advised to secure the favour of Joyeuse and Epernon, _ib._;
returns to Château Thierry, 214;
his serious illness, 216;
reported to be in a decline, 217;
given over, 218;
confined to his bed, 219;
importance of his death for France, _ib._;
his death, 221;
his character, _ib._;
preparations for his funeral, _ib._;
said to have bequeathed Cambrai to his mother, 222;
his funeral, 223

_Ali_ Pasha, second vizier, and afterwards Grand Vizier, his origin
and character, i. 157, 342;
banquet given by him to Persian ambassador, 157;
his foolish speech, 234;
becomes Grand Vizier, 334;
grants Busbecq’s request to leave his house, _ib._;
sends a cavasse to him, 342;
contrasted with Roostem, 343-345;
his interviews with Busbecq, 345;
his policy, 346;
his accident, _ib._;
conversation with Busbecq about the invasion of Moldavia, 349-351;
helps to procure the release of Busbecq’s servants, 368;
sends him sweetmeats, 375;
informs him of Bajazet’s death, 385;
his presents to him on his departure, 388;
what he wished in return, 391

_Ali_ Pasha, the eunuch, appointed to the command in Hungary, i. 236;
visited by Busbecq and his colleagues, 237;
description of him, _ib._;
his operations in Hungary, _ib._;
his rashness checked by a Sanjak-bey, 238;
his discomfiture and death, 239;
his speech on the loss of Gran, 240

_Alost_, taken by Alençon, ii. 143

_Alva_, the Duke of, his death, ii. 162

_Amasia_, capital of Cappadocia, description of, i. 150-151;
Bajazet ordered thither, 267

_Amber_, great quantities of it exported to Turkey and Persia, i. 257

_Amiens_, attempt to surprise, ii. 88

_Amurath I._, Sultan, his death, i. 153, and _note_

_Ancyranum Monumentum_, account of the, i. 142-143, and _note_

_Angers_, town of, demanded by Alençon, ii. 120;
Alençon going to winter there, 202

_Angers_, citadel of, held by de Brissac, ii. 245;
surprised by Huguenots, 248;
its destruction ordered, 249

_Angoulême_, town of, demanded by Alençon, ii. 120

_Angora_, town of, description of the, i. 142;
Bajazet occupies and raises forced loan from merchants of, 275

_Angora_ goats, i. 137, and _note_;
manufacture of mohair from their hair, 143

_Annonay_, town in the Vivarais, siege of, ii. 9, and _note_

_Ant_, Indian, as large as a dog, sent as a present by the Shah to
Solyman, i. 375, and _note_

_Antonio_, Don, pretender to the crown of Portugal, his Constable
killed, ii. 146;
returns to France, 161;
goes to Dieppe, _ib._;
engaged in equipping a fleet, 178;
expenses of his household at Ruel, 183;
his new fleet reaches the Azores, 188;
said to be intended as the commander of the French forces in the
Netherlands, 235

_Antwerp_, the French Fury at, ii. 164-168;
tumult against Orange there, 176;
strictly blockaded, 231;
hard pressed, 236;
equipment of fleet to relieve, 240;
cutting the dykes near, _ib._;
the bridge destroyed, 247;
gunpowder sent to Paris from, 254

_Antwerp_, inhabitants of, their kind treatment of the prisoners,
ii. 169;
their statement, 171;
demand ransom, 173;
complete breach between them and Alençon, _ib._;
demand the execution of Fervaques, 175;
their confidence in Orange diminished, 185, 186;
ready to suffer the worst rather than submit, 217;
resolved to hold out, 229

_Archery_, Turkish skill in, i. 253

_Aremberg_, the Countess of, ii. 113, _note_;
writes to announce her arrival at Nancy, 114;
notice sent to her of date of the Queen’s departure, 126;
delayed in reaching Nancy by a mistake, 130

_Arslan Bey_, Sanjak-bey of Stuhlweissenburg, his feud with Veli Bey,
i. 244

_Arundel_, Earl of, arrested for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth,
ii. 212;
will probably be pardoned, _ib._;
again arrested, 247

_Athenæus_, his statement as to the _pinna_ and _pinna guard_ referred
to, i. 339

_Aubigny_, Comte d’, and Duke of Lennox, reported to be besieged in
Scotland, ii. 148, and _note_

_Auger_, Edmund, the king’s confessor, rebuked by Catherine de Medici,
ii. 182

_Aumale_, the Duke of, accompanies the Queen to Bourg-la-Reine, ii. 96;
a leader of the League, 241;
seizes places in Normandy, 245

_Aumont_, Maréchal d’, with Navarre, ii. 262

_Auxonne_, town in Burgundy, its inhabitants charge their governor with
treason and pull down the fortifications, ii. 248-249

_Axylos_, woodless tract in Asia Minor, i. 215

_Babocsa_, a Hungarian fortress, i. 237

_Baden_, the Margrave of, meets the Queen, ii. 134

_Bailen_, the Comte de, Spanish ambassador, starts for Lyons, ii. 11;
arrives at Paris, 22;
leaves Paris, 28

_Baily_, title of the Venetian ambassador, i. 226, _note_;
his interposition, 226;
unable to help the imprisoned pilgrims, 352;
his surprise at the release of Busbecq’s servants without a bribe,
368

_Bairam_, the feast of, parents allowed to see their married daughters
at, i. 229, and _note_;
description of its celebration by the Turkish army, 302-304

_Bajazet I._, Sultan, indignities he and his wife received from
Tamerlane, i. 112

_Bajazet II._, Sultan, defeats his son Selim, i. 108

_Bajazet_, son of Solyman, his mother’s favourite, i. 179;
implicated in the rising of Mustapha, the Pretender, 180, 185;
his interview with his father, 187-189;
his story continued, 264-281;
conspires against his brother, 265;
removed from Kutaiah to Amasia, 267;
complains of his new government, _ib._;
accuses his brother, 268-269;
prepares for war, 270;
sends back Pertau Pasha, 271;
his message to Solyman, 272;
takes town of Akschehr, 273;
occupies Angora, and raises a forced loan from the merchants, 275;
his appearance and character, 275-276;
marches on Koniah, 277;
his speech to his army, 277-278;
his gallant conduct, 278;
defeated at Koniah, retreats to Amasia, 279;
reputation acquired by him, 280;
sounds his father’s disposition, 298;
warned by his friends to beware of him, 301;
one of his spies executed, _ib._;
starts on his flight to Persia, 302;
his rapidity, 304;
his stratagems to deceive the Pashas of Siwas and Erzeroum,
304-305;
offers double pay to soldiers joining him, 306;
crosses the Araxes and enters Persia, 306-307;
his speech to the Shah’s envoys, 307;
his reception by the Shah, 308;
his message to his father, 309;
atrocious speech of one of his officers, _ib._;
is seized and thrown into prison, 311;
conjectures as to his probable fate, 311-312;
the end of his story, 375, 378-381;
his execution, 381;
his four sons share his fate, _ib._;
execution of his infant son at Broussa, 382

_Balagny_, Governor of Cambrai, ii. 205, and _note_;
his tyrannical conduct there, 227

_Baldi_, Philip, an Italian sent to Busbecq by the Emperor, i. 259;
mentioned again, 263

_Baldwin_, Count of Flanders and Latin Emperor of Romania—taken and
killed by the Bulgarians, i. 105, and _note_;
mentioned, 130, _note_

_Balsam_, given by Ali Pasha to Busbecq, i. 388;
its value, 389, and _note_;
doubts thrown on its genuineness, 416

_Balsam-tree_, not now to be found in Asia Minor, i. 142

_Basilicus_, John, Greek adventurer—his story, i. 347, _note_;
invades Moldavia, 347

_Baths_, intrigues carried on in them by Turkish women, i. 231

_Bavaria_, the Duke of, attends the coronation at Frankfort, i. 399,
and _note_;
his health, ii. 134;
his handsome reception of the Queen, _ib._;
thinks the Danube her best route, _ib._;
presses her to remain, _ib._

_Bavaria_, the Duchess of, sends messages and letters to the Queen,
ii. 3

_Bavaria_, Ferdinand, Duke of, meets the Queen, ii. 134

_Bavaria_, William, Duke of, with his wife meets the Queen at Nancy,
ii. 129;
consulted as to her route, 133, 137;
his kindness to her, 135;
goes to Vienna, 137

_Belgrade_, town of, described, i. 93;
sieges and capture of, by the Turks, 94;
fertility of the neighbourhood, 165

_Bellegarde_, Roger de Saint-Lary de, Marshal, sent as ambassador to
Poland, ii. 61, and _note_;
said to have fallen sick, 66

_Bellièvre_, Pomponne de, Ambassador of Charles IX. in Poland, ii. 49,
and _note_;
likely to be sent to the Netherlands, 169;
sent to Alençon, 172;
stays behind to arrange matters, 174;
returns from Antwerp, 181;
sent to King of Navarre, 203

_Belon_ (_Bellonus_), Pierre, French traveller and physician, his
mistake about the hyena, i. 140;
referred to for figure of the _pinna_, 339

_Bergen_, town in Brabant, taken by the Hollanders under their
protection, ii. 217

_Bernard_, Monastery of St., outpost established there by garrison
of Lier, ii. 148;
Alençon passes the night there after the French Fury, 167

_Berry_, Duchy of, the Queen’s dower partly charged on it, ii. 109

_Besançon_, attempt to surprise, ii. 88

_Besme_, murderer of Coligny, taken prisoner by the Huguenots,
ii. 99, and _note_

_Beyler-bey of Greece_, the, sent to Selim’s assistance, i. 271;
sent in pursuit of Bajazet, 305;
in command of the troops on the Persian frontier, 378

_Billy_, Seigneur de, killed at the Antwerp bridge, ii. 247

_Birague_, Cardinal de, Chancellor of France, ii. 39;
Busbecq’s interview with him, 87;
contributes to forced loan, 98;
his death and character, 208, and _note_

_Biron_, Marshal, the probable commander in the Netherlands, ii. 147;
takes the command there, 149-150;
asks for more cavalry, _ib._;
halts on the Somme, 154;
joins Alençon, 156;
his army, 157;
going to the Campine, 162;
said to be the author of the attempt on Antwerp, 165;
clears himself of all blame, 175;
his letter pressing Alençon to abandon the scheme discovered, 181;
retakes some small forts, 182;
defeated at Steenbergen, and wounded, 184;
at Antwerp pressing for money, 186;
returns to France, 195;
his attack on Cateau Cambrésis repulsed, 202;
with Navarre, 262

_Black Sea_, Busbecq’s visit to it, i. 129, 131;
Polybius wrong in supposing it was silting up, 132

_Blaye_, town near Bordeaux, garrisoned by the younger de Lansac,
ii. 245

_Blois_, Busbecq obliged to go thither, ii. 141;
king there, 229;
Busbecq goes thither to condole with him in the Queen’s name
on Alençon’s death, 230

_Blot_, Hugo de, recommended by Busbecq to Maximilian as librarian,
ii. 73-74, and _note_

_Bodin_, Jean, paper relating to French Fury attributed to him,
ii. 171, and _note_

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

_Bonnivet_, de, defends Endhoven, ii. 182

_Bosphorus_, description of the Thracian, i. 129, 131;
for distinction between it and the Cimmerian Bosphorus,
see 111, _note_

_Bouchain_, taken by Alençon, ii. 144

_Bouillon_, Godfrey de, first King of Jerusalem, mentioned, i. 250

_Bouillon_, the Duc de, warns the King of the Guises’ preparations,
ii. 241, and _note_

_Bourbon_, Charles, Cardinal de, claims to be successor to the throne,
ii. 228;
reported to intend to give up his orders and to marry the Duchesse
de Montpensier, _ib._;
joins the Guises, 239;
nominally their chief leader, 241;
claims the succession to the throne, 242;
changes his cardinal’s robes for a soldier’s dress, 243;
with the Duke of Guise, 246;
a prisoner, 253, and _note_;
Parliament issues decrees in his name as Charles X., 256;
the Legate summons the people of Langres to acknowledge him as
their king, 257

_Bourbon_, House of, its position, ii. 40;
will be heirs presumptive to the crown on Alençon’s death, 218

_Bourges_, demanded by Alençon, ii. 120;
likely to surrender to Navarre, 255

_Brabant_, people of, pronounce _sevene_ differently from the Flemings,
i. 358;
arrival of ambassadors from them, ii. 214;
all except Antwerp and Bergen likely to submit, 217

_Breda_, peace negotiations opened there, ii. 54

_Brissac_, de, a Leaguer, seizes the citadel of Angers, ii. 245,
and _note_

_Broussa_, execution of Bajazet’s infant son there, i. 382

_Bruges_, obliged to call in garrison of Menin for its protection,
ii. 194;
said to have submitted, 219;
receives a Spanish garrison, 222

_Brussels_, to be Alençon’s residence, ii. 175;
declined by him, 179;
threatened by Parma, 182;
inclined to go over to him, 183;
thinking of surrendering, 229;
surrenders, 236

_Buda_, city of, description of the, i. 89;
hot springs there, 90

_Buda_, the Pasha of, Busbecq’s interviews with, i. 169, 396;
see also _Touighoun_ Pasha

_Bulgarians_, their bread, i. 103;
dress of their women, _ib._;
their origin, history, and language, 105, and _note_

_Buren_, town in Gelderland, taken, ii. 90, and _note_

_Burgundian_ secretary, letter from him to Busbecq, i. 233

_Busbecq_, Ogier Ghiselin de, at marriage of Philip and Mary, i. 77;
summoned to Vienna, _ib._;
bids his family farewell, _ib._;
sees Don Pedro at Brussels, _ib._;
travels to Vienna, _ib._;
interview with Ferdinand, 78;
visits Malvezzi, _ib._;
returns to Vienna, 82;
prepares for journey and starts, _ib._;
reaches Komorn, _ib._;
Gran, 83;
Buda, 85;
makes acquaintance with the Janissaries, 86-87;
his interview with the Pasha, 91;
embarks for Belgrade, 92;
collects coins, 93, 94, 139, 141;
journeys through Servia, 95;
disgusted with Turkish inns, 98;
lodges in a stable, 99;
how he got wine, 100;
reaches Sophia, 102;
Philippopolis, 106;
Adrianople, 107;
Constantinople, 111;
visits the ex-vizier Roostem, _ib._;
sees the sights of Constantinople, 122, _et seq._;
has a dead giraffe dug up for examination, 128;
visits the Bosphorus and Black Sea, 129, 131;
starts for Amasia, 133;
passes through Nicomedia, 134;
Nicæa, 135;
Angora, 139;
enjoys sherbet and preserved grapes, 147;
reaches Amasia, 150;
visits Achmet Pasha and the other viziers, 152;
his first audience of Solyman, 152-153;
his second, 158;
leaves Amasia, 159;
ill of fever, 161;
reaches Constantinople, _ib._;
leaves, 162;
finds _scordium_, 164;
has another fever, 166;
in danger from brigands, 167-8;
visits Pasha of Buda, 169;
compensates a Turk for his nose, 171;
recovers from his fever, _ib._;
reaches Vienna, _ib._;
effects on him of his hardships, _ib._;
sent back to Constantinople, 175;
arrives there, 176;
unfavourably received by the Pashas, 176-178;
left alone at Constantinople, 193;
his politic conduct, 194-197;
summoned to Adrianople, 199;
alarmed by an earthquake, 200;
returns to Constantinople, 201;
hires a house, _ib._;
sent back to his former lodging, _ib._;
his menagerie, 204;
shoots kites, 212;
his partridges, _ib._;
his horses, 214;
his camels, 218;
complains of his letters being intercepted, 234;
Roostem tries to convert him, 235;
his interview with Ali Pasha, the eunuch, 237;
his amusements and occupations, 252;
practises the Turkish bow _ib._;
his visitors, 257;
his retort on Roostem, 264;
sees the Sultan leave Constantinople, 281-287;
his retorts on his cavasse, 287;
summoned to the Turkish camp, _ib._;
his sojourn and observations there, 287-297;
presents Ferdinand’s gifts to the Sultan, 297;
witnesses the celebration of the Bairam, 302-304;
his policy influenced by Bajazet’s fortunes, 313;
apologises for his long letter, 314;
overwhelmed by the news of the Spanish defeat, 316;
rescues the standard of the Neapolitan galleys, 322;
becomes surety for Don Juan de Cardona, 325;
his charity to the Spanish prisoners, 326-330;
fears he will lose the money advanced to them, 329;
good effects of his example, 330;
the plague in his house, _ib._;
allowed to import wine for his private use, 332;
his request to leave his house on account of the plague refused
by Roostem, 333;
granted by Ali, 334;
visits Quacquelben on his death-bed, 335-336;
erects a monument to him, 337;
goes to Prinkipo, _ib._;
his fishing there, _ib._;
his walk with the friar, 340;
his acquaintance with the Metropolitan Metrophanes, 341-342;
Pashas afraid he may escape, 342;
returns to Constantinople, _ib._;
interview with Roostem, 343;
Ferdinand’s bounty to him, 344;
his inquiries for Ali, 347;
alarmed by the invasion of Moldavia, 349;
interview with Ali on the subject, 349-351;
sends home the released pilgrims, 353;
accused by Lavigne as a Spanish spy, 354;
his interview with Goths from the Crimea, 355-359;
with Turkish pilgrims, 359-364;
feats of a mountebank he saw at Venice, 365;
his confinement relaxed, _ib._;
refuses to appease the Cadi by a bribe, 368;
writes to encourage de Sandé, 372;
asks Ferdinand to intercede for the Spanish prisoners, 373;
argues with his cavasse on predestination, 383-384;
fears the effect of Bajazet’s death on his negotiations, 385;
hears of his death from Ali, _ib._;
makes inquiries of his friends, _ib._;
his precautions in concluding peace, 387;
his presents from Ali, 388-389;
starts for home, 390;
a good walker, 391;
recovers his appetite, _ib._;
his application to Ibrahim, 395;
reaches Buda, 396;
visits the Pasha, _ib._;
reaches Gran and Vienna, 397;
informs Ferdinand of his arrival, _ib._;
is graciously received by him, 398;
longs for home, 399;
prefers retirement to a court, 399-400;
his high opinion of Hannibal, 408;
books, plants, animals, &c.,
brought back by him, 414-417;
sent a physician to Lemnos, 416;
his journey to Paris, ii. 3;
stays at Speyer from illness, _ib._;
his second visit to Spain, 4, _note_;
reaches Paris, 5;
his interviews with Queen Elizabeth, 5-7;
dissatisfied with the dower business, 14;
asks for instructions, _ib._;
his forecast of the future, 15;
his conversation at Kaiserslautern, _ib._;
complains of Paris prices, 19;
intends going to the Netherlands, _ib._;
his interview with Pibrac, 29;
his conversation about the dower with the Bishop of Paris
and others, 33;
asks for credentials, 34;
goes to Lyons and sees the Spanish ambassador, _ib._;
sails to Avignon, 35;
visited by Bishop Montluc at Valence, 36;
his interviews with the King and Queen-Mother, 36, 37;
with the Bishops of Orleans and Limoges, 37;
sees the siege of Livron, 44;
draws up ciphers, 48;
asks for his salary, 50, 58, 93, 112;
hopes Maximilian will pardon his being addressed as ambassador, 50;
asks for instructions and a speedy answer, 51, 52;
intends going to Brussels, 52;
at Brussels, 53;
returns to Paris and delivers Maximilian’s letter to the King, 55;
his audiences of the Queen-Mother, the Queen and the King, 59;
recommends Hugo de Blot as librarian, 73;
asks Maximilian in the Queen’s name to intercede for Montmorency,
75;
his interview with the Portuguese ambassador, 76;
suggests, if the Queen marries the King of Portugal, the economy
of sending her direct from Paris, 78;
suggests his recall, 83;
asks for new credentials, 84;
also for watches as presents, 84, 93;
which are refused, 115;
his audience of the King, 85;
his interviews with Birague and de Morvilliers, 87;
requested by Maximilian to remain in Paris, 93;
his answer to the Duke of Brunswick’s envoy, 94;
hopes the Queen will not be long in Paris, 97;
his audiences of the King, 106, 107;
is to accompany the Queen as her chief chamberlain, 128;
complains of the non-payment of de Vulcob’s advances, 132;
writes to Governor of Upper Austria, 136;
obliged to go to Blois on the Queen’s business, 141;
his audience of the King, _ib._;
asks for settlement of the purchase of the Greek books, 163, 188,
200;
his account of the French Fury at Antwerp, 164-168;
asks for St. Hilaire’s discharge, 188;
goes to Blois to condole with the King in the Queen’s name on
Alençon’s death, 230;
fears his despatches will be stopped, 247;
some actually missing, 250;
seldom has opportunity of sending a letter, _ib._;
fears the town where he will be attacked, 255;
calls the Emperor’s attention to the Queen’s position, 256;
his description of Navarre and Parma and their respective armies,
261-264

_Busbecq’s house_ at Constantinople, description of, i. 201-203

_Busbecq’s servants_, their first taste of Turkish luxury, i. 84;
wine as good as feather-beds to them, 100;
their practical joke, 124;
quarrel between them and some Janissaries, 295-296;
quarrel of two of them with the Cadi of Pera, 365-368;
scuffle of one with a Janissary, 393

_Bussy d’Amboise_, notorious duellist, his end, ii. 191, and _note_

_Cadi_ of Pera, his quarrel with Busbecq’s servants, and its
consequences, i. 365-368

_Caen_, seaport in Normandy, held by the Marquis of Elbœuf, ii. 245

_Cæsar._ See _Julius Cæsar_

_Calloo_, fort of, near Antwerp, held by Parma, ii. 226

_Calvi_, of Genoa, and _Capello_, of Milan, sent out of France on
suspicion of sending money to Parma, ii. 151

_Cambrai_, its restoration demanded by the States, ii. 173;
besieged by Parma, 183;
hard pressed, 186;
said to be handed over to the King of France, 195;
Alençon there, 198;
its unsafe state, 202;
reported disturbances there, 203;
origin of reports, 204;
Alençon thinks of selling it to Philip, _ib._;
held by Balagny, 206 and 205, _note_;
King about to take it under his protection, 214;
said to be bequeathed by Alençon to his mother, 222;
a thorn in the side of Artois and Hainault, _ib._;
said to be made to swear allegiance to the Queen-Mother, 225;
its restoration to Spain one of the terms demanded by the League,
246

_Camelopard_, dead, dug up and described by Busbecq, i. 128

_Camels_, description of, i. 218;
numbers of them in the Sultan’s baggage-train, 219

_Campine_, district in the Netherlands, Biron going to the, ii. 162

_Cape Sheep_, i. 138, and _note_

_Capello._ See _Calvi_

_Caravanserai_, description of a, i. 97

_Carestran_, the meeting-place between Bajazet and his father, i. 187

_Cardona_, Don Juan de, Spanish officer, manages to get left at Chios,
i. 323;
is ransomed by his brother-in-law, with Busbecq’s help, 325

_Casimir_, John, son of the Elector Palatine, sketch of him, ii. 15,
_note_;
king undertakes to pay him 500,000 francs, 127;
his covenant for mutual defence with Condé, _ib._;
sends one of his officers to Elizabeth, 130;
will not hear of a truce, 131;
sends to Queen of England about the Cologne business, 184;
application to him suggested in congress of Middelburg, 202

_Castella_, Don Juan de, Spanish officer, his gallant conduct, i. 320

_Cat_, the, preferred by Turks to the dog, i. 225;
Mahomet’s, _ib._

_Cateau Cambrésis_, treaty of, Turks indignant at, i. 369

_Cateau Cambrésis_, town of, taken by Parma, ii. 157;
annoyance caused by its garrison, 162;
Biron’s attempt on it repulsed by Parma, 202

_Cathay_, or China, account of, given by a Turkish pilgrim, i. 359-362

_Catherine de Medici_, Queen of France, waits for her son at Lyons,
ii. 7;
offended at Pibrac’s advice, 10;
supposed to favour war in order to keep her power, 11, 50;
threatens execution of Montmorency, if his brothers invade France,
16;
grants Busbecq an audience, 36;
her power over the King, 37;
given good advice by Maximilian, 38;
her illness from walking in a procession at night, 45;
fancies she sees the Cardinal’s ghost, 46, and _note_;
offers the Queen her services, 55;
her unpopularity, 57;
her regard for Maximilian, 59;
tries to keep Alençon quiet, 95;
follows him, 102;
interview between them, 103;
regrets she cannot bid Elizabeth farewell, 122;
concludes a six months’ truce with Alençon, 126;
intends visiting certain towns to persuade them to admit him, 127;
invested with the government in the King’s absence, 145, 183;
grants Don Antonio an audience, 161;
her claims on Portugal, _ib._ and _note_;
her exclamation on hearing of the French Fury, 167;
intends visiting Alençon, 180;
indignant at his folly, 181;
disgusted at the King’s neglect of his duties, 182;
rebukes his confessor, _ib._;
Alençon puts off her visit, _ib._;
goes to Boulogne to see him, 184;
meets him at La Fère, 185;
incensed with her daughter for her conduct, 193;
returns to La Fère, 194;
goes to Alençon at Château Thierry, 202;
and then to Laon, _ib._;
returns to Paris, 203;
again goes to Alençon, 209;
visited by him, 213;
her advice to him, _ib._;
visits him, 217;
said to be sick with grief, 218;
her grief for Alençon genuine, 221;
importuned by Netherland ambassadors, 224;
strongly supports their appeal to the King, 225;
resolved to keep Cambrai, 228;
goes to the Loire, _ib._;
her hatred of Spain, 235;
her answer to the Netherland ambassadors, 237;
with the Duke of Guise, 246

_Cavasses_, nature of their office, i. 85, 201;
Busbecq’s cavasse induces the Pashas to confine him in his old
quarters, 201;
their general behaviour to Busbecq, 258;
rudeness of one, and Busbecq’s retaliation, 259-260;
one tries to prevent Busbecq seeing the Sultan’s departure, 281;
Busbecq retorts on him, 287;
Busbecq’s argument with his cavasse on predestination, 383-384.

_Champagny_, M. de, brother of Cardinal Granvelle, in danger at Ghent
on account of alleged conspiracy ii. 209

_Chanvallon_, M. de, former favourite of Alençon, and lover of the
Queen of Navarre, flies to Germany, ii. 193;
his manners and appearance, _ib._

_Charité_, La, town of, demanded by Alençon, ii. 120

_Charlemagne_, the Emperor, dispersed the Saxons, i. 359;
House of Guise said to be descended from him, ii. 238

_Charles V._, the Emperor, his truce with the Turks, i. 78;
Turkish recollection of his victories, 318;
standard with his arms rescued by Busbecq, 322-323;
etiquette at his court, ii. 159-160

_Charles IX._, King of France, questions as to his leaving a will,
ii. 33;
had appointed his brother Henry his Lieutenant, 104

_Charlotte de Bourbon_, daughter of the Duke of Montpensier,
her marriage with the Prince of Orange, ii. 66, and _note_;
her death, 142

_Chartres_, attempt on town of, ii. 98;
Nevers’ head-quarters, 102;
said to have gone over to Navarre, 255

_Chattes_, M. de, a Knight of Malta, commanding Don Antonio’s fleet,
ii. 188

_Chederle_, fabulous hero identified by the Turks with St. George,
legend of, i. 148-150

_Chios_, tame partridges from, i. 212;
how reared, 213;
its Genoese inhabitants, and its form of government, 323,
and _note_;
Spanish officers left there, _ib._

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

_Ciphers_, Pashas puzzled by supposed, i. 233;
Busbecq draws some up, ii. 48

_Claudius_, the Emperor, the story of his murder alluded to, i. 172

_Clervant_, M. de, Huguenot leader, taken prisoner, ii. 104, and _note_

_Cocq_, Jerome de, Busbecq asks his salary to be paid to, ii. 50

_Codignac_, M. de, French Ambassador at Constantinople, his quarrel
with his successor, i. 370

_Coins_, ancient, found by Busbecq, i. 94, 139, 141

_Colchians._ See _Mingrelians_

_Cologne_, disturbances at, ii. 162, and _note_;
King hopes to profit by them, 185

_Compiègne_, attempt to surprise, ii. 88

_Condé_, Prince de, expected to take the field, ii. 32;
messenger from him at Avignon, 41;
some wish him sent to Hungary against the Turk, 49;
likely to invade France, 68;
terms of peace to be referred to him, 70;
suggestion that he should go to assist Orange, 72;
said to be coming with an army, 88;
Mezières appointed as his residence, 127;
his covenant for mutual defence with Casimir, _ib._;
will not hear of a truce, 131;
spoken of for the command in the Netherlands, 233;
marriage reported between him and Navarre’s sister, _ib._;
report of a bull declaring him disqualified to succeed to the
throne, 243, 249;
marches on Angers, but fails in his enterprise, 248

_Constantinople_, description of, and its antiquities, &c., i. 122-127;
the Sultan’s sons not allowed to enter, 187;
entry of Turkish fleet into, 321

_Cossé_, Maréchal de, imprisoned in the Bastile, ii. 8;
sketch of him, _ib._, _note_;
his illness, 19;
will probably go with Montmorency to Alençon, 105

_Crane_, story of a Balearic, i. 207

_Cratevas_, a Greek herbalist, fragments of, in Busbecq’s MS. of
Dioscorides, i. 417, and _note_

_Dadian_, King of the Mingrelians, his appearance and character,
i. 245;
his capture and escape, 246-247;
his presents to Solyman, 251-252

_Dalmatian_ horseman, his objection to fire-arms, i. 241-242

_Damville_, Comte de, afterwards Duc de Montmorency, sketch of him,
ii. 11, _note_;
summoned by the King, _ib._;
said to have caused Montpellier to revolt, 22;
to have made an attempt on Avignon, 23;
prepares to defend himself, 32;
carries war through Languedoc and Guienne, 56;
report of his death, 68, and _note_;
terms of peace to be referred to him, 70;
comes to life again, 77;
King wishes to deprive him of his government, 187;
intended campaign against him, 214;
pronounced contumacious by the Parliament, _ib._;
campaign given up, 218;
said to be appointed Constable of France by Navarre, 255.

_Dantzic_, amber merchant of, at Constantinople, i. 257

_Dauphin_, the Prince. See _Montpensier_

_Delegates_ from the rebels expected in Paris, and their demands,
ii. 57, 60;
sent back with the King’s answer, 60

_Dendermonde_, Alençon withdraws thither, ii. 168;
attacked by Parma, 226

_Denmark_, King of, application to the, suggested in Congress of
Middelburg, ii. 202;
his eldest daughter married to King James of Scotland, 258

_Derby_, Earl of, comes to Paris as the bearer of the Order of the
Garter from Queen Elizabeth to the King, ii. 234;
his magnificent reception, 237;
his departure, _ib._

_Diest_, town belonging to Prince of Orange, blockaded by Parma,
ii. 157;
surrenders to him, 162;
recovered by him, 183

_Dietrichstein_, Adam von, Austrian Baron, i. 325, _note_;
ransoms his brother-in-law, _ib._

_Dijon_, the Pope’s legate summons people of Langres to, ii. 257;
transfers their bishopric to, _ib._

_Dioscorides_, famous MS. of, found by Busbecq at Constantinople,
i. 417, and _note_

_Divan_, custom of entertaining ambassadors on leaving in the,
i. 159, 387;
meaning of the word, 197;
Busbecq and his colleagues summoned thither, _ib._;
scene there, 232-234;
de Sandé brought before, 325;
debate there as to whether Busbecq should be allowed to bring wine
into Constantinople, 332

_Divorce_, Turkish laws about, i. 230

_Dixmude_, hard pressed, ii. 194

_Djerbé_, account of the Spanish defeat at, i. 317, _note_, and 317-321

_Dodona_, the oak of, alluded to, i. 272

_Dorothea_, sister of the Duke of Lorraine, her marriage, ii. 124, 129

_Dower_, the Queen’s, Duchy of Berry said to be assigned as, ii. 20;
further reports about it, 26;
Pibrac’s statement about it, 30;
impossible to get the whole charged on Crown Lands, 53, 56;
two proposals as to settlement thereof, 85;
valuation made of property assigned for it, 108;
final arrangement about it, 109

_Duck_, species of, whose cry was like a post horn, i. 139

_Duel_, a, in France, ii. 188-191

_Duelling_, Turkish opinion about, i. 244

_Earthquake_, at Adrianople, i. 200;
at Constantinople, _ib._

_Egmont_, Count, Louise de Vaudemont his niece, ii. 51;
his brother compromised by Salceda’s evidence, 154

_Egypt_, eggs artificially hatched in, i. 214;
disaffected to the Turks, 273

_Elbœuf_, Marquis of, cousin of the Duke of Guise, one of the leaders
of the League, ii. 241;
seizes Caen, 245

_Elephant_, that danced and played ball, i. 128

_Elizabeth_, Queen of England, peace renewed between her and France,
ii. 60;
anecdote of her, 61;
said to have sent Alençon money, 143;
conspiracy against her, 212;
sends the Garter to the King, 235;
reported attempt on her life, 240;
offers the King 6,000 horse, 246;
fresh conspiracy against her, 247;
openly takes Holland and Zealand under her protection, 251

_Elizabeth_, daughter of Maximilian, widow of Charles IX., sends her
carriages for Busbecq, ii. 5;
her proposed marriage to Henry III., 6;
the general topic of conversation, 11;
her uncomfortable position in Paris, 14;
difficulties about her dower, _ib._;
her illness apprehended, 22;
her recovery, 24;
questions as to her future arrangements, 25;
report of her marriage to Henry III. discredited, 27;
her health, 29;
marriage with King of Portugal talked of, 30, 77;
arrangements as to her establishment and return, 31, 32;
wishes Busbecq to go to the King, 33;
her escort home, 47;
consults Busbecq as to her conduct to the new Queen, 51;
shows him the Queen-Mother’s letter, _ib._;
suggested for the governorship of the Netherlands, 54;
how her current expenses are to be provided, _ib._;
intends going to Amboise after Easter, 58;
anxious to see her daughter, but prevented by want of funds, 64;
no money to pay her servants, 65;
her position intolerable, 67;
longs to return and also to see her daughter, 78;
her poverty, _ib._;
her illness caused by anxiety, 79;
arrangements about her journey, 84, 115, 119, 123;
the municipality of Paris inclined to defray her expenses, 91;
requires money, 92;
receives proposal from Duke Eric of Brunswick, 94;
starts for Amboise, 96;
arrives there, 97;
the date of her departure, 109;
questions about her route, 110-111;
her anxiety to leave, 113;
sends Orleans wine to her father, 124;
starts from Paris, 128;
arrives at Nancy, 129;
present at the Duke of Brunswick’s wedding, _ib._;
sends courier to Madame d’Aremberg, 130;
arrives at Bâle, Augsburg, and Munich, 133, 134;
whether her route is to be by land or water, 133;
her health, 135; anxious to reach her father, 136;
her life and character, _ib._ _note_;
business relating to her, 141;
her rights disregarded, 172;
curtailment of her income from the troubles in France probable,
256

_Elizabeth_, daughter of the preceding, probably will not be allowed
to leave France, ii. 56;
is delicate, 58;
description of her, 97, and _note_

_Elkass_ Mirza, assisted by Solyman against his brother, Shah Tahmasp,
i. 301

_Endhoven_, town in Brabant, capitulates, ii. 182

_English_ ambassador suspected of intriguing with Alençon, ii. 99-100.;
See also _Derby_, Earl of

_Epernon_, Duke of, favourite of the King, applies for governorship
of Brittany, ii. 172;
King wishes the Duke of Lorraine to give him his daughter, 176;
description of him, 177;
King wishes to make him governor of Metz, 184;
Alençon advised to secure his interest, 213;
escorts Alençon on his departure, 214;
sent to the King of Navarre, 220;
honourably received by him, 223;
ill of scrofula, 230;
his reported marriage to Navarre’s sister, 242;
finds out where his hat is, 246;
sent to his command at Metz, 251

_Eric_, Duke of Brunswick, proposes for Elizabeth, ii. 94, and _note_;
reported preparations for his marriage to Dorothea, the Duke of
Lorraine’s sister, 124;
his wedding, 129

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

_Erzeroum_, the Pasha of, how deceived by Bajazet, i. 304-305;
afterwards put to death by Selim, 305

_Espinoy_, Prince of, accompanies the Netherland ambassadors to France,
ii. 234

_Essek_, town of, famous battle there, i. 166

_Este_, the Cardinal of, applies for the honour of escorting the Queen,
ii. 55, and _note_;
accompanies her to Bourg-la-Reine, 96;
appointed to escort her, 126;
returns to Paris on account of plot to waylay him, 130

_Estrées_, d’, family of, banished from Court, ii. 13

_Etampes_, town of, taken by Navarre, ii. 252

_Eunuchs_ of Solyman’s bed-chamber, the chief of the, procures Pialé
Pasha’s pardon, i. 324;
de Sandé recalled at his wish, 326.
See also _Hassan_ Aga

_Evreux_, town of, threatened by Navarre, ii, 258

_Fast_, the Turkish, how kept, i. 290-291

_Ferdinand_, King of Hungary and Bohemia, King of the Romans
and afterwards Emperor, summons Busbecq to Vienna, i. 77;
Busbecq’s interview with him, 78;
sends Malvezzi to the Porte, _ib._;
recovers Transylvania, 79;
sends Zay and Wranczy to the Porte, 80;
engaged at the Imperial Diet, 172;
sends Busbecq back to Constantinople, 175;
his bounty to Busbecq, 344;
at Frankfort, 397;
receives Busbecq graciously, 398;
panegyric on him, 401-414;
his Fabian tactics, 409;
his difficulties, 411

_Ferdinand_, the Archduke, sees Busbecq at Vienna, i. 171-172;
commands at the relief of Szigeth, 237;
honour he thereby acquired, 239;
declines to give Ibrahim an audience except _incognito_, 398

_Ferrara_, the Duke of, a candidate for the Polish crown, ii. 43

_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_