[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];
- Aconite or Napellus, used by Turkish pilgrim, i. [362]
- Acorus calamus, plant sent by Busbecq to Mattioli, i. [415]
- Adrianople, town of, i. [107];
- 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];
- 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.;
- 312 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];
- 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];
- Angoulême, town of, demanded by Alençon, ii. [120]
- Angora, town of, description of the, i. [142];
- 313 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];
- Antwerp, the French Fury at, ii. [164]-168;
- Antwerp, inhabitants of, their kind treatment of the prisoners, ii. [169];
- Archery, Turkish skill in, i. [253]
- Aremberg, the Countess of, ii. [113], note;
- Arslan Bey, Sanjak-bey of Stuhlweissenburg, his feud with Veli Bey, i. [244]
- 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];
- 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];
- Baily, title of the Venetian ambassador, i. [226], note;
- 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];
- 314 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];
- 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];
- Belgrade, town of, described, i. [93];
- 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;
- 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]
- 315 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];
- Billy, Seigneur de, killed at the Antwerp bridge, ii. [247]
- Birague, Cardinal de, Chancellor of France, ii. [39];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- Brussels, to be Alençon’s residence, ii. [175];
- 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];
- 317 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];
- 318 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];
- 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;
- 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]
- 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];
- 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];
- 320 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];
- 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;
- Cossé, Maréchal de, imprisoned in the Bastile, ii. [8];
- 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];
- 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]
- 321
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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 322 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];
- 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;
- 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;
- 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]
- 323 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;
- 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];
- Fiesco, the Comte de, account of him, ii. [26], and note;
- Fire-arms, objection of the Turks to, i. [242]-243
- Flagellants, guilds of, ii. [45];
- 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
- 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;
- 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];
- 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];
- 324 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];
- 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];
- Guast, Louis du, one of the King’s favourites, his murder, ii. [116]. and note;
- 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];
- 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]
- 325 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];
- 326 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];
- 327 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];
- 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];
- 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;
- 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];
- 328 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];
- 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];
- Koran, any Christian sitting on a, punished with death, i. [111];
- Kurds, their origin, i. [275], and note;
- 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;
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
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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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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 331 the Vizierial Pashas, afterwards Grand Vizier, despatched by Solyman to Selim, i. [270];
- 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];
- 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;
- 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;
- 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];
- 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;
- Montpensier, Duc de, son of the preceding, intends going to the Netherlands, ii. [147];
- Morvilliers, Jean de, Bishop of Orleans, ii. [37], note;
- Mufti, Turkish chief priest, consulted by Solyman, i. [116], [272], [374]
- Mustapha, Solyman’s eldest son, his high character and popularity, i. [113];
- Mustapha, the Pretender, his first appearance, i. [179];
- 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];
- Netherlands, news from the, ii. [4], [90], [195];
- dykes opened in the, [205]
- Nevers, Louis Gonzaga, Duc de, ii. [82], note;
- 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];
- 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];
- 333 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]
- 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];
- Paris, Pierre de Gondi, Bishop of, and Chancellor to Elizabeth, ii. [33];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- Philippopolis, town of, i. [106]
- Pialé Pasha, the admiral, sent in command of the Turkish fleet to Djerbé, i. [318];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- Portugal, Sebastian, King of, account of him, ii. [30], note;
- Portuguese Ambassador arrives in Paris, ii. [70];
- 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
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Puygalliard, M. de, acting governor at Cambrai for the King of France, ii. [195];
- leaves the town, [205]
- 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]
- 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];
- 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;
- 336 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;
- Ryhove, Flemish noble, accused by Imbize of conspiracy, ii. [209]
- SALCEDA, implicated in a plot, ii. [148];
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- Schwartzenberg, Count von, meets Elizabeth at Nancy, ii. [129];
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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;
- 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];
- 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];
- 338 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;
- 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];
- 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;
- 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];
- 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
- 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
- 339 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;
- 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];
- Tours, attempt on, ii. [98];
- 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];
- 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]
- 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];
- 340 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];
- Vaudemont, Nicolas, Comte de, the King’s father-in-law, a probable peacemaker, ii. [63];
- 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]
- Vendôme, Duc de. See Henry IV.
- Vendôme, House of, its position, ii. [40]
- Vendôme, retaken by Navarre and the governor executed, ii. [254]
- Vendôme’s sister Catherine, rumours of her intended marriage to Alençon, ii. [51], and note;
- Venetian Baily. See Baily
- Venetian goldsmith, adventure of a, i. [224]
- Verdun, town of, taken by Guise, ii. [247]
- Vimioso, the Count of, Don Antonio’s Constable, killed off the Azores, ii. [146]
- Viteaux, the Baron de, a famous duellist, murders du Guast, ii. [116], note;
- account of his death, [189]-191, and notes
- Vopiscus, quoted, i. [214]
- Vulcob, M. de, French Ambassador at Vienna, ii. [36], and note, [85];
- WEASELS, stories of, i. [203]
- Wranczy or Verantius, Antony, Bishop of Fünfkirchen, afterwards of Erlau and finally Archbishop of Gran, sent as ambassador to the Porte, i. [80];
- Busbecq finds him at Constantinople, [111]
- Wyss, Albert de, comes with presents from Ferdinand to the Sultan, i. [297]
- YPRES, given up for lost, ii. [194];
- still blockaded by Parma, [199]
- still blockaded by Parma, [199]
- ZAY, Francis, commander of the Danube flotilla known as Nassades, afterwards governor of Kaschau, sent as ambassador to the Porte, i. [80];
- Zutphen, town in Gelderland, taken by the Spaniards, ii. [208]
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