259 The date of Bajazet’s death was September 25, 1561.
261 See Sketch of Hungarian History.
262 Compare page 159.
263 Theriac, the original form of the word treacle, is derived from θηρίον, i.e. a venomous serpent (see Acts xxviii. 4). It originally meant a confection of vipers’ flesh, which was popularly believed to be the most potent antidote to vipers’ poison. Hence the word came to mean any antidote against poison.
264 The value of this balsam is illustrated by the amusing account of the adventures in Ireland of Jean de Montluc, Bishop of Valence, given by Sir James Melville in his Memoirs (page 10, Bannatyne Club edition). Like his friend Busbecq (see vol. ii. p. 34, Letter to Maximilian, XI.) he had been ambassador at the Turkish Court, and was afterwards sent in the same capacity to Scotland. On his return he paid a visit to Ireland to intrigue with the chieftains who were hostile to England. Melville, then a boy of fourteen, was sent back with him by Mary of Guise, the Queen Regent, to be a page to her daughter Queen Mary. They landed on Shrove Tuesday, 1550, in Lough Foyle, and were taken to Odocarte’s house. A woman, who had been brought to entertain the bishop, and was kept quietly in his chamber, ‘found a little glass within a case standing in a window, for the coffers were all wet by the sea waves that fell in the ship during the storm. But she believed it had been ordained to eat, because it had an odoriphant smell; therefore she licked it clean out; which put the bishop in such a rage that he cried out for impatience.... But the Irishmen and his own servants laughed at the matter, for it was a phial of the only most precious balm that grew in Egypt, which Solyman the great Turk had given in a present to the said bishop, after he had been two years ambassador for the King of France in Turkey, and was esteemed worth two thousand crowns.’
266 Here we part from the gallant Spaniard. For his future career see note p. 317. He was finally Governor of Oran, ‘où il a finy ses jours fort vieux et cassé.’—Brantôme, i. 219.
267 The then Duke, or rather Elector, of Saxony, was Augustus the Pious, who succeeded his brother, the famous Maurice, in 1553, and died in 1586. The Duke of Bavaria was Albert III., surnamed the Magnanimous, who reigned from 1550 to 1579. His wife was a daughter of Ferdinand. William the Rich was then Duke of Juliers, Cleves and Berg, &c. He reigned from 1539 to 1592, and he also had married a daughter of Ferdinand. He was younger brother of Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII.’s fourth wife.
268 Ferdinand might have defended himself by the example of his predecessor Sigismund. See the story in Carlyle’s Frederick the Great, i. 187, of his speech at the Council of Constance. “‘Right Reverend Fathers, date operam ut illa nefanda schisma eradicetur,’ exclaimed Sigismund, intent on having the Bohemian schism well dealt with,—which he reckons to be of the feminine gender. To which a Cardinal mildly remarking, ‘Domine, schisma est generis neutrius (Schisma is neuter, your Majesty),’ Sigismund loftily replies, ‘Ego sum Rex Romanus et super grammaticam (I am King of the Romans, and above Grammar)!’”
269 An allusion to Horace, Odes, iii. 3, 1-10.
270 In the battle of Nicopolis, A.D. 1396, Bajazet defeated Sigismund, King of Hungary (afterwards Emperor), and a confederate army of 100,000 Christians, who had proudly boasted that if the sky should fall, they would uphold it on their lances. Among them was John, Count of Nevers, son of Philippe-le-Hardi, Duke of Burgundy, afterwards the Duke known as Jean Sans-Peur, who led a contingent of French knights. In the battle of Varna, A.D. 1444, Ladislaus, King of Hungary and Poland, was defeated, and killed by Sultan Amurath II. For Mohacz, see Sketch of Hungarian History.
271 Compare Camoens: ‘Eu nunca louvarei o general que diz “Eu não cuidei.”—I will never praise the general who excuses himself by saying, “I thought not.”’
272 See Sketch of Hungarian History.
273 The Suleimanyeh, or mosque of Solyman, is the most glorious masterpiece of Ottoman architecture. It is built after the pattern of St. Sophia, and was intended to surpass it. As regards the regularity of the plan, the perfection of the individual parts, and the harmony of the whole, that intention appears to have been fully attained. It was begun in 1550 and finished in 1555.
274 Johann Trautson von Matray, Freiherr von Sprechenstein, &c., descended from an ancient Tyrolese family, was Governor of the Tyrol, and Privy Councillor and Lord High Chamberlain to Ferdinand, who created him a Baron. Leonard von Harrach, a member of an ancient Bohemian family, Privy Councillor and Court Chancellor of Ferdinand, is probably the person meant.
275 Mattioli or Matthioli, an Italian physician, was one of the founders of modern botany. He was born at Siena in 1500, and died at Trent in 1577. He was educated at Venice and Padua, and afterwards lived at Siena and Rome, but was compelled by the sack of the latter city to retire to Trent, from which he removed to Goritz. In 1562 he was summoned by Ferdinand to his Court, where for ten years he was first physician to Maximilian. His most celebrated work is his Dioscorides and his Commentary on that author. In this he made especial use of two MSS. discovered at Constantinople by his intimate friend Busbecq, one of which is presently mentioned in the text.
Mattioli in his Commentaries, continually refers to the specimens and information he had received from Quacquelben, Busbecq’s physician. He gives a figure and description of the Acorus, the plant mentioned in the text, which Busbecq had had collected for him from the Lake of Nicomedia, and also mentions the Napellus under the head of Aconite. Apparently there were two species known by that name, one of which was extremely poisonous. Mattioli gives instances of experiments tried with it upon condemned criminals, some of which proved fatal. Mattioli also describes and gives figures of the horse-chestnut and lilac, taken from branches and seed sent him by Busbecq.
Quacquelben took advantage of the return of Busbecq’s colleagues in August 1557, to send Mattioli a box of specimens accompanied by a long letter, which, with Mattioli’s reply, is printed among the letters of the latter.
276 The sweet or aromatic flag was used as a medicine in cases of bites from mad dogs, &c. See Salmon’s Herbal. It was also used for scenting rooms, and for ornamental purposes. See Evelyn’s description of Lady Clarendon’s seat at Swallowfield: ‘The waters are flagg’d about with Calamus aromaticus, with which my lady has hung a closet that retains the smell very perfectly,’ Diary, p. 490. See also Syme’s English Botany, vol. ix. p. 11.
278 Matarieh, a village near Cairo, occupies the site of the ancient On or Heliopolis, where Cleopatra’s Needles originally stood.
280 This MS. was purchased by the Emperor, and is still preserved at Vienna. It is one of the most ancient and remarkable MSS. in existence. It was written at Constantinople, towards the end of the fifth century, for Juliana Anicia, daughter of the Emperor Olybrius, who died A.D. 472. On the second and third pages are two miniatures, each representing seven famous botanists and physicians assembled in consultation. Among those represented in the second are Dioscorides himself and Cratevas. On the fifth page is a picture of Dioscorides engaged in the composition of his work. Visconti considers that the resemblance of the two portraits of Dioscorides proves that they were taken from a real original, and are not imaginary. On the sixth page is a picture of Juliana Anicia seated on a throne between two allegorical figures of Wisdom and Magnanimity. A winged Cupid, above whom is written ‘The Love of the Creator of Wisdom,’ is presenting her with an open book, while a kneeling figure entitled Gratitude is kissing the feet of the princess. Engravings of these pictures, which, apart from their antiquity, are remarkable as works of art, are given by Visconti, Iconographie Grecque, vol. i. ch. 7, and by Montfaucon, Palæographia Græca, bk. iii. ch. 2. Throughout the MS. the description of each plant is illustrated by a figure.
Dioscorides was a famous botanist and physician, who wrote a celebrated treatise on Materia Medica. Cratevas was a Greek herbalist, who is supposed to have lived about the beginning of the first century B.C. The great work of Busbecq’s friend, Mattioli (see note 1 page 415), was his edition of Dioscorides.
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- 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;
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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;
- 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;
- 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
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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
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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;
- 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
- 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
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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;
- 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;
-
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;
- 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
-
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;
- 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
- 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;
- 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
- Henry VIII., King of England, decision of the Sorbonne on the validity of his marriage, ii. 27, and note
-
Henry III., King of France, his obligations to Maximilian, ii, 6, note;
- expected at Lyons, 7;
- hires Swiss and other troops, 8;
- arrives at Lyons, 9;
- resolves to continue the war, 12;
- and begins it with a light heart, 13;
- offers an amnesty, ib.;
- cedes certain towns to the Duke of Savoy, ib.;
- his reception by the Elector Palatine, 15, note;
- his return to Paris uncertain, 20;
- publishes a second edict, 23;
- report of his marriage to his brother’s widow discredited and why, 27;
- likely to go to Avignon, 28;
- said to have fallen in love with Louise de Vaudemont, 32;
- gives Busbecq an audience, 36, 55, 59, 85, 106, 107;
- under his mother’s influence, 37;
- sets out for Rheims, 38;
- his character, 43;
- wishes to keep Poland for one of his children, ib.;
- at the Cardinal de Lorraine’s funeral, 46;
- orders his ambassador at Constantinople to support Maximilian’s interests, 49, and note;
- about to marry Louise de Vaudemont, 51;
- his unpopularity 57;
- gives away all Damville’s offices, 69;
- cannot digest the rebel demands, 70;
- suffering from influenza, 74;
- raises fresh cavalry, 81;
- promises an escort for Elizabeth, 84, 86;
- his goodwill to Maximilian, 86;
- hopes Montmorency is innocent, ib.;
- convenes a mock States-General, 87;
- orders the crops in Languedoc to be burnt, 88;
- his amusements, 91;
- wishes to keep Poland, 92;
- accompanies the Queen to the gates of Paris, 96;
- his military preparations, 97;
- appoints Guise his lieutenant, 98;
- orders the ambassadors to move into Paris, 100;
- sends Nevers in pursuit of Alençon, 102;
- his remarks on Alençon’s conduct, 107;
- his interference in the quarrel between du Guast and Thoré, 118;
- regrets the Queen’s departure, 123;
- sends Maximilian a present of grey-hounds and lime-hounds, 124;
- undertakes to pay Casimir and his troops 500,000 francs, 127;
- pledges jewels to Duke of Lorraine, ib.;
- his unwilling consent to the truce, 128;
- disclaims all responsibility for Alençon, 141;
- goes to Lyons, 145;
- his fondness for pilgrimages, 145, 156, and note;
- goes to Bourbon-les-Bains, 149;
- more favourable to Alençon’s enterprise, 150;
- witnesses Salceda’s execution, 153;
- his interview with him, 154;
- his reply to the Spanish ambassador, 155;
- makes a pilgrimage to Nôtre Dame de Liesse, 156;
- commands the Bretons to build fifty galleys, ib.;
- orders money to be paid to Alençon, ib.;
- expected in Paris, 158;
- sends commissioners through France, ib.;
- who returned without success, 172;
- his financial expedients, 160;
- his extravagance, 172, 178;
- his conduct unfavourably criticised, 173;
- moves troops to the frontier, ib.;
- presses the Duke of Lorraine to betroth his daughter to Epernon, 176;
- his affection for Joyeuse and Epernon, 178;
- institutes a new order of Flagellants, 179;
- orders footmen who mimicked the Flagellants to be whipped, 180;
- his devotion to religious observances, 182;
- sends M. de Ferrier to the King of Navarre, ib.;
- going to Foullenbraye to drink the Spa waters, 183;
- in bad health, ib.;
- urged by the Pope to accept and publish the decrees of the Council of Trent, 184;
- wishes to make Epernon governor of Metz, ib.;
- hopes to profit by the troubles at Cologne, 185;
- will go to Lyons, ib.;
- sends a courier with an autograph letter to Joyeuse, 187;
- hurries back to Paris, ib.;
- going to Lyons, ib.;
- his outbreak against his sister, 192;
- writes to Navarre accusing her, 193;
- sets out for Lyons to meet Joyeuse, 194;
- his demands from the Pope through Joyeuse, 197;
- refused, 198;
- goes to Saint-Germain en Laye on account of the plague, 201;
- his financial difficulties, ib.;
- not sorry for Alençon’s absence, 203;
- regrets his outburst against his sister, ib.;
- said to have written to Alençon cautioning him, 205;
- holding assemblies at Saint-Germain, 206;
- attempts to enforce his sumptuary laws about dress, 207;
- intends to reform, 210;
- in retirement at Saint-Germain, 211;
- returns to Paris, 213;
- meets Alençon, ib.;
- going to take Cambrai under his protection, 214;
- resolved to make Joyeuse’s father governor of Languedoc, ib.;
- his attack on the Prior of Champagne, 215-216, and note;
- gives up his campaign against Damville, 218;
- estranged from his wife, 219;
- said to be thinking of a divorce, 220;
- sends Epernon to Aquitaine, ib.;
- intends going to Lyons, ib.;
- wears black mourning for Alençon, 221;
- goes to Lyons, 224;
- asks Navarre to come to him, offering to make him Lieutenant-General of the kingdom, ib.;
- returns from Lyons, 227;
- building a church for himself and his penitents, ib.;
- his campaign against vice, ib.;
- goes to the Loire, 228;
- is driven away from Blois by the plague and returns to Saint-Germain, 230;
- has a chance of trying his power of healing scrofula, 231;
- undecided as to assisting the Netherlanders, 232;
- grants their ambassadors a private audience, 234;
- invested with the Garter, 235;
- reluctant to take up the cause of the Netherlands, ib.;
- distressed at attempt to assassinate Navarre, 236;
- his final answer to the Netherland ambassadors, 237;
- suspected of secretly approving of the Guises’ plans, 240;
- neglects the Duke of Bouillon’s warning, 241;
- difficulties of his position, 244;
- sends deputies in vain, 246;
- on condition of receiving 100,000 crowns a month from the clergy, orders the Huguenots to leave France within fifteen days, 247-248, and note;
- recalls his army, 248;
- sequestrates Navarre’s property, 249;
- resolves not to let a Huguenot remain in France, 250;
- sends some Huguenot women to England under his safe conduct, ib.;
- given up to his devotions and living like a hermit, ib.;
- Parliament removed to Tours by him, 256
-
Henry, King of Navarre and Duke of Vendôme, afterwards King of France, his position and family, ii. 7, note;
- waits at Lyons for the King, 7;
- attends the Cardinal of Lorraine’s funeral, 46;
- accompanies the Queen to the gates of Paris, 96;
- receives his wife courteously, 203;
- demands her punishment if guilty, otherwise that of her accusers, 204;
- said to have sent to Germany to hire reiters, 212;
- given the duchy of Alençon, 222;
- receives Epernon honourably, 223;
- well qualified to lead an army to the Netherlands, 233;
- likely to give his sister to Condé, ib.;
- attempt to assassinate him, 235-236, and note;
- his accession dreaded by the Guises, 238;
- on his guard, 240;
- reported Bull declaring him disqualified for the throne, 243, and note;
- offers assistance to the King, 246;
- Bull declaring him and Condé disqualified to succeed, 249, and note;
- his property sequestrated by the king, ib.;
- attacks the faubourgs of Paris, 251;
- retreats after offering battle, 252;
- retakes Etampes, ib.;
- his plans for the winter, 253;
- takes Vendôme and Le Mans, 254;
- his reported coronation, ib.;
- his declaration about religion, 255;
- said to have made Montmorency Constable, ib.;
- convenes the States-General at Tours, 257;
- attacks Evreux, 258;
- summons Rouen, 259;
- besieges Paris, ib.;
- Cardinal de Gondi and the Archbishop of Lyons sent to him, 260;
- threatens to break off negotiations, 261;
- places his cannon at St. Denis, ib.;
- contrasted as a general with Parma and comparison of their armies, 262-264
- Hermes Trismegistus, reputed work of, translated by François de Foix, ii. 18, and note
- Heydons, kind of banditti, i. 92;
- 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;
- 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;
-
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 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;
-
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;
- 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
-
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;
- Retz, Comtesse de, likely to be one of Elizabeth’s escort, ii. 126
- Rhodope, Mount, i. 106
- Richardot, Councillor, sent to King of Spain, on account of Parma’s conduct, ii. 258
-
Richebourg, Marquis of, formerly resident at the Court of Maximilian, ii. 234;
- killed at the Antwerp bridge, 247
- Rimini, the Bishop of, the Apostolic Nuncio, his death, ii. 198
- Rochefoucauld, goes to the Netherlands, ii. 147
-
Rodolph II., Emperor, suspected of being concerned in the affair of Antwerp, ii. 168;
- said to be betrothed to Philip II.’s daughter, ib.
- Roland, mythic Carlovingian hero, the legend said to be known to the Mingrelians, i. 250, and note
-
Roostem, Grand Vizier, Busbecq and his colleagues visit him, i. 111;
- his origin, character, and abilities, 113-114, 343;
- sent in command against the Shah, 115;
- his dismissal from office, 118;
- restored to office, 176, 190;
- urges Busbecq to remain, 196;
- complains of Hungarian raids, 199;
- his opinion of Busbecq, 234;
- tries to convert him, 235;
- his orthodoxy suspected, ib.;
- his conversation with Busbecq, 235-236;
- his exultation at his kinsman’s raid, and sorrow at his death, 240-241;
- raises a troop of dragoons from his household servants, 242;
- failure of the experiment, 243;
- his remarks on Busbecq’s obstinacy, 261;
- his emblematic present, 263-264;
- warns Busbecq not to quarrel with the Janissaries, 296;
- excites Solyman’s wrath against Pialé, 324;
- his conversation with de Sandé in the Divan, 325;
- refuses to let Busbecq leave his house on account of the plague, 333;
- his death, 334;
- contrasted with Ali, 343, 345;
- story of him and Busbecq, 344;
- dreaded interviews with Lavigne, 354;
- scene at one, 355;
- his conduct towards Busbecq’s servants when falsely accused, 367-368
- Rouen, threatened by Navarre, ii. 257, 259
- Roxolana, Solyman’s wife, her real name Khourrem, account of her, i. 111-112, and note;
-
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;
-
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;
- 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
- 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;
- 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