advised to secure the favour of Joyeuse and Epernon, _ib._; returns to Château Thierry, 214; his serious illness, 216; reported to be in a decline, 217; given over, 218; confined to his bed, 219; importance of his death for France, _ib._; his death, 221; his character, _ib._; preparations for his funeral, _ib._; said to have bequeathed Cambrai to his mother, 222; his funeral, 223 _Ali_ Pasha, second vizier, and afterwards Grand Vizier, his origin and character, i. 157, 342; banquet given by him to Persian ambassador, 157; his foolish speech, 234; becomes Grand Vizier, 334; grants Busbecq’s request to leave his house, _ib._; sends a cavasse to him, 342; contrasted with Roostem, 343-345; his interviews with Busbecq, 345; his policy, 346; his accident, _ib._; conversation with Busbecq about the invasion of Moldavia, 349-351; helps to procure the release of Busbecq’s servants, 368; sends him sweetmeats, 375; informs him of Bajazet’s death, 385; his presents to him on his departure, 388; what he wished in return, 391 _Ali_ Pasha, the eunuch, appointed to the command in Hungary, i. 236; visited by Busbecq and his colleagues, 237; description of him, _ib._; his operations in Hungary, _ib._; his rashness checked by a Sanjak-bey, 238; his discomfiture and death, 239; his speech on the loss of Gran, 240 _Alost_, taken by Alençon, ii. 143 _Alva_, the Duke of, his death, ii. 162 _Amasia_, capital of Cappadocia, description of, i. 150-151; Bajazet ordered thither, 267 _Amber_, great quantities of it exported to Turkey and Persia, i. 257 _Amiens_, attempt to surprise, ii. 88 _Amurath I._, Sultan, his death, i. 153, and _note_ _Ancyranum Monumentum_, account of the, i. 142-143, and _note_ _Angers_, town of, demanded by Alençon, ii. 120; Alençon going to winter there, 202 _Angers_, citadel of, held by de Brissac, ii. 245; surprised by Huguenots, 248; its destruction ordered, 249 _Angoulême_, town of, demanded by Alençon, ii. 120 _Angora_, town of, description of the, i. 142; Bajazet occupies and raises forced loan from merchants of, 275 _Angora_ goats, i. 137, and _note_; manufacture of mohair from their hair, 143 _Annonay_, town in the Vivarais, siege of, ii. 9, and _note_ _Ant_, Indian, as large as a dog, sent as a present by the Shah to Solyman, i. 375, and _note_