_Antonio_, Don, pretender to the crown of Portugal, his Constable killed, ii. 146; returns to France, 161; goes to Dieppe, _ib._; engaged in equipping a fleet, 178; expenses of his household at Ruel, 183; his new fleet reaches the Azores, 188; said to be intended as the commander of the French forces in the Netherlands, 235 _Antwerp_, the French Fury at, ii. 164-168; tumult against Orange there, 176; strictly blockaded, 231; hard pressed, 236; equipment of fleet to relieve, 240; cutting the dykes near, _ib._; the bridge destroyed, 247; gunpowder sent to Paris from, 254 _Antwerp_, inhabitants of, their kind treatment of the prisoners, ii. 169; their statement, 171; demand ransom, 173; complete breach between them and Alençon, _ib._; demand the execution of Fervaques, 175; their confidence in Orange diminished, 185, 186; ready to suffer the worst rather than submit, 217; resolved to hold out, 229 _Archery_, Turkish skill in, i. 253 _Aremberg_, the Countess of, ii. 113, _note_; writes to announce her arrival at Nancy, 114; notice sent to her of date of the Queen’s departure, 126; delayed in reaching Nancy by a mistake, 130 _Arslan Bey_, Sanjak-bey of Stuhlweissenburg, his feud with Veli Bey, i. 244 _Arundel_, Earl of, arrested for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth, ii. 212; will probably be pardoned, _ib._; again arrested, 247 _Athenæus_, his statement as to the _pinna_ and _pinna guard_ referred to, i. 339 _Aubigny_, Comte d’, and Duke of Lennox, reported to be besieged in Scotland, ii. 148, and _note_ _Auger_, Edmund, the king’s confessor, rebuked by Catherine de Medici, ii. 182 _Aumale_, the Duke of, accompanies the Queen to Bourg-la-Reine, ii. 96; a leader of the League, 241; seizes places in Normandy, 245 _Aumont_, Maréchal d’, with Navarre, ii. 262 _Auxonne_, town in Burgundy, its inhabitants charge their governor with treason and pull down the fortifications, ii. 248-249 _Axylos_, woodless tract in Asia Minor, i. 215 _Babocsa_, a Hungarian fortress, i. 237 _Baden_, the Margrave of, meets the Queen, ii. 134 _Bailen_, the Comte de, Spanish ambassador, starts for Lyons, ii. 11; arrives at Paris, 22; leaves Paris, 28 _Baily_, title of the Venetian ambassador, i. 226, _note_; his interposition, 226; unable to help the imprisoned pilgrims, 352; his surprise at the release of Busbecq’s servants without a bribe, 368 _Bairam_, the feast of, parents allowed to see their married daughters at, i. 229, and _note_; description of its celebration by the Turkish army, 302-304 _Bajazet I._, Sultan, indignities he and his wife received from Tamerlane, i. 112