The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Vol. 2 (of 2)Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de
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The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de
Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de, 1522-1592
_Bodin_, Jean, paper relating to French Fury attributed to him,
ii. 171, and _note_
_Bokhara_, city of, visited by Turkish pilgrim, i. 360
_Bonnivet_, de, defends Endhoven, ii. 182
_Bosphorus_, description of the Thracian, i. 129, 131;
for distinction between it and the Cimmerian Bosphorus,
see 111, _note_
_Bouchain_, taken by Alençon, ii. 144
_Bouillon_, Godfrey de, first King of Jerusalem, mentioned, i. 250
_Bouillon_, the Duc de, warns the King of the Guises’ preparations,
ii. 241, and _note_
_Bourbon_, Charles, Cardinal de, claims to be successor to the throne,
ii. 228;
reported to intend to give up his orders and to marry the Duchesse
de Montpensier, _ib._;
joins the Guises, 239;
nominally their chief leader, 241;
claims the succession to the throne, 242;
changes his cardinal’s robes for a soldier’s dress, 243;
with the Duke of Guise, 246;
a prisoner, 253, and _note_;
Parliament issues decrees in his name as Charles X., 256;
the Legate summons the people of Langres to acknowledge him as
their king, 257
_Bourbon_, House of, its position, ii. 40;
will be heirs presumptive to the crown on Alençon’s death, 218
_Bourges_, demanded by Alençon, ii. 120;
likely to surrender to Navarre, 255
_Brabant_, people of, pronounce _sevene_ differently from the Flemings,
i. 358;
arrival of ambassadors from them, ii. 214;
all except Antwerp and Bergen likely to submit, 217
_Breda_, peace negotiations opened there, ii. 54
_Brissac_, de, a Leaguer, seizes the citadel of Angers, ii. 245,
and _note_
_Broussa_, execution of Bajazet’s infant son there, i. 382
_Bruges_, obliged to call in garrison of Menin for its protection,
ii. 194;
said to have submitted, 219;
receives a Spanish garrison, 222
_Brussels_, to be Alençon’s residence, ii. 175;
declined by him, 179;
threatened by Parma, 182;
inclined to go over to him, 183;
thinking of surrendering, 229;
surrenders, 236
_Buda_, city of, description of the, i. 89;
hot springs there, 90
_Buda_, the Pasha of, Busbecq’s interviews with, i. 169, 396;
see also _Touighoun_ Pasha
_Bulgarians_, their bread, i. 103;
dress of their women, _ib._;
their origin, history, and language, 105, and _note_
_Buren_, town in Gelderland, taken, ii. 90, and _note_
_Burgundian_ secretary, letter from him to Busbecq, i. 233
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