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
_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;
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