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
_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_;
king undertakes to pay him 500,000 francs, 127;
his covenant for mutual defence with Condé, _ib._;
sends one of his officers to Elizabeth, 130;
will not hear of a truce, 131;
sends to Queen of England about the Cologne business, 184;
application to him suggested in congress of Middelburg, 202
_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
_Cateau Cambrésis_, town of, taken by Parma, ii. 157;
annoyance caused by its garrison, 162;
Biron’s attempt on it repulsed by Parma, 202
_Cathay_, or China, account of, given by a Turkish pilgrim, i. 359-362
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