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
_Charlemagne_, the Emperor, dispersed the Saxons, i. 359;
House of Guise said to be descended from him, ii. 238
_Charles V._, the Emperor, his truce with the Turks, i. 78;
Turkish recollection of his victories, 318;
standard with his arms rescued by Busbecq, 322-323;
etiquette at his court, ii. 159-160
_Charles IX._, King of France, questions as to his leaving a will,
ii. 33;
had appointed his brother Henry his Lieutenant, 104
_Charlotte de Bourbon_, daughter of the Duke of Montpensier,
her marriage with the Prince of Orange, ii. 66, and _note_;
her death, 142
_Chartres_, attempt on town of, ii. 98;
Nevers’ head-quarters, 102;
said to have gone over to Navarre, 255
_Chattes_, M. de, a Knight of Malta, commanding Don Antonio’s fleet,
ii. 188
_Chederle_, fabulous hero identified by the Turks with St. George,
legend of, i. 148-150
_Chios_, tame partridges from, i. 212;
how reared, 213;
its Genoese inhabitants, and its form of government, 323,
and _note_;
Spanish officers left there, _ib._
_Cicero_, his statements as to the _pinna_ and _pinna-guard_ referred
to, i. 339
_Ciphers_, Pashas puzzled by supposed, i. 233;
Busbecq draws some up, ii. 48
_Claudius_, the Emperor, the story of his murder alluded to, i. 172
_Clervant_, M. de, Huguenot leader, taken prisoner, ii. 104, and _note_
_Cocq_, Jerome de, Busbecq asks his salary to be paid to, ii. 50
_Codignac_, M. de, French Ambassador at Constantinople, his quarrel
with his successor, i. 370
_Coins_, ancient, found by Busbecq, i. 94, 139, 141
_Colchians._ See _Mingrelians_
_Cologne_, disturbances at, ii. 162, and _note_;
King hopes to profit by them, 185
_Compiègne_, attempt to surprise, ii. 88
_Condé_, Prince de, expected to take the field, ii. 32;
messenger from him at Avignon, 41;
some wish him sent to Hungary against the Turk, 49;
likely to invade France, 68;
terms of peace to be referred to him, 70;
suggestion that he should go to assist Orange, 72;
said to be coming with an army, 88;
Mezières appointed as his residence, 127;
his covenant for mutual defence with Casimir, _ib._;
will not hear of a truce, 131;
spoken of for the command in the Netherlands, 233;
marriage reported between him and Navarre’s sister, _ib._;
report of a bull declaring him disqualified to succeed to the
throne, 243, 249;
marches on Angers, but fails in his enterprise, 248
_Constantinople_, description of, and its antiquities, &c., i. 122-127;
the Sultan’s sons not allowed to enter, 187;
entry of Turkish fleet into, 321
_Cossé_, Maréchal de, imprisoned in the Bastile, ii. 8;
sketch of him, _ib._, _note_;
his illness, 19;
will probably go with Montmorency to Alençon, 105
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