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
_Crane_, story of a Balearic, i. 207
_Cratevas_, a Greek herbalist, fragments of, in Busbecq’s MS. of
Dioscorides, i. 417, and _note_
_Dadian_, King of the Mingrelians, his appearance and character,
i. 245;
his capture and escape, 246-247;
his presents to Solyman, 251-252
_Dalmatian_ horseman, his objection to fire-arms, i. 241-242
_Damville_, Comte de, afterwards Duc de Montmorency, sketch of him,
ii. 11, _note_;
summoned by the King, _ib._;
said to have caused Montpellier to revolt, 22;
to have made an attempt on Avignon, 23;
prepares to defend himself, 32;
carries war through Languedoc and Guienne, 56;
report of his death, 68, and _note_;
terms of peace to be referred to him, 70;
comes to life again, 77;
King wishes to deprive him of his government, 187;
intended campaign against him, 214;
pronounced contumacious by the Parliament, _ib._;
campaign given up, 218;
said to be appointed Constable of France by Navarre, 255.
_Dantzic_, amber merchant of, at Constantinople, i. 257
_Dauphin_, the Prince. See _Montpensier_
_Delegates_ from the rebels expected in Paris, and their demands,
ii. 57, 60;
sent back with the King’s answer, 60
_Dendermonde_, Alençon withdraws thither, ii. 168;
attacked by Parma, 226
_Denmark_, King of, application to the, suggested in Congress of
Middelburg, ii. 202;
his eldest daughter married to King James of Scotland, 258
_Derby_, Earl of, comes to Paris as the bearer of the Order of the
Garter from Queen Elizabeth to the King, ii. 234;
his magnificent reception, 237;
his departure, _ib._
_Diest_, town belonging to Prince of Orange, blockaded by Parma,
ii. 157;
surrenders to him, 162;
recovered by him, 183
_Dietrichstein_, Adam von, Austrian Baron, i. 325, _note_;
ransoms his brother-in-law, _ib._
_Dijon_, the Pope’s legate summons people of Langres to, ii. 257;
transfers their bishopric to, _ib._
_Dioscorides_, famous MS. of, found by Busbecq at Constantinople,
i. 417, and _note_
_Divan_, custom of entertaining ambassadors on leaving in the,
i. 159, 387;
meaning of the word, 197;
Busbecq and his colleagues summoned thither, _ib._;
scene there, 232-234;
de Sandé brought before, 325;
debate there as to whether Busbecq should be allowed to bring wine
into Constantinople, 332
_Divorce_, Turkish laws about, i. 230
_Dixmude_, hard pressed, ii. 194
_Djerbé_, account of the Spanish defeat at, i. 317, _note_, and 317-321
_Dodona_, the oak of, alluded to, i. 272
_Dorothea_, sister of the Duke of Lorraine, her marriage, ii. 124, 129
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