_Dower_, the Queen’s, Duchy of Berry said to be assigned as, ii. 20; further reports about it, 26; Pibrac’s statement about it, 30; impossible to get the whole charged on Crown Lands, 53, 56; two proposals as to settlement thereof, 85; valuation made of property assigned for it, 108; final arrangement about it, 109 _Duck_, species of, whose cry was like a post horn, i. 139 _Duel_, a, in France, ii. 188-191 _Duelling_, Turkish opinion about, i. 244 _Earthquake_, at Adrianople, i. 200; at Constantinople, _ib._ _Egmont_, Count, Louise de Vaudemont his niece, ii. 51; his brother compromised by Salceda’s evidence, 154 _Egypt_, eggs artificially hatched in, i. 214; disaffected to the Turks, 273 _Elbœuf_, Marquis of, cousin of the Duke of Guise, one of the leaders of the League, ii. 241; seizes Caen, 245 _Elephant_, that danced and played ball, i. 128 _Elizabeth_, Queen of England, peace renewed between her and France, ii. 60; anecdote of her, 61; said to have sent Alençon money, 143; conspiracy against her, 212; sends the Garter to the King, 235; reported attempt on her life, 240; offers the King 6,000 horse, 246; fresh conspiracy against her, 247; openly takes Holland and Zealand under her protection, 251 _Elizabeth_, daughter of Maximilian, widow of Charles IX., sends her carriages for Busbecq, ii. 5; her proposed marriage to Henry III., 6; the general topic of conversation, 11; her uncomfortable position in Paris, 14; difficulties about her dower, _ib._; her illness apprehended, 22; her recovery, 24; questions as to her future arrangements, 25; report of her marriage to Henry III. discredited, 27; her health, 29; marriage with King of Portugal talked of, 30, 77; arrangements as to her establishment and return, 31, 32; wishes Busbecq to go to the King, 33; her escort home, 47; consults Busbecq as to her conduct to the new Queen, 51; shows him the Queen-Mother’s letter, _ib._; suggested for the governorship of the Netherlands, 54; how her current expenses are to be provided, _ib._; intends going to Amboise after Easter, 58; anxious to see her daughter, but prevented by want of funds, 64; no money to pay her servants, 65; her position intolerable, 67; longs to return and also to see her daughter, 78; her poverty, _ib._; her illness caused by anxiety, 79; arrangements about her journey, 84, 115, 119, 123; the municipality of Paris inclined to defray her expenses, 91; requires money, 92; receives proposal from Duke Eric of Brunswick, 94; starts for Amboise, 96; arrives there, 97; the date of her departure, 109; questions about her route, 110-111;