_Ferdinand_, King of Hungary and Bohemia, King of the Romans and afterwards Emperor, summons Busbecq to Vienna, i. 77; Busbecq’s interview with him, 78; sends Malvezzi to the Porte, _ib._; recovers Transylvania, 79; sends Zay and Wranczy to the Porte, 80; engaged at the Imperial Diet, 172; sends Busbecq back to Constantinople, 175; his bounty to Busbecq, 344; at Frankfort, 397; receives Busbecq graciously, 398; panegyric on him, 401-414; his Fabian tactics, 409; his difficulties, 411 _Ferdinand_, the Archduke, sees Busbecq at Vienna, i. 171-172; commands at the relief of Szigeth, 237; honour he thereby acquired, 239; declines to give Ibrahim an audience except _incognito_, 398 _Ferrara_, the Duke of, a candidate for the Polish crown, ii. 43 _Ferrier_, M. de, formerly Ambassador at Venice, sent by the King to the King of Navarre, ii. 182 _Fervaques_, officer of Alençon, said to be the suggester of the French Fury, ii. 169; a prisoner, _ib._; his execution demanded by the Antwerp citizens, 175; presented by Alençon with an abbacy, 181; attempt to assassinate him, 209 _Fiesco_, the Comte de, account of him, ii. 26, and _note_; mentioned 33; refuses to leave the Queen’s service, 52 _Fire-arms_, objection of the Turks to, i. 242-243 _Flagellants_, guilds of, ii. 45; new guild of, instituted by the King, 179; punishment of footmen who mocked, 180 _Flushing_, town of, bought by Orange, ii. 183 _Foix_, François de, Comte de Candale and Bishop of Aire, dedicates a translation of Hermes Trismegistus to Maximilian, ii. 17, and _note_ _Fontenay_, town in Poitou, besieged, ii. 10; taken, 12 _Forez_, county of Le, the Queen’s dower partly charged on, ii. 109 _France_, M. de, the Queen’s first steward, ii. 33 _France_, state of, ii. 38-42, 48-50, 67-68, 70-73, 77, 87-89; no money but French or Spanish allowed in, 151; dreadful weather in, 163; on the brink of war, 241 _Francis I._, influences the Sorbonne to decide in Henry VIII.’s favour, ii. 27 _Franciscan friar_, story of a, i. 340 _Frederic III._, Emperor, his alliance with the House of Portugal, ii. 77, and _note_ _Frederic III._, Elector Palatine, his reception of Henry III., ii. 15 _note_ _Fregosi_, a great Genoese family, ii. 89, and _note_ _French gentlemen_, their characters, ii. 72, 92 _Fünfkirchen_, Bishop of, defeated by Ali Pasha, i. 236 _Gannat_, town in the Bourbonnais, added to the Queen’s dower, ii. 109 _Gaston_, Don. See _Medina-Celi_, Duke of. _Genoa_, a safety-valve for restless Frenchmen, ii. 89 _George, St._, identified by the Turks with their hero, Chederle, i. 148; how painted by the Greeks, 150; greatly venerated by the Mingrelians, 251