_Guise_, House of, its position, ii. 40; its hereditary feuds with House of Navarre, 176-177; sets the League on foot, 238; its claims to the throne, _ib._; understanding with the Pope and the King of Spain, 239; prepares for a campaign, 241; its reasons for offence, 242 _Guises_, their party striving to make themselves masters of France, ii. 224 _Güns_, town in Styria, taken by Solyman, i. 409 _Halys_ (Kizil Irmak), the river, fishing in, i. 145 _Harrach_, Rodolph von, a minister of Ferdinand’s, i. 412 _Hassan_ Aga, chief of the eunuchs of the bed-chamber, sent as ambassador to Persia, i. 380; and again as Bajazet’s executioner, 381 _Havre de Grâce_, likely to surrender to Navarre, ii. 255 _Hawking_, Solyman’s taste for it, i. 198 _Hebrus_, or Maritza, the river, i. 106, 107 _Henry_, one of Busbecq’s servants, his quarrel with the Janissary of Tolna, i. 392-396; does not take de Sandé’s remonstrance in good part, 394 _Henry VIII._, King of England, decision of the Sorbonne on the validity of his marriage, ii. 27, and _note_ _Henry III._, King of France, his obligations to Maximilian, ii, 6, _note_; expected at Lyons, 7; hires Swiss and other troops, 8; arrives at Lyons, 9; resolves to continue the war, 12; and begins it with a light heart, 13; offers an amnesty, _ib._; cedes certain towns to the Duke of Savoy, _ib._; his reception by the Elector Palatine, 15, _note_; his return to Paris uncertain, 20; publishes a second edict, 23; report of his marriage to his brother’s widow discredited and why, 27; likely to go to Avignon, 28; said to have fallen in love with Louise de Vaudemont, 32; gives Busbecq an audience, 36, 55, 59, 85, 106, 107; under his mother’s influence, 37; sets out for Rheims, 38; his character, 43; wishes to keep Poland for one of his children, _ib._; at the Cardinal de Lorraine’s funeral, 46; orders his ambassador at Constantinople to support Maximilian’s interests, 49, and _note_; about to marry Louise de Vaudemont, 51; his unpopularity 57; gives away all Damville’s offices, 69; cannot digest the rebel demands, 70; suffering from influenza, 74; raises fresh cavalry, 81; promises an escort for Elizabeth, 84, 86; his goodwill to Maximilian, 86; hopes Montmorency is innocent, _ib._; convenes a mock States-General, 87; orders the crops in Languedoc to be burnt, 88; his amusements, 91; wishes to keep Poland, 92; accompanies the Queen to the gates of Paris, 96; his military preparations, 97; appoints Guise his lieutenant, 98; orders the ambassadors to move into Paris, 100; sends Nevers in pursuit of Alençon, 102;