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
_Henry_, King of Navarre and Duke of Vendôme, afterwards King of
France, his position and family, ii. 7, _note_;
waits at Lyons for the King, 7;
attends the Cardinal of Lorraine’s funeral, 46;
accompanies the Queen to the gates of Paris, 96;
receives his wife courteously, 203;
demands her punishment if guilty, otherwise that of her accusers,
204;
said to have sent to Germany to hire reiters, 212;
given the duchy of Alençon, 222;
receives Epernon honourably, 223;
well qualified to lead an army to the Netherlands, 233;
likely to give his sister to Condé, _ib._;
attempt to assassinate him, 235-236, and _note_;
his accession dreaded by the Guises, 238;
on his guard, 240;
reported Bull declaring him disqualified for the throne, 243,
and _note_;
offers assistance to the King, 246;
Bull declaring him and Condé disqualified to succeed, 249,
and _note_;
his property sequestrated by the king, _ib._;
attacks the faubourgs of Paris, 251;
retreats after offering battle, 252;
retakes Etampes, _ib._;
his plans for the winter, 253;
takes Vendôme and Le Mans, 254;
his reported coronation, _ib._;
his declaration about religion, 255;
said to have made Montmorency Constable, _ib._;
convenes the States-General at Tours, 257;
attacks Evreux, 258;
summons Rouen, 259;
besieges Paris, _ib._;
Cardinal de Gondi and the Archbishop of Lyons sent to him, 260;
threatens to break off negotiations, 261;
places his cannon at St. Denis, _ib._;
contrasted as a general with Parma and comparison of their armies,
262-264
_Hermes Trismegistus_, reputed work of, translated by François de Foix,
ii. 18, and _note_
_Heydons_, kind of banditti, i. 92;
Busbecq escapes an attack from them, 167;
their insolence inveighed against by Solyman, 390
_Hilaire, St._, French cadet in Rodolph’s service, his discharge
requested, ii. 188
_Horses_, Busbecq’s, i. 214;
account of Turkish, how they are reared, trained, &c., 215-217
_Humayoum_, Mogul Emperor of Delhi, i. 299, and _note_
_Hungarian_ nobles, certain, go over from the Voivode to Ferdinand,
i. 386
_Hungary_, its great fertility, i. 165;
events there, 236-242
_Hyena_, account of the, i. 140;
used for love-charms, _ib._;
story about it, 141
_Ibrahim_ Pasha, a eunuch, governor of Constantinople, i. 111;
sent to Ghemlik to execute Mustapha’s son, 120-121;
his escape from the women of Ghemlik, 122
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