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
_Ibrahim_, the interpreter, a Polish renegade, his notion of a cipher,
i. 233;
disgraced by Lavigne’s and restored by Busbecq’s influence, 370;
his gratitude, _ib._;
encourages Busbecq to ask for de Sandé’s release, 372;
appointed to go to the Emperor with Busbecq, 387;
rates the Janissary of Tolna for his conduct, 395;
is to go to Frankfort, 398;
wishes to visit the Archduke Ferdinand, _ib._;
witnesses the coronation, has an audience of the Emperor, and is
sent home, 399
_Ilsing_, ii. 64, _note_;
notice of the Queen’s departure to be given to him, 120;
notice sent to him, 124
_Imaret_, Turkish word for hostel, i. 110
_Imbize_, accuses nobles at Ghent of conspiracy against the authorities
of the city, ii. 209, and _note_
_Imeritians_, a Georgian tribe, i. 246;
their feuds with the Mingrelians 246-247
_Isabella_, widow of John Zapolya, returns to Transylvania, i. 236
_Ismael_, son of Shah Tahmasp, a deadly enemy of the Turks, i. 300-301
_Italian merchants_ of Pisa, their charity to the Spanish prisoners,
i. 330
_Italian-Greek_, his reasons for refusing to help the prisoners, i. 330
_Italian renegadoes_, i. 294-296
_Italians_, strong feeling in France against Italians in the French
service, ii. 39-40
_Jackals_, i. 135
_Jagodin_, Servian village, Busbecq sees a Servian funeral there, i. 95
_James_, King of Scotland, said to be a prisoner, ii. 148;
said to be about to attack England, and also to marry a Spanish
princess, _ib._;
marries daughter of the King of Denmark, 258
_Janissaries_, account of the i. 86-87, and _note_;
a few stationed in each town as police, 86, 392;
employed as firemen, 151;
suspected of incendiarism, _ib._;
how Busbecq put his escort of Janissaries in good humour, 199;
their tents, 222;
their equipment and mode of fighting, 223;
help Busbecq to get out, 282;
procession of, 285;
defend their conduct against Busbecq’s cavasse, 287;
frugal dinner of one, 289;
their punishments, 293;
quarrel of some with Busbecq’s servants, 295-296;
how they are regarded by the Sultan, 296;
entitled to the Sultan’s dinner on the day of Bairam, 304.
_Janissary stationed at Tolna_, his quarrel with Busbecq’s servants,
i. 392-396
_Jehangir_, Solyman’s youngest son, his appearance, character,
and death, i. 178-179
_Jews_, Busbecq finds himself in a house full of, i. 282;
two sent by Janissary of Tolna to Busbecq, 395
_Jorneton_, mentioned, ii. 74
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