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
_Lavigne_, the French Ambassador, procures the release of the Venetian
prisoners, i. 353;
had formerly calumniated Busbecq, _ib._;
dreaded by Roostem on account of his bluntness, 354;
story of an interview between them, _ib._;
hates Ibrahim the interpreter, and procures his disgrace, 370;
his quarrel with de Codignac, _ib._
_Lazarus_, an Albanian chief, recaptured after escaping, and impaled,
i. 131-132
_Legate_, from the Pope (Cardinal Caietano), summons people of Langres
to Dijon, ii. 257;
lays them under an Interdict for refusing to acknowledge
the Cardinal de Bourbon, _ib._;
encourages the Parisians to hold out, 260
_Le Mans_, town of, taken by Navarre, ii. 254, 255
_Lemnian Earth_, a medicine used by Quacquelben, i. 164;
how procured, 256, and _note_;
Busbecq sends a physician to Lemnos to make inquiries about it,
416
_Lenoncourt_, Cardinal de, said to have crowned Navarre at Tours,
ii. 254, and _note_
_Leonora_, sister of Charles V., widow of Francis I., difficulties
about arranging the settlement of her dower, ii. 53, 83
_Leyden_, reports about the siege of, ii. 4
_Leyva_, Don Sancho de, Spanish Admiral, commander of the Neapolitan
galleys, brought prisoner to Constantinople, i. 321;
imprisoned in the tower of Pera, 326;
how Busbecq procured his release, 369-373;
hates de Sandé, 373;
asks permission to return by Ragusa and Venice, 390
_Lier_, its garrison erect an outpost at the monastery of St. Bernard,
ii. 148
_Lillo_, fort near Antwerp, besieged, ii. 224
_Limoges_, de l’Aubespine, Bishop of, ii. 37
_Listhius_, John, Hungarian noble, Bishop of Wessprim, ii. 73,
and _note_
_Livron_, siege of, ii. 44;
turned into a blockade, 46
_Livy_, thought Alexander would have been defeated if he had attacked
Rome, i. 408
_Lorraine_, Charles, Cardinal de, his illness, death, and character,
ii. 45, and _note_;
his funeral, 46;
blamed as the cause of the war, 50;
formerly absolute master of France, 53
_Lorraine_, Cardinal de, brother of the Duke of Guise, one of the
chiefs of the League, ii. 241
_Lorraine_, Christina, Duchess Dowager of, her portrait taken for
Henry VIII., ii. 63, _note_;
sends a message to Maximilian, 132
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