_Lorraine_, Duke of, expected in Paris, ii. 63, 70; at the Marquis de Nomeny’s marriage, 80; asked to allow the passage of Spanish troops through Lorraine, 91; accompanies Elizabeth to Bourg-la-Reine, 96; his conversation with Busbecq at dinner, _ib._; notice of the Queen’s departure sent to him, 124; jewels sent by Henry III. to induce him to be security to Casimir, 127; comes to meet Elizabeth, 129; expected in Paris, 158; arrives, 163; demands Navarre’s sister for his son, _ib._; his horror at the notion of giving his daughter to Epernon, 176; his subterfuges, _ib._ _Lorraine_, House of, King devoted to, ii. 32; its connection with Maximilian, 59, and _note_ _Luc, St._, his outrageous behaviour in Alençon’s chamber, ii. 159, and _note_; his repartee to Orange, 160 _Lusignan_, castle of, account of the, ii. 12, _note_; its siege expected, _ib._; commenced, 21; continues, 28; raised, 32; surrenders, 46 _Luxembourg_, M. de, mentioned as likely to escort Elizabeth, ii. 126 _Lynx_, story of an Assyrian, i. 206 _Lyons_, inhabitants of, demolish their citadel, ii. 249 _Lyons_, Pierre d’Espinac, Archbishop of, ii. 260, _note_; sent as ambassador to the Guises, 246; sent by the Parisians to treat with Navarre, 260 _Mahomet_, story of and his cat, i. 225; why he forbade the use of wine, 292-294 _Mahomet II._, Sultan, builder of the castle of Europe on the Bosphorus, i. 131 _Mahomet_, son of Solyman, who died young, i. 178 _Malvezzi_, John Maria, former ambassador to the Porte, Busbecq visits him, i. 78; his embassy and imprisonment, 79-80; his death, 81 _Mamelukes_, their ancient dominion in Egypt, i. 273, and _note_ _Mancup_, town of Goths in the Crimea, i. 356 _MSS._, Greek, collected by Busbecq at Constantinople, i. 416-417 _Marasch_, the Pasha of, sent as ambassador to Persia, i. 380 _Marche, La_, the Queen’s Dower partly charged upon, ii. 109 _Marguerite_ de Valois, wife of Henry of Navarre, catches cold when walking in procession of Flagellants, ii. 45; Alençon’s confidante and on bad terms with Henry III. and her husband, 96; as yet childless, 176; assailed by the King, 192; leaves Paris for Vendôme, _ib._; King said to intend to imprison her, 193; declares she and the Queen of Scots are the most unhappy beings in the world, 194; joins her husband, 203; to live apart from him till her case has been investigated, _ib._; expected to revenge the insult, 204; said to be reconciled to her husband, 212; refuses to see Epernon, 223 _Marseilles_, attempt to seize, ii. 245 _Martigues_, the Vicomte de, his daughter about to marry the Marquis de Nomeny, ii. 64