_Parma_, Alexander Farnese, Prince of, besieges Oudenarde, ii. 143; takes it, 144; encamps at Arras, 149; threatens to attack St. Quentin in case of a French invasion, 150; sickness of his troops, 157; retakes Cateau Cambrésis, and blockades Diest, _ib._; takes Diest, 162; prepares to besiege Alost and threatens Brussels, 182; besieges Cambrai, 183; sends the governor of Namur to the King, 184; takes Dunkirk, 186; checked at Ostend, 194; relieves Cateau Cambrésis, 202; master of nearly all the country but Ghent and Antwerp, 205; receives overtures from Flanders, 217; removes to Dendermonde, 226; said to be dangerously ill, 256; in retirement, 258; comes to the relief of Paris, 260; he and his army contrasted with Navarre and his army, 262-264; his devices for encountering the French cavalry, 263 _Partridges_, from Chios, i. 212; how reared, 213 _Pashas_, keep open house before Ramazan, i. 376 _Patriarch of Constantinople_, consulted in vain by the Pashas, i. 234 _Pax_, John, commander at Komorn, i. 83 _Pernantius_, of Lorraine, said to have reconciled the Queen of Navarre to her husband, ii. 212 _Persia_, its barrenness, i. 219; creates a diversion in favour of Christendom, 221-222; account of the country and its monarchs, 298-301, and _note_ _Persians_, their religious differences with the Turks, i. 161-162, and 236, _note_; complain of the violation of their territory, 307 _Persian_ Ambassador, his arrival at Amasia, i. 156; peace concluded with, 157; and honours paid to him, _ib._; his departure from Amasia, 160 _Persian_ Ambassadors bring presents to Solyman, i. 156-157, 375 _Pertau_ Pasha, fourth Vizierial Pasha, and married to the widow of Mahomet, the Sultan’s son, i. 183; despatched by Solyman against Mustapha the Pretender, 183-184; despatched by Solyman to Bajazet, 270; sent back by him, 271 _Pescara_, Marquis of, report of his brother’s capture by the Huguenots, ii. 155 _Peter_, the courier, mentioned, ii. 58, 65, 67, 112, 119 _Philip II._, King of Spain, his marriage, i. 77; Turkish reports of his power, 318; said to have promised his daughter to the King of Scotland, ii. 148; supports the League, 239; sends money to Paris, 254 _Philippopolis_, town of, i. 106 _Pialé_ Pasha, the admiral, sent in command of the Turkish fleet to Djerbé, i. 318; sends a galley to Constantinople to announce his victory, 319; conceals Don Gaston in hopes of a large ransom, 324; his consequent peril, _ib._; is forgiven by Solyman, _ib._