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
_Thoré_, M. de, younger son of the Constable Montmorency, ii. 16,
_note_;
escapes from the defeat of Germans and reaches the Loire, 106;
joins Alençon, 115;
his quarrel with du Guast, 117
_Tolna_, a Hungarian town, its good wine and civil inhabitants, i. 93;
quarrel between the Janissary there and Busbecq’s servant,
392-396
_Tortoises_, i. 134
_Touighoun_, Pasha of Buda, meaning of the name, i. 85;
his illness and reputation, 85, 86;
Busbecq’s interview with him, 91
_Tours_, attempt on, ii. 98;
reported coronation of Navarre there, 254;
Parliament removed thither by Henry III., 256;
the States-General convened there by Navarre, 257
_Trajan’s Bridge_, remains of, i. 95
_Trajan’s Gate_, or pass of Ichtiman, i. 106, and _note_
_Transylvania_, recovered by Ferdinand, i. 79, 80;
Hungarian nobles revolt from the Voivode of, 386;
the Voivode’s ambassadors try to hinder the conclusion of peace,
387
_Transylvanian_, the most popular candidate for the Polish crown,
ii. 43, and _note_
_Trautson_, John von, Ferdinand’s minister, i. 412
_Tschaldiran_, battle of, alluded to, i. 299
_Tulips_, i. 107
_Turenne_, the Vicomte de, brings reinforcements to Navarre, ii. 261
_Turkish_ ambassador intervenes at the Polish Diet. ii. 29
— army at Amasia, described, i. 155-156
— beggars, i. 209
— camp, described, i. 288, 289
_Turkish_ cavalry, Busbecq’s first sight of, i. 83
— commissariat, i. 219-221, 289
— fanatics at Buda, i. 396
— fleet, reported arrival of a, ii. 257
— horseman, a, described, i. 283-284
— horses, their rearing, training, &c., i. 215-217
— hostels, described, i. 98
— inns. See _Caravanserai_
— military punishments, i. 293-294
— officer induced by Busbecq to give up the royal standard of the
Neapolitan galleys, i. 322
— old woman, her romantic story, 231-232
— pilgrim gives Busbecq an account of his journey to Cathay and of that
country, i. 359-362;
feats performed by another, 362-363
— soldiers contrasted with Christian, i. 221;
their clothing and its distribution, 222
— women, their treatment and mode of life, i. 228-229
_Turkoman_ chiefs invited to attack the Shah, i. 379
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