his mother’s attempts to dissuade him, 256; his anger with Elizabeth, 257; he enters Flanders, 258; prays Elizabeth for money, 259-60; his visit to England, 262-9; he refuses to leave England, 268; Elizabeth’s pledge to him, 269-70; his rage at her inconstancy, 273, 279; the States offer him the sovereignty, 279; his unwillingness to leave England, 280-1; threats of vengeance against Elizabeth, 284; his romantic appeal to Elizabeth, 286; English discontent at his stay, 287; the States press him, 287; his joy at his brother’s acceptance of Elizabeth’s conditions, 288; Elizabeth again cool, 289; he insists upon Simier’s leaving England, 290; he swears to raise civil war in France; Pinart and the Dauphin reproach him, 295; at last sails for Holland, 299-300; arrives at Flushing, 302; crowned Duke of Brabant, 302-3; Elizabeth’s feigned anger thereat, 303-5; begs for money, 305-8; Elizabeth’s fickleness with him, 309-11; new hopes of the marriage, 313, 317, 318; in despair begs for more money, 320, 322; again hopeful, 322-3; desperate position in Flanders, 325; his seizure of the fortresses, 325-7; his flight, 327; his humble appeals to Elizabeth, 329; her cold reply, 329-30; illness, 330; Catharine’s proposal to marry him to Mary Stuart, 330; his proposed new expedition to Flanders, 330; his death, 331. Angoulême, Duke of, offered in infancy as a suitor for Elizabeth, 5. Anjou, Duke of (see also Henry III.), proposal to marry him to Elizabeth, 114-43; personal descriptions of him, 120-1; is persuaded by the Catholics against the match, 122; formal offer of his hand, 128; proposed conditions, 129-30; his reported Huguenot leanings, 133, 137-8; the religious question to be omitted from the conditions, 134, 136; stands firm about religion, 140-1; refuses to marry Elizabeth, 143; renewed negotiations for his marriage, 145-9; besieges Rochelle, 169; elected King of Poland, 171, 175; succeeds to the crown of France, 182. Antonio, Don, the Portuguese pretender, 264. Antwerp, Alençon’s treacherous attempt to seize, 325-7. Aquila, Bishop of, _see_ Quadra. Arques, D’, 299. Arran, Earl of (Duke of Chatelherault), Elizabeth’s hand offered to him, 6; his proposed marriage with Elizabeth, 40-1, 47, 49; proposed marriage with Mary Stuart, 66. Arundel, Earl of (Fitzalan), his son offered to Elizabeth, 15-16; becomes a suitor himself, 16, 21, 23-6, 29, 37, 41; falls to fisticuffs with Clinton, 47; inquires into Lady Robert Dudley’s death, 63; favours the Archduke Charles’ suit, 96. Arundel, Earl of (Philip Howard), 263. Ashley, Mrs., governess to Princess Elizabeth, 8-11. Avila, Sancho de, 326. B. Bacon, Lady, 96.