M.

Macedonia, Prince of, one of the Pope's Captains, 158, 198.

M'William, the Captain of Clanricard, 48, 63.

Madrid, letters dated from, 4.

Magdeburg, 166, 269.

-, siege of, 21, 34, 64, 74, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 100, 113, 117, 126, 138, 145, 155, 156, 157, 162, 166, 173, 174, 180, 188.

-, negotiations for the deliverance of, 188, 199.

-, the siege of, is raised, 189, 199, 202.

-, placed under the protection of the House of Saxony, 203, 269.

-, the Burgomaster of, 199.

Maine, Marquis de, see Claude, Duke of Aumale.

Maine, 343.

Malatesta de Rimini, driven from Italy, 41.

Malines, letters dated from, 15.

Malipiero, Bishop, his death, 272.

Malling, South, the dissolved college of, 307, 308.

Malta, 157, 163, 165, 172, 176, 177, 183, 191.

-, besieged by the Turks, 160, 162, 175, 291.

-, the Grand Master of, see the Grand Master of Rhodes.

Maltzan, Baron Joachim, Envoy from the Duke of Mecklenburg, 205.

-, -, letter of, to King Edward VI., 205.

Malvenda, 19, 164.

Man, Isle of, 119.

Mandosse, M. de, 114, 118, 129.

Manna, Martin, chief gentleman of the King of the Romans' chamber, 257.

Manning, Henry, harbinger, 256.

Manricke, John (Manrique), 169, 173, 176, 180, 183, 211, 251.

Mansfeldt, Count Albert de, 30, 174, 249.

-, -, report of his defeat, 21.

-, -, his eldest son serving in England, 29.

-, -, his company of soldiers dispersed, 74.

-, -, his sons, the two young Counts, 74.

-, -, the citizens of Magdeburg required to give him up, 199.

-, -, he leaves Magdeburg, 202, 203.

-, -, his report against the Duke of Brunswick, 229.

Mansfeldt, Wolhard (Volrad), Count, eldest son of the "old Count," 249.

-, -, enters the service of England, 26, 29.

-, -, letter from, 48.

Mantua, William, Duke of, 71, 198.

-, Duchess of, married to the King of Poland, 284.

-, Hercules, Cardinal of, 71.

-, 26, 172, 182, 183, 192, 201.

Marbachus, pastor of Strasburg, 96.

Marck, Messire Robert de la, Duke of Bouillon, and Sire de Sedan, 351.

-, -, marriage of his daughter to the Duke of Nemours, 63.

-, -, receives the office of the Admiral Annebaut, 331.

Margenburg, letter dated from, 220.

Marignano, Marquis of, 84, 125, 152, 172, 232, 257, 267, 278.

Marillac, M. de, French Ambassador to the Emperor, 21, 91, 106.

Maroffe, Martin, see Rouge Dragon.

Marque, letters of, against the Scots, 8.

Marseilles, 50, 51, 61, 87, 117, 152, 171, 173, 177, 178, 183, 193, 264, 297, 298, 339.

Martin, Dr., physician at Boulogne, 305.

Martin, a prisoner at Montreuil, 325.

Mary, The Lady (afterwards Queen), 16, 17, 88.

-, -, her proposed marriage with son of the Duke of Ferrara, 17.

-, -, proposed marriage of, with the Infante of Portugal, 26, 29, 41, 42.

-, -, proposed marriage with Albert Marquis of Brandenburg, 47, 60.

-, -, proposed marriage with the King of Poland, 120.

-, -, plot to carry off, by the Emperor, 53.

-, -, debarred the exercise of her religion, 75, 84, 137, 161.

Maseyck, James Van, 27.

Masone, Sir John, letters from—
-, 1548: 26.
-, 1550: 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64.
-, 1550–1: 65, 67, 68, 69, 71, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 91.
-, 1551: 89, 92, 95, 97, 102, 107, 113, 118, 121, 128, 146.

Masone, Sir John, letters to, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 56, 60, 62, 63, 64, 67, 69, 73, 54, 77, 79, 90, 98, 102, 107, 111, 114, 118, 123, 139.

-, -, complains of financial difficulties, 61, 65, 98.

-, -, recalled as Ambassador to Henry II., 76, 77, 139, 150.

Mass, use of the, prohibited in England, 161, 208.

Massa, 247.

-, Giulio Cibo, Marquis de, his plot against the Emperor at Genoa, 16.

-, -, taken prisoner by Fernando Gonzaga, 16.

Maurice, Duke of Saxony (Marquis of Misnia), 2, 13, 24, 113, 168, 262, 265, 284, 286, 287, 297, 336.

-, -, prepares to give battle to the Duke of Saxony (John Frederick), 1.

-, -, besieged in Leipsic and the siege raised, 3.

-, -, his subjects rebel against him, 9.

-, -, joins the Emperor and the King of the Romans, 12.

-, -, is guided in religion by the Emperor—subscribes to the Interim, 19, 23.

-, -, delivers up Wittenberg and Turgo to the King of the Romans, 30.

-, -, exhorts the preachers of Wittenberg to increased zeal in religion, 37.

-, -, lays siege to Magdeburg, 74, 117, 126.

-, -, intrigues with the French King, 84.

-, -, disagreement of, with the Emperor's Council, 86.

-, -, his unpopularity in Saxony, as succeeding to Duke John Frederick, 91.

-, -, proposes to treat with the people of Magdeburg, 162, 163, 169.

-, -, demands assurances of safety for the Protestant divines going to the Council of Trent, 179.

-, -, reasons for believing in the duplicity of Maurice, 180.

-, -, his negotiations with Magdeburg, 188, 189.

-, -, imposes a large tax on the clergy, 190.

-, -, intrigues to obtain the freedom of the Landgrave, 193.

-, -, forms one of the confederacy of Protestant Princes, 197.

-, -, raises the siege of Magdeburg, 189, 199.

-, -, his disagreement with the Emperor, and good understanding with the French King, 200, 269.

-, -, demands conditions from the Council of Trent, 203.

Maurice, Duke of Saxony, makes a league with the King of the Romans and other Princes, 215, 224.

-, -, distinguishes himself in Hungary against the Moldavians, 229.

-, -, the enmity of the Emperor Charles V. towards him, 251.

-, -, endeavours to reconcile him with Duke John Frederick, 268, 269.

Maximilian, The Archduke, eldest son of the King of the Romans, 53, 55, 92, 93, 106, 128, 134, 142, 170, 172, 185, 192, 196, 198, 201, 270, 271, 275, 279, 286, 287.

-, -, his marriage to Philip, Prince of Spain's sister, 19.

-, -, his proclamation as King of Bohemia, 22.

-, -, his treasure captured by the French, 184, 193, 195.

-, -, thought to be poisoned, 215, 254.

-, -, his great popularity in Germany and Flanders, 250, 251, 275.

-, -, opposed to a league of the German Princes, 269, 278.

Maxwell, Lord (Robert, 5th), 69, 75, 77, 79.

-, refused safe-conduct through England, 77.

Maxwell, Mr., one of the officers of the Old Man, 353.

May, Edward, Lieutenant of the castle of Calais, 310.

Maynbrooke, at Calais, 339.

Meautys, Sir Peter, Ambassador Extraordinary to France, 2.

Mechlin, 122.

Mecklenburg, Duke George of, 199.

-, -, captured at Magdeburg, 64.

-, -, restored to liberty, 202.

-, John Albert, Duke of, joins the confederacy of Protestant princes, 197.

-, -, intercedes for the Landgrave of Hesse, 180.

-, -, sends an Envoy to King Edward VI., 205.

Medici, Cardinal, 106, 130.

-, Cosmo de', Duke of Florence, 70, 71, 112, 117, 118, 119, 125, 134, 135, 140, 142, 172, 183, 208, 234, 241, 254, 262, 276, 278, 281, 282.

-, -, letter of, to King Edward VI., 6.

-, -, supports the Pope, 127.

-, -, his son, 164.

-, -, King Henry II. offers him one of his daughters in marriage, 229.

-, -, joins the Imperialists in their attack on Sienna, 247, 255, 257.

-, -, hires assassins to murder Pietro Strozzi, 261.

-, Julian de, cousin to the Queen of France, returns from England, 59.

Melancthon, 19, 24, 60, 136, 249.

Melfi, Prince of, Governor in Piedmont for the French King, 15; death of, 54.

Melun, 40.

-, letters dated from, 168, 176.

Mendoza, Don Bernardine de, 55.

-, Don Diego di, Imperial Ambassador at Rome, see Don Diego.

Menon Thessalus, Bernardine compared to 224.

Mentz, Council of, 37.

-, Sebastian of Heustenstein, Elector and Bishop of, 145, 163, 168, 170, 274.

-, 145.

Menzies, Thomas, of Pitfoddels, 52.

Merbury, John, surveyor at Boulogne, 311.

-, -, letter of, 311.

Mercenaries in the pay of England, 30, 31, 32, 33.

Merchant adventurers, company of, 264.

Merchant of Oporto plundered by English ships, 65.

-, French, his ship captured during peace, 67, 69.

Merchants, Danish, complain of their treatment by the English, 43, 44, 45, 217.

-, of Dantzic arrested in London, 205.

-, -, complain of their burdens in England, 220.

-, of Limerick complain to the French King, 245, 246.

-, of the steelyard, resumption of the privileges of, 249, 250.

-, of Lubeck, plundered by Robert Sentleger, 47.

-, English, ill treated in France, 6, 20, 217, 236.

-, -, interrupted by Scottish ships, 10.

-, -, complain of dues at Elsinore, 64.

-, -, restrictions on their trade in Flanders, 185, 188, 193, 194, 206, 208, 225, 237, 288.

-, -, complaints of, in Normandy, 204, 206, 214, 231, 232, 233, 237, 238, 241, 242, 290.

-, -, allowed free market in Russia, 241.

-, their privileges violated in the Hanse Towns, 250.

Messina, Straits of, 158.

Metal-founders brought from Germany into England, 57, 58.

Meteor, singular, seen at Rome, 85.

Metz, 232, 237, 253, 269.

-, letter dated from, 214.

-, Bishop of, 269.

-, besieged by the Emperor, 229, 230, 233, 235, 249.

-, siege of, raised, 235, 240, 245.

Mezieres, 166, 325, 339.

Middlemore, Thomas, 238.

Mila, Bernard à, chief officer of the Court of the Duke of Saxony, 38.

-, -, letter from, 260.

Milan, 82, 83, 112, 148, 153, 159, 167, 195, 198, 201, 252, 258, 278, 290, 319.

-, the senate of, 267.

-, letter dated from, 202.

Mildmay, Mr., 200.

Miners, English, brought to France by M. de Vendôme, 246.

Mines, engineers of, sent for to Germany, 57, 66.

Mirandola, 80, 84, 116, 125, 127, 128, 131, 141, 142, 143, 146, 147, 150, 153, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 170, 173, 175, 176, 178, 181, 183, 184, 187, 191, 192, 195, 198, 201, 290.

Mirandola, Ludovico Pico, Count of, 145.

Miraw, letter dated from, 26.

Mirepoix, the Bishop of, French Ambassador to Rome, 82, 83.

-, recalled, 261.

Misnia (the Marquisate of Duke Maurice), the clergy of, taxed by Duke Maurice, 190.

Mocardus, a "stout" Protestant preacher, 164, 165.

Modena, 131, 141, 233.

Moldavia, Miltz, the Vaivode of, reported as slain by Gastaldo, 224, 264.

-, a new Vaivode elected (Radovey), a trusty friend to the King of the Romans, 277.

Moldavians, the, defeated by Duke Maurice, 229.

Molinæus, Carolus (Charles du Moulin), sends his work to King Edward VI., 214.

-, -, to Wotton and Pickering, 218.

Monaco [Munich], 113, 117, 186.

Monaco, the Lord of, [Honoratus Grimaldi], 158.

Monasterio, in Barbary, taken by Andrea Doria, 50.

Money, rate of interest for, 31, 32, 34, 35, 40, 42, 45, 55, 263.

-, English, depreciation of the value of in Flanders, 255, 256.

-, English, not current in France or Flanders, 330.

Monluc, Blaise de Montesquiou, Seigneur de, in command of Gascons at St. Valery, 351.

Monluc, Jean de, Bishop of Valence, 21, 108.

-, sent to Scotland as President of the Council, 28.

-, his harangue against the English at the Court of France, 72.

-, Envoy to the Pope from the French King, 119, 128.

-, his opinion of the proceedings in Italy, 131.

-, obtains the archbishopric of Bordeaux, 150.

-, goes on a mission to the Seigniory of Venice, 158.

Montmorency, Anne de, see the Constable of France.

Mons, 317.

Montalcino, castle of, 247, 259, 261, 263, 266, 272, 278, 282.

Montbarey, see the President St. Maurice.

Monte Aguto, Sig. Atto da, 135.

Monte Fiascone, Bishop of (De Crassis), 163.

Monte Pulciano, the Archbishop of, the Pope's Treasurer, 140, 141.

Monte, Signor Giovan. Baptista de, nephew to the Pope Paul III., 112, 135, 142, 176, 184.

Montecchio, near Parma, 182, 290.

Monteglio, 172.

Montepulciano, 247.

Monterosa, near Rome, 241.

Montfauconet, Mons., Charles V.'s maître d'hôtel, 30, 280.

Montferrat, 172, 198, 241, 253.

Montgomery, Gabriel, Le Comte de, 129.

Montichiello, castle of, 259.

Montmédy, 253.

Montmorency, Francis de, son of the Constable, created Admiral of the French fleet, 176, 177, 183.

-, Anne de, see the Constable of France.

Montreuil, 8, 114, 298, 299, 303, 307, 319, 323, 324, 325, 339, 341.

Montvilliers, two leagues from Havre, 342, 343, 349, 350.

Mortier, M. du, 40.

Morysine, Charles, Sir Richard's son, 160, 192, 216.

-, -, Sir Richard's brother, 192, 208.

-, -, Sir Richard, letters from—
-, 1546–7: 2,3.
-, 1550: 64, 65.
-, 1550–1: 66, 68, 69, 76, 80.
-, 1551: 85, 87, 90, 96, 99, 101, 103, 111, 115, 123, 124, 135, 140, 144, 150, 154, 157, 159, 162, 164, 167, 169, 172, 174, 178, 180, 186, 195, 196, 202, 203, 207, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214, 216, 218, 221, 222, 226, 228, 230, 236, 239, 242, 243, 245, 248, 250, 253, 255, 256, 258, 261, 262, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 273, 275, 277, 279, 281, 283, 285, 287, 288, 289.

-, -, letters to, 2, 74, 83, 180, 242, 261, 262, 268, 270, 272, 281, 286, 288.

-, -, instructions to, 221.

-, -, received at Hamburg, 5.

-, -, instructions to, as Ambassador to the Emperor, 52.

-, -, cannot get his "diets," 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 80, 101, 160, 167.

-, -, recalled, 87, 120.

-, -, reappointed, 161, 162.

Moretto, Captain, 178,

Morveiller, Mons. de, 129.

Moscow, castle of, letter dated from, 241.

Motte, Jacques de la, formerly abbot of Ardres, 319.

-, -, letter from, 319.

Moulin, Charles du, see Molinæus.

Moulins, M. des, Commander of Gascon light horse, 351.

Mount Bernard, 349.

Mount, Christopher, Dr., (Christoff Mundt), letters from, 37, 45, 155, 156, 168, 174, 179, 188, 199, 202, 205, 215, 268.

-, -, is in great need, 67.

-, -, 166, 209, 242, 268, 281, 282, 283, 288.

Moyle, Sir Thomas, one of the Commissioners of the limits in the Boulognois, 311.

Muette, La, letter dated from, 4.

Munster, 5, 11.

-, Bishop of, 285.

Mustapha, eldest son of the Turk, 271.

Myles, servant to Lord Grey, 312, 323.

Mynsterley, Richard, pursuivant, 340.