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Vaart, Varte. See Vreeswijk.

Valcke, Falcq, Valke, Jacob, Jacques, member of Council of State, 88.
-, letters from 39, 222.
-, paper signed by, 110.
-, recommends Dutch commissioners to Walsingham, 8; appeal for Walsingham's good offices, 39.
-, helps get Ortel's commission signed, 16.
-, sent to Utrecht to appease differences, 27, 30–1, 38, 58; satisfied, favourable report, 65; finds proceedings of Utrecht justifiable, 88.
-, Maurice sends to assure Howard about Medemblik, 222; Maurice sent to Russel, 390.

Valdes, Don Pedro de:
-, letter of, 516.
-, complains of treatment by Medina Sidonia, 516–7.

Valuoes. See Veluwe.

Vanderdelft, Vanderdelf, Francois, imperial ambassador in England, 191.

-, Eduard, son of, burgomaster of Antwerp, christened by Edward VI, 191.

Varembon, Varenbon, marquis de. See Rye, Marc de.

Vargas, Don Alonço de, 138.

Vau. See Wouw.

Vavasour, Captain:
-, company at Brielle, 3, 74, 343, 440, 490.
-, money due to, 219.

Vays. See Waes.

Veare. See Vere.

Veere, Camfear, Camphere, Camphire, Camphyer, Camver, the Fare, Ter Veere, Trevere, Treven, Trevier [Prov. Zeeland, Netherlands] 405.
-, letters dated at, 67, 161, 228, 268, 378–9.
-, Dutch reinforcing garrison, 22; Parma's designs on, 29.
-, ranges itself on Leicester's side, 29; Leicester directs garrison not to receive any others into town, 51; will be easily assured by queen, 53; Russel urges queen to secure, 62, 66, 68, 83–4, 95.
-, complaints of efforts to alienate from the generality, 51.
-, refuses to receive troops States wish to introduce, 62, 65, 67, 90, 100; refuses to obey Maurice and Hohenlohe, 68.
-, suggested encouragement of, 64, 66; queen orders money to be paid to garrison, 89; and will continue to pay if States do not, 89, 187; loyalty to queen, 100, 131, 136, 196.
-, queen has no intention to take to own use, 90; resolution to hold for queen, 95.
-, Killigrew refers to encouragement given to, 92; Russel to give assurances to, 170.
-, fears ill meaning of Counts to States, 95.
-, suggestion that queen shall garrison, 102; message concerning delivered at Utrecht, 120.
-, suggested toll on ships passing, 102.
-, Russel suspects Maurice of designs on, 136; Maurice much troubled by controversy at, 142.
-, will be discouraged if England does not relieve Medemblik, 136; fears hard measure from States, 170.
-, suspected opponents of queen thrust out of, 141; States place company of Scots at, 151; unwilling to fall into States' hands, 230.
-, queen's letter about, 160; says will receive nothing but words from England, 221; doubtful about queen's favour, 251.
-, Leicester's continuing of garrison approved, 187; garrison desires assurance of pay and queen's protection, 190; Russel urges letters to assure of queen's regard and care, 230–1.
-, money disbursed to garrison of, 205; queen wishes to know, what chance of States paying garrison, 233; queen not disposed to pay garrison, 273.
-, Blavoet sent to confer with Walsingham about, 227; queen asked to take into her protection, 268–9.
-, dismayed by news of Leicester's resignation, 230; Treslong commends to Leicester's care, 288.
-, Killigrew put case of to States, 300, 392; Killigrew going to order matters at, 318, 327; expected dealings for, 327; Gilpin come to serve about, 381.
-, States refuse to pay garrison, 332; memorials concerning payment of garrison, 344; Killigrew's memorial upon, 344–5.
-, despair at abandonment by queen, 328; queen's assurance and counsel to, 342.
-, English company at, 343, 440; unlikely to receive English garrison, 345.
-, queen does not wish to come into hands of Maurice, 348; wants kept at her devotion but paid by States, 348, 352; Killigrew gets no answer from States about, 353.
-, refuses to admit horse, 353; queen's direction about, 373; will never admit Russel's horse, 392.
-, Killigrew asks instructions if refuses oath to States, 353; he goes to Flushing about, 361; his proposal to Zeeland about, 377, 398.
-, interference of Maurice with in Leicester's time, 374; appeal to Leicester about oath taken to him, 378; Estates of Zeeland appeal to queen about, 381–3.
-, Maurice could have done as pleased with, 389; Maurice claims as patrimony, 391.
-, soldiers of planning disturbance in Arnemuiden, 391.
-, Killigrew went to Zeeland to prevent recovery of, 393; States want back, as discharged of oath, 394; want Willoughby and Killigrew to be dealers about, 402.
-, will be jealous of English while peace negotiations continue, 393.
-, Killigrew asks direction about, 395; too subtle to be dealt with underhand, 400; a better bargain to be had for good dealing, 433.
-, Walcheren can be assured by holding, with another place, 395; importance of, for holding Flushing, 399, 400, 409, 437.
-, growing despair at coldness over devotion to queen, 397, 424–5; fear of increased charges prevails with queen about, 412.
-, will not receive Maurice's horse, 398; proposed to put half company of horse in, 399.
-, earnest suit to be in queen's devotion and for pay, 401–2; Russel wants order taken for as will not take oath except to queen, 408; Russel deplores queen's coldness about, 437.
-, States of Zeeland write to ask intention, 409; companies at broken for refusing oath, except to queen, 447.
-, Russel has reason to suspect designs of Maurice and Hohenlohe on, 410; distraction caused by, 456.
-, Willoughby to compound differences with Maurice and Zeeland, 411, 413; Killigrew recommends cause to States of Zeeland, 415; their reply about, 415; reconciled with Zeeland, 531.
-, Willoughby and Killigrew going to deal about matter of, 432, 436, 455.
-, if queen had taken, could have bridled evil affected, 438; best affected greatly altered by evil handling of affair of, 477.
-, Scot from goes to see Parma, 509.
-, soldiers of well affected, have mostly discharged themselves, 510; soldiers refused to serve any longer, 518.

-, captains of:
-, letters from, 66, 160, 180, 227, 379.
-, -, referred to, 68, 83, 89, 394.
-, letters to, 88, 141, 476.
-, queen praises loyalty and promises support, 21; very well affected to queen, 53, 68; will depend on queen only, 67; queen commends, 88.
-, what answer to be made to, 48; Russel exhorts and promises to be good friend to, 141.
-, directions for employment of money for, 111; money and gold chains for not yet sent, 136.
-, ask for Russel as chief colonel, 160–1, 180; Russel bestows chains on, 205; Russel laments hard case of, 222; want to be taken into queen's pay, but she will not do so, 276.
-, instructions of to Blavoet, 268; memorial presented by Blavoet for, 269; Blavoet's report to, 397; perplexed at report, 408.
-, will not be subject to States, 268–9; so far committed that may cost them their lives, 290.
-, appeal about oath taken to Leicester, 379; expect to be besieged, need of comfort, 409.
-, no reason to complain of lack of pay by States, 382.
-, alleged treason among, 391.
-, remain constant, 409; may take desperate course on being abandoned, 425.
-, Willoughby defends speeches to, 476; Russel complains about, 477.
-, soldiers mutiny against, 480; submitted to States and Maurice, 518.
-, removed by States to other places, 510.

Veluti, Antonio, mishandled by men of Berghen, restitution to be made to, 388.

Veluwe, Valuoes, Netherlands:
-, troops in quarters of, 41.
-, enemy beginning incursions into, 266.

-, fort of, Zutphen fort, enemy abandons, 63.

Venice [Italy]:
-, to furnish Turk with galleys when required, 489.
-, ship of joining Armada at Santander, 517.

Venlo [Prov. Limburg, Netherlands]:
-, de Loo saw Parma at, 145; Schenck gave warning of treason at, 528.
-, money paid by Schenck to garrison of, 526.

Verdon, Jan, corporal, daily pay, 2.

Verdugo, Colonel Francis, governor of Groningen, troop of, defeats Sherley's, 70; command in Parma's army, 294; directed to assure himself of town, 364.

Vere, Veare, Anne, née Cecil, countess of Oxford:
-, brother's reference to, 132; he hopes will send his letters to her husband, 145.
-, death of, condolences on, 462, 496, 499, 501, 533; Burghley left Court because of death, 548.

-, Edward, earl of Oxford, Robert Cecil writes to, 145.

-, Captain Francis, 183:
-, company at Berghen, 3, 343, 440.
-, Willoughby proposes as sergeant major, 417; reconcilation with Morgan, 482–3, 498.
-, would like to return if Spaniards invade, 483.
-, promise to admit no foreign troops except by order from England, 498.

Verwaertshove. See Wervershoof.

Vianen, Viana, Viane in Duveland [Prov. N. Holland, Netherlands]: Scots at, no longer feared at Utrecht, 56; queen should hold to bridle Hollanders, 202.

victualler. See Brune, Thomas.

Viliers, M. See Oyseleur, Pierre de l'.

Villanueva, Augustin de, 139.
-, letter to, 137.

Villars, M. de, in Parma's army, 294.

Villarts, A., letter countersigned by, 40.

Villiers, M., Vilyers, the minister. See Oyseleur, Pierre de l'.

-, Marshal. See Soete, Josse de.

Vilvorde, Fellford [Prov. Brabant, Belgium], raided from Berghen, 17.

Virgil, quoted, 329, 419.

Vitelli, Chiappino, Spanish envoy to Elizabeth, reason for dismissal, 314.

Vlasshen. See Flushing.

Vliet, Floate, 15.

Vlisching, Vlisshing, Vlissing. See Flushing.

Vosbergen, Vosberge, Gaspar van, Councillor, at meeting at Camphire, 378; attacked by soldiers, but escapes, 480.

Vreeswijk, de Vaart, the Fare [Prov. Utrecht, Netherlands], saved by promptness of Willoughby, 55; too important to be abandoned, 266.

Vurne. See Furnes.

Vyllers, the minister. See Oyseleur, Pierre de l'.

Vylliers. See Soete, Josse de, heer de Villiers.