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Each, Samuel, captain of the Abigail, 593.

East India Company:
-, ships would not be hired to Venice, 152.
-, settlement with Dutch Company, 263; offer to keep navy in repair, 269.
-, ships of taken by Dutch, 330; contract made with Persia, 351n.
-, royal subsidy desired for, 354; fleet of, 415; might hire ships to Venice, 533.
-, arsenal of, 245.
-, -, the Dutch, commissioners of, 351n.

East Indies, Indies:
-, -, growth of English trade with, new company formed, 10.
-, -, Danish trade, 179.
-, -, Dutch trade with, 14, 375.
-, -, fights between Dutch and English, 205, 221, 330, 331; commission to adjust disputes, 351; proposed arrangement, 354, 404, 523; nearly settled, 469; negotiations, 506; James to arbitrate, 507; negotiations with James, 548, 549, 555, 557; terms arranged, 563, 567, 574.
-, -, privateers in, 224.
-, -, rich ships from, 312; pepper from, deflected from Venice, 330; English ships for, 433.
-, -, Spanish preparations for, 402; most important trade route of English, 415.
-, -, importance of driving Spaniards from, 549.
-, -, new route to, found through straits of Magellan, 580.
-, -, disputes in, cause anxiety, 589.

Eckstein, Ecchesten, Captain, 13.

Edam [prov. North Holland, Netherlands], 35.

Edeling, Freiherr Jakob von, baron Giacomo Delingh:
-, imperial plenipotentiary for peace negotiations, 118.

Edge, Captain Thomas, 297n.

Edinburgh, 49, 229.
-, -, ships at, 387; Argyle proclaimed traitor at, 485n.

Edmondes, Sir Thomas:
-, English ambassador in France:
-, reports on peace negotiations, 5, 52; returns home 53.
-, made treasurer of the household, 94; Contarini speaks to about ships, 151.
-, controller and steward of the household, 602.
-, welcomes idea of reconciliation with France, 365.

Ednos, Abel, English mercenary, 229.

Edward VI., king of England, 418.

Egerton, Thomas, lord Ellesmere, 597n, 599.

Elizabeth, Queen, 392, 398, 413, 494, 568.
-, -, -, James handed over delinquents to, 92; dies at Richmond, 271.
-, James gives away wardrobe, 388, 417; had Council present at audiences, 389; revenue, 390; resources, 391.
-, privateering under, 391, 395, 416.
-, reign of, 418; fleet of, 463.
-, -, Princess Palatine, 315, 394, 407, 408, 410, 421.
-, -, -, delivered of son, 103. 104; means to come to England, 107; cannot come to England, 318; Venetian congratulations to, 427, 439; recommends Holstein, 438.
-, -, of France, queen of Spain, proposal to recall, 307; Louis wants news of, 556.
-, -, eldest daughter of the Elector Palatine, birth, 407, 408, 439; christening, 410.

Elizabeth Joan. See Ships, names of.

Ellesmere, lord. See Egerton, Thomas.

Elliot, Alart, Ailot, Iliotti, Allyau, Alio, Robert, Captain Robert, introduces Rose to Osuna, 84; quarrel with Steffanucci, 121.
-, -, -, in plot against Venice, 202, 203, 336; expected at Naples, 228.
-, -, -, delay of, spoils Spanish plot, 369; commands Osuna's brigantines, 445.

Emaus. See Ships, names of.

Emperor, Caesar, election of, 517, 521.
-, -, See Charles V.; Ferdinand I.; Matthias; Maximilian II.; Rudolph.

Empire, Electors of, notified of doge's election, 190, 224; claims of Bavaria recommended to, 194.

Empress. See Anne, the empress.

Enckusen. See Enkhuisen.

England and English:
-, councillor of, at Padua University, 573.
-, dislike of affairs, 406;
-, dissatisfaction with James, 417, 419.
-, Dudley's plan to ruin, 202.
-, league with Dutch, terms, 54, 69; jealousy of Dutch, 105; theologians to help Dutch, 66; better fighters than Dutch, 452; Dutch officers recalled from, 501; quarrels with Dutch in Indies, 205, 221.
-, -, fleet, 416.
-, -, -, See also Navy, the royal.
-, -, -, proposed junction with Spanish, its superiority, 566. hopes of Bohemia from, 236. immunity from invasion, 416. indignation in, at Spanish conspiracy, 228.
-, increasing trade in East, 580.
-, lamentation about decline of, 420.
-, league proposed with, 187.
-, men ready to serve Venice, 119.
-, mercenaries from, Venice desires, 72; petition for, 261; mutiny among, 266, 285.
-, -, See also Peyton, Sir Henry; Vere, Sir John, etc.
-, mutinous spirit of, 27.
-, natural advantages, population, 415.
-, Osuna sends to, for ships, 11, 18.
-, pirates in West Indies, 222.
-, -, See also pirates.
-, plot against, revealed by Cerronio, 25.
-, pope hated in, 133, 421.
-, privateers feared by Spain, 328, 417.
-, religious parties in, 419.
-, relation of, by Contarini, 414–422; by Foscarini, 386–401.
-, sea passage to, 19, 20.
-, ships of, 35, 40.
-, -, superiority of, 162; in Levant, 567, 568; avoid Naples, 343, 354; in Zeeland, 81; great numbers, 387, 421; number in Thames, 468; Spaniards want, 171; seized at Barcelona and Cadiz, 124; seized in Spain, 263; detained at Naples, 180; from Spain, joy at arrival, 183.
-, -, serving Venice, do well in fight, 83; Contarini ordered to hire six or eight, 72; required by Venice, 75, 98, 104, 127, 165, 180; hired, 106, 117, 121, 170, 194; terms arranged, 124, 125; negotiations with Privy Council about hiring, 114–116, 148, 169; contracts with owners, 124, 125, 210; arrangements for, 142–144, 177; engaged, 162, 167, 168; restrictions imposed by Council, 153; difficulties over, 161, 165; payment of, 182, 207, 208, 209, 289, 311, 335, 338, 351, 352, 553, 579; command of, 177, 178, 267, 531; contracts, 310; departure delayed, 182, 187, 188, 193; orders to, 188, 189, 190, 193; start, 203; provisions for, 209, 210; Contarini inspects, 246; Mainwaring to command, 448; difficulties of hiring, 483; arrive at Corfu, 244, 260; mutiny in, 266, 267; inspected, 260, 262; instructions to Barbarigo about, 275; biscuit for, 348; claims of owners, 510, 511; no more complaints, 547; Spanish complaints about, 556; paying off, 564, 587.
-, hatred of Spain and desire war, 424; threatened by Spanish fleet, 432; ready to accept odds at sea against Spain, 422.
-, trade, 415; at Constantinople, 219; increasing in East, 580; with Persia, 14; in salt fish, 487.
-, travellers from, at Venice, 42, 409, 411, 412.
-, will support union, 471.
-, Venetian instructions to representatives in, 1, 4, 8, 17, 24, 28, 35, 42, 226, 227, 337, 348, 410, 456, 487.
-, king of. See Edward VI.; Henry VI.; Henry VII.; Henry VIII.; James I.
-, -, queen of. See Anne of Denmark; Anne Boleyn; Catherine of Aragon; Elizabeth; Jane Seymour; Mary.

Enkhuizon, Enckusen, Ancuse [North Holland, Netherlands], 372; admiralty of, 81.

Epernon, duke of. See Nogaret.

Epistola M. A. de Dominis, etc., prohibited, 83.

Erebort. See Herbert.

Erikusi, le Merlere island [off Corfu], letter and despatch from, 593.

Ernin, Captain Bartholomew, master of the Hercules, 311.

Erskine, Thomas, viscount Fenton, 392.

Essex, earl of. See Devereux, Robert.

Estampes, Jean d', lord of Valencay, lord of Valanze:
-, sent to Holland to ask for ships, 198.

Este. Caesar of, duke of Modena:
-, informed of Donato's election, 190.

Estrée, Francis Hannibal d', marquis of Coeuvres, marquis of Coure:
-, Savoy sends to France about, 590.

Euizza. See Iviza.

Eure, Ralph lord Eure of the North, 599.

Ewrie. See Credenza.

Exchange, rates of, 122, 123, 322, 352.

Exchequer, officials of, 599, 600.

Exeter, countess of. See Cecil, Frances.
-, -, earl of. See Cecil, Thomas.