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Earls. See peers.

East Friesland [German Empire]:
-, Spanish designs on, 137.

East India Co., Dutch:
-, interests with English, 549.
-, English:
-, gets Dutch East Indiamen seized, 407; lend king money to forward designs, 448; ships of, in Thames, 606.

East Indies, Indies, 72, 221, 241.
-, rich ships from, 12; cargoes of, 13; proposed French Co. for, 31.
-, carracks from, 121, 125; sailors desert navy for ships to, 148; Coen ill treats English in, 218.
-, Dutch ships from seized in England, 407, 420, 424, 436, 445, 448, 452, 458, 484, 583.

Eaux, Sieur D', Cavalier d'Ho:
-, slain at Ré, 301.

ebony:
-, from East Indies, 13.

Echembergh. See Eggenburg.

Effiat, Marquis of. See Coiffier.

Egerton, John, Earl of Bridgewater:
-, at Council about letters, 605.

Eggenburg, Echembergh, Ulrich von, Prince of:
-, writes to Wirtemberg, 131; proposals to Wirtemberg for Palatine, 154.

Eglisham, Eglinton, George:
-, author of Prodromus Vindictœ, 87.

Eideni. See Heyden.

Elbe, river, 12, 183, 515.
-, English to blockade, 136; English ships seized in, 283; Tilly crosses, 351, 352, 375, 622; danger of Austrians getting footing on, 352, 483.
-, riot at Hamburg about blockade, 377.
-, ships blockading recalled, 407, 415n.
-, Hamburgers occupy island in, 458; Denmark warns Scottish levies not to go to, 474.

Elbeuf, Duke of. See Lorraine, Charles II of.

Electors of the Holy Roman Empire:
-, all will not attend diet at Mulhausen, 375; to attend in person, 469.

Elizabeth, Queen of England, 205.
-, did not issue letters of marque for Mediterranean, 582.

Elizabeth, Princess Palatine, Queen of Bohemia, 19, 28, 101, 427, 461, 507, 555.
-, dissatisfied at way things going in England, 6; condemns treatment of Denmark, 7; wants French help for Ger- many, 21; Charles will not desert, 41.
-, welcomes arrival of Calandrini, 65; Charles sends assurances to, 88; Soranzo speaks of with enthusiasm, 95.
-, Nethersole goes to represent urgency of affairs, 134; dislike of Buckingham, 134, 144.
-, Puritans support party of, 137; may hear of Spanish overtures before Charles, 146.
-, Nethersole goes to England for needs for household, 151; mission of Carleton to, 152.
-, asks for arrears of pension, 154; suggests commercial privileges for Dutch, 155.
-, Charles promises to pay debts, 167; Carleton to take money to, 218, 229; lack of money for, 234.
-, queen mother wants to help reconciliation, 220, 235; queen mother sends present to, 234, 235.
-, Carleton sent to prepare, 323; Buckingham abandons for private pique, 335.
-, gives birth to son (Philip), 416; sends to announce confinement, 424; asks Soranzo news of Ré, 427.
-, favours Venetian mediation, 456; expecting Frederick of Denmark and Thurn, 496.
-, mocking remarks about Buckingham and Ré, 508; to perform office against French one, 556.
-, secretary of. See Nethersole.

Embresem. See Ashburnham.

Emden, Embden [East Friesland, German Empire]:
-, army forming in county of, 585.

Emperor. See Charles V; Ferdinand I; Ferdinand II.

Empire. See Germany.

England and English, 566.
-, (1626):
-, Dutch ready to make treaty without knowledge, 3; Wake does not conceal weakness, 8; defenceless condition of, 12, 113, 115, 351.
-, much inclined to peace with Spain, 32; trade at Venice, 36.
-, Spada suggests league against, 45; trade in Levant islands, 46.
-, Buckingham risks hold on by going to France, 53; wine detained in France, 54; short of supplies, 55; imprecations against Buckingham, 59.
-, not used to being, burdened with troops, 63; Manti takes ships of, 64; frantic at interruption of trade, 68.
-, (1627):
-, Buckingham's device to curry favour with, 77; capture Dunkirk shallop, 88; Spanish designs on, 74, 150.
-, French know disorders in, 99, 136; loss of trade, defenceless, 105; stirred but lack leaders, 126.
-, Dutch would not make truce without informing, 107; fear of invasion, 137; Buckingham estranged, 144.
-, Dunkirkers, raids on, 161. Rusdorf criticises government, 169, 170.
-, French want to continue war, 170; trade at Zante, 171; trade at Cephalonia, 173, 174.
-, when changes opinions changes secretaries, 177.
-, ports closed, 194, 202, 204, 215, 219, 220, 234, 244, 246, 248, 249, 268, 276.
-, anxious to be rid of Buckingham, 205; Thurn not going to, 213.
-, sentence against merchants at Cephalonia, 208; monopolise currant trade, 214; not desirable to remove from Cephalonia, 215.
-, reason Leghorn popular with, 222; promise to trade at Villefranche, 258; illegal oil trade at Zante, 271, 272.
-, Richelieu expects his fleet to attack, 242; name hateful in France, 238; joined France against Charles V, 266.
-, troops in service of Denmark, 244, 309; delicacy of, 271: Denmark disgusted at, 283.
-, things going to ruin, 246; fight ships of Hanse, 274; extensive trade in Baltic, 283.
-, Scaglia to ask five ships against Genoa, 276; losses at Rhé, 304.
-, French rejoice at success of, 304; Dutch alliance with, 310; pirates fear, 312; strong party in France for, 346.
-, repression dangerous, 306; hatred of Buckingham, 322; hope duke will return dead, 350.
-, reinforcements for Ré, 341, 347; suggested thanks-giving for landing at Ré, 342.
-, Rambouillet cannot understand policy, 344; Charles orders inspection of coast defences, 351.
-, importance of Baltic to, 352; France can maintain war against, 382.
-, Spanish proverb about peace with, 388; Scaglia may make trouble in, 415.
-, measures for defence, 390; Turkish complaints against in Persian Gulf, 400.
-, goods in danger at Hamburg, 408; goods from exempted from duties at Venice, 409.
-, Montagu boasts of power, 417; plague among troops, 431; delight at Buckingham's defeat, 447.
-, difficulty of raising troops and provision for fleet, 474; fury against Buckingham on return from Ré, 485.
-, lamentation in over losses at Ré, 487; respect of pirates for, 493; short of officers so feels losses at Ré, 497.
-, supposed league with Venice, 509; trade with Dunkirk steadily develops, 533.
-, (1628):
-, Dutch more likely to side with than with France, 548, 549; efforts to stop Dutch alliance with France, 554.
-, ships at Villefranche, 552.
-, Metaxa gives up idea of sending Greeks to study in, 552.
-, French negotiating league with Spain against, 560; Rochellese sending women and children to, 561.
-, take to privateering, 568; French receive Danish ambassadors to delude, 570.
-, reported league of Spain, France and emperor against, 571; Fargis and Olivares plotting against, 598.
-, deserves pity for weakness, 576; Contarini speaks of hostilities against Venice, 581, 582.
-, high handed treatment of other nations at sea, 582; mischief from not having parliament, 588; payment for war as condition for parliament, 589.
-, idea of using German horse in, 585.
-, ship at Leghorn, 590.
-, Turks esteem highly, 597; introduction of foreign troops may cause insurrection in, 607; claims of Bishop of Chalcedon in, 609.
-, Scots prefer French to, 615; want Gabor and Baden to take field, 616; no rejoicing in about success at Ré, 620; mistrust of Berulle, 624.

England:
-, Venetian instructions to representatives in, 3, 8, 19, 20, 37, 38, 50, 51, 58, 59, 66, 71, 72, 81, 89, 96, 97, 109, 139, 147, 157, 174, 191, 200, 201, 210, 244, 259, 276, 295, 304, 311, 320, 330, 340, 348, 349, 364, 380, 392, 410, 428, 437, 465, 475, 492, 524, 535, 537, 540, 551, 594, 599.
-, church of. See Anglican Church.
-, King of. See Charles I; James I.
-, Queen of. See Elizabeth, Queen of England; Henrietta Maria.

English Channel:
-, ships to guard, 240; fight in, 274; Dunkirkers in, 498.

Enkhuizen, Incuisen, Inclusem [Prov. North Holland, Netherlands]:
-, ships built at for France, 396, 405; French ships afraid to leave, 437.

envoys. See ambassadors.

Epernon. See Nogaret.

Erffet, Colonel, 244.

Erizzo, Francesco, Venetian Proveditore General, 319.

Ernest Casimir, Count of Lewenstein, 88n.

Erskine, John, Earl of Mar, Lord Treasurer of Scotland:
-, bribed to give office to Morton, 119.
-, -, Thomas, Earl of Kelly:
-, at Council about letters, 605.

Esperance. See Ships, names of.

Espesses, Sieur d'. See Faye.

Essex, county of:
-, riot in, over election, 595; other counties follow example, 605.
-, sheriff of, 396n.
-, Earl of. See Devereux.

Estampes, Leonore d', Sieur of Valancay, Valanze, Valance, Governor of Calais,:
-, sends about passage traffic, 248, 278; offer to Buckingham, 249.
-, opens letters from Antwerp, 326; letters of Contarini to, 327, 449, 545, 548; intercepts and opens letters from England, 349; letters to Contarini, 391, 392, 537.
-, order to about Venetian packets, 436, 445; gives facilities for letters, 482.
-, Governor of Oléron writes to, 565.

Estre. See Aytre.

Estrées, Francis Hannibal d', Marquis of Cœuvres, Coure, Tres, Marshal di Trie, 509.
-, letter to Bethune, 8; English distrust, 11; replies sent to articles, 15; raises difficulties, 17.
-, not to proceed with treaty until forts rased, 37; rivalry with Bassompierre, 41; not to carry out treaty until tribute settled, 51.
-, collecting forces to join Baden, 96; Holland condemns orders to, 110.
-, wants Zorzi to mediate between England and France, 192; may go to England, 248, 368.
-, goes to Venice for repatriation of Jesuits, 464.

Exeter, Earl of. See Cecil, William.