L

La Brosse, 572.

-, Mons. de, 85, 86, 131, 155, 161, 178.

-, -, troops sent under the command of, to Scotland, 96, 100, 105.

Lace, silk and gold, 81.

La Chapelle, Mons. de, 709, 748, 750, 751.

La Charité 362, 474, 476.

La Châtre, Mons. de, sent to England, 619, 621, 624.

La Chaux, Don Diego de, 88.

La Cormu and Strozzi, conference between, 574.

Ladies, 617.

- at the opening of Parliament, 15.

La Fère, in Tardenois, 96, 563.

-, siege of, 809.

La Ferté Melun, letter dated at, 496. See Ferté Milon.

La Fin, Mons. de, 752, 753, 754, 812.

La Flèche, in Anjou, 103.

-, letters dated at, 528, 529.

La Forest, Mons., alias Renaudière, author of the insurrection at Amboise, 137.

-, Mons. de, ambassador from France to England, 382, 392, 399, 409, 424, 431, 448.

La Fratea, a Frenchman, 206.

La Fusiera (sic), Mons. de, 724.

La Garde, Baron de, 253.

La Haie, 567.

Lalain, Count de, 723, 732, 736.

-, -, General, 714.

-, -, and other lords, rise against the Prince of Orange, 734.

La Marque, Mons. de, valet of the French King's chamber, sent to England, 34, 68.

Lamberti, Paolo, letter from, 517.

Lambeth, palace of, 71.

La Meilleraye, Mons., 770.

La Mole, Mons. de, a favourite of the Duke of Alençon, 573.

-, -, arrested, 582.

-, -, beheaded, 586, 587.

La Mothe Fénélon, Mons. de, French ambassador to England, 460, 461 466, 476, 561, 564, 644, 650.

-, -, instructions given by, to a secretary, 460.

-, -, secretary of, 461, 464.

La Motte, Mons. de, governor of Gravelines, 768.

Lampoons, 45, 71.

Lancashire, 811.

Lancaster, House of, p. 13.

-, Duchy of, 751.

Lancôme, Mons. de, 768.

Land, manner in which the English deal with, p. 327.

Landgrave, the Count, 291.

Languedoc, 272, 591, 603, 801.

-, government of, 8.

La Noue, Mons. de, 773, 775, 780, 798.

-, -, sent by the States to Monsieur, 744.

-, -, to he general of the army of the States of Flanders, 784.

-, -, agreement between the Prince of Condé, the magistrates of Cambray, and, 798.

-, -, taken prisoner, 807.

Lansac, Mons. de, Gui de St. Gelais, 86, 133, 161, 347, 351, 497, 552, 588, 681, 759.

-, -, daughters of, 351.

-, -, the younger, captures English ships, 681, 685, 690.

La Personne, Mons. de, sent by Casimir to England, 672.

La Platière, Imbert de. See Bourdillon.

La Porte, Mons. de, 644.

-, -, ambassador to England, 650.

Lara, Don Juan Manrique de. See Manrique.

L'Archant, Mons., a captain of Monsieur's guard, 510.

Laredo, in Biscay, 98, 99, 234.

-, port of, 99.

La Eenaudie. See Renaudière.

La Rivière. See Paroceli.

La Roche, [Mons. de,] 709.

La Rochefoucauld, Mons. de, 190, 504.

-, Count de, brother-in-law of the Prince of Condé, 206.

-, -, reported to be dead, 454.

-, Charles de. See Randan, Count de.

La Roche Guyon, rebellion of, 777, 782.

La Roche-sur-Yonne, Prince of, Charles de Bourbon, 85, 86, 90, 96, 114, 138, 202, 206, 221, 237.

Lasso (Lassaux), Mons. de, 334.

Latin, 443.

-, language, 182.

L'Aubespine, Mons. de, 286, 395, 714.

-, -, ambassador from France to England, 693.

-, [Claude de,] Secretary, 8, 9, 61, 74, 85, 135, 347, 389.

-, Sebastien de, Bishop of Limoges, ambassador from France to Spain, 105, 119, 125, 126, 132, 133, 140, 144, 156, 159, 164, 176, 187, 193, 199, 205, 235, 245, 247.

Laval, house of, 496.

La Vigne, late ambassador at Constantinople, 118.

Laws, penal, to be mitigated, 15.

- of England, 449.

Lawyers, 15.

League, design of the, between the Pope, Spain, &c, (1571) 499.

-, the King of France refuses to enter into the, 499.

-, between England and France, (1573) 560, 608, 611, 668.

-, -, proposed renewal of the, 624.

-, between Elizabeth, the States of Flanders, and Casimir, (1578) 717, 721, 723, 724, 731.

-, between the Huguenots and the Flemings, (1579) 768.

-, between Philip and the King of Sweden, 768.

-, between England, the King of Denmark, the Duke of Saxony, and the Count Palatine of the Rhine, 779.

-, between the Pope, Philip, and the Grand Duke of Tuscany, (1580) 790, 794.

Lecce, governorship of, 88.

Leicester, Earl of, Robert Dudley, 428, 649, 650, 652, 786.

-, -, generally detested, 558.

-, -, and other lords pray the Queen not to marry Anjou, 768.

-, -, chaplain to, presents a petition, 786.

-, -, See Dudley, Lord.

Leighton, Thomas, sent to France, 588.

Leith, Little, or North, harbour called,105, 178.

-, siege of, by the English, 112, 114, 147, 153, 155, 157, 162, 167, 172, 178.

-, fortress of, 141, 162.

-, -, French troops in the, 145.

-, -, lost by the Catholics, 549.

-, garrison of, 155.

-, -, besieged, 175.

-, colonel of French troops in, M. de Martigues, 155.

-, French troops besieged in, 159, 161, 180.

-, to be dismantled, 180.

-, the Links beside, 152.

Lennox, Earl of, father of Lord Darnley, the late King, 383, 384.

-, -, retires to England, 390, 395.

-, -, and his wife, 453.

-, -, Governor of Scotland (1572), 829.

Lent, proclamation forbidding. flesh to be eaten during, 27.

Lenten entertainments, 133.

Lenville, François Ollivier de, Chancellor of France, 85, 86, 135, 141.

-, -, death of, 145.

Leon, Forea di, 509.

Leon, province of, in Spain, 75.

Lepanto, battle of, 525, 538.

Leslie (Lilio), —, 80.

Leven, lake of, castle in the, 829.

Levis, Mons. de, 122.

Lezze, Giovanni da, 258, 259, 261.

-, -, Venetian ambassador to France, letter from, 275.

L'Hôpital, Michel de, 42, 89.

-, -, late governor to Madame Marguerite, 145.

-, -, Chancellor of France, 171, 193, 202, 209, 214, 215, 237. See France.

Liberty, the word, used as a badge in France, 566.

Lichfield, Bishop of, deprived, 82.

Liège, Bishop of, 160, 244.

Lignerolles, Mons. de, 186.

-, -, sent to Scotland, 396;

returns, 405.

Lille, 807.

-, governor of, Mons. de Corrières, 92.

Lillemburg, Lilliburg. See Edinburgh.

Limburg, governor of, Count d'Ourende, 92.

Limoges, Mons. de, 582.

-, Bishop of, 8, 9, 20, 29, 533.

-, -, See L'Aubespine.

Limosin, in France, 72, 135.

Lincoln, Bishop of, Thomas Watson, sent to the Tower, 58, 60, 82.

-, -, released from the Tower, 91.

-, Earl of, Lord High Admiral, conveys the Duke of Anjou to France, 774. See Clinton.

Lindsay, Lord, 361, 829.

Linen, p. 327.

Lippomano, Hieronimo, Venetian ambassador in France, 670, 718.

-, -, letter from, 637, 640, 671–676, 678, 680, 681, 683–686, 690, 693, 695, 696, 697, 699–702, 704, 706–717, 720–724, 728–732, 734, 735, 736, 738, 740–744, 746–760, 762–766, 768–777, 779, 780, 782–785.

-, -, letters to, 719.

-, -, departs from France, 786.

Lisbon, 192, 767.

-, merchants in, 133.

-, an urcha from, 652.

L'Isle, Mons. de, ambassador from France to England, 210.

-, -, his legation at Rome, 252.

Litanies, in English, 1, 2, p. 11, 15, 18, 19.

Literature, 646.

Litter, the Queen's, p. 12, 15.

Liveries, 764.

Livingston, Lord, 361.

Lizard, Cape, 473.

Llandaff, Bishop of, deprived, 82.

-, -, Anthony Kitchin, takes the oath of supremacy, 91.

Loan, a great, by merchants to the King of France, 145, 151, 168, 171.

-, contractors, 168.

Loans contracted by Elizabeth at Antwerp, 159.

Loches, castle of, 209.

Lochleven, 425.

-, castle of, 425.

-, -, governor of the, 425.

Lodron, Count Alberico da, 169, 170, 172, 173.

-, Count Sigismondo di, 16.

Loire, the river, 135, 136, 175, 476.

-, bridge over the, 137.

-, Agen on the, 171.

Lombard vessels, 652.

Lombardini, Agostin, 472.

Lombardy, 162.

London, 2, p. 11, 13, 15, p. 17, 45, 60, 77, 79, 159, 167, 186, 371, 388, 401, 427, 448, 449, 451, 480, 560, 617, 654, 661, 786, 799, 829, App. 4.

-, (1559) account of Queen Elizabeth's state entry into, p. 12, 16.

-, sermons in, 40.

-, ten sects of heretics in, 40.

-, masses still said in, 40.

-, troops raised in, 45.

-, festival of St. George the patron of, 64.

-, procession in parishes of, on Ascension Day, 71.

-, entry of the French ambassadors into, 77.

-, great concourse of people in the streets of, 77.

-, (1567) the mass re-introduced in, 382.

-, (1569) military preparations in, 460.

-, (1576) complaint by the authorities of the city of, 649.

-, (1579) Casimir arrives in, 747.

-, presents by the city of, to Casimir, 750.

-, defamatory libels in, against the Duke of Alençon, 786.

-, (1580) gentlemen under suspicion of being Catholics to reside near, 821.

-, letters dated at, 1, 2, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19, p. 19, 23, 27, 40, 46, 51, 58, 64, 68, 71, 77, 78, 80, 82, 649, 652, 745.

-, aldermen of, p. 14, p. 18.

-, artisans of, p. 12.

-, bishopric of, 78.

-, Bishop of, Edmund Bonner, summoned before the Council, 77, 78.

-, -, ordered by the Council to discontinue the mass, 77.

-, -, house of, 77.

-, -, his reply to the Council, 78.

-, -, takes sanctuary in Westminster Abbey, 78.

-, -, deprived, 81, 82.

-, -, Master Grindal made, 80, 81.

-, Bridge, p 12.

-, Blackfriars, p. 12.

-, Cheapside, p. 14.

-, -, the great cross in, p. 14.

-, -, the little conduit called the Standard in, p. 14.

-, -, a wide street, 77.

-, churches of, 18, 71.

-, -, the Lutheran fashion observed in the, 77.

-, -, administration of the sacraments in the, 78.

-, -, change made in all the, 79.

-, citizen of, 480.

-, Cornhill, p. 13, 480.

-, Fleet Street, p. 15.

-, houses of the French ambassadors in, 77, 82.

-, house of Mauvissière, French ambassador in, 799.

-, Lombard Street, mercery shop kept by a Mantuan in, 18.

-, mayor of, p. 18.

-, merchants of, p. 12.

-, - residing in, 480.

-, palace in, prepared for Mary Stuart, 426.

-, -, of the Queen's outside, 771, 772.

-, preachers in, 2.

-, recorder of, p. 14.

-, St. Anthony, church of, assigned to the French nation, 2.

-, St. Augustin, church of, assigned to the Italian nation, 2, 18.

-, St. Mary-le-Bow church, forcible entry into, 51.

-, St. Michael in Cornhill, parish of, 480.

-, St. Paul's, p. 12.

-, -, procession of the parish under the greater church of, 71.

-, -, mass still celebrated in the church of, 77, 79.

-, -, houses near, 77.

-, -, Dean of, John Colet, p. 16.

-, -, -, Doctor Cole, 58;

a house lately inhabited by him, 77, 82.

-, -, Dean and Chancellors of, commissioned to make election of a Bishop, 78.

-, St. Paul's Churchyard, p. 15, p. 16.

-, St. Thomas, church of, p. 14.

-, school of the city of, oration by the scholars of the, p. 15.

-, sheriffs of, p. 18.

-, sheriff of, house of a, 82.

-, shops in, 77.

-, Tower of. See Tower.

-, Venetian agent in, De' Regazoni, 650.

-, -, consul in, App. 6.

-, -, Zuan da Cha da Pesaro, letter to, App. 1.

-, -, Giovanni Pesaro, 483.

-, Venetian consulate in, App. 6.

-, -, vice consul in, Placido Raggazoni elected, App. 6.

-, -, factory, proveditors of the, App. 6.

Londoners, p. 13.

Longueville, Duke of, 5, 61, 113.

-, -, castles of the, 168.

-, -, lieutenant of the, 178.

-, Mons. de, governor of Villers Cotterets, 171.

Lopez, Don Gutierre, de Padilla, 121, 144, 166, 169, 236.

Lords, English. See England, Lords of.

-, of the Council. See Privy Council.

-, House of, 15, 27, 40, 41.

-, -, and House of Commons, controversy between the, 45, 51.

Lorraine, 98, 114, 127, 214, 243, 253.

-, duchy of, 5, 9, 43.

-, states of, 12.

-, Dukes of, former, 12.

-, Duke of, Francois I., (1541) 47.

-, -, Charles III., (1559, &c.) 4, 6, 8, 12, 22, 29, 39, 41, 70, 76, 86, 137, 201, 202, 300, 615.

-, -, marriage of, with the daughter of the King of France, 5, 8, 9, 12.

-, -, and his two sisters, 28.

-, -, his visit to King Philip, 31.

-, -, wife of. See below (the Duchess Claude).

-, -, sister of, 55.

-, -, brother of the late, 615.

-, Duchess of, Christine, 6, 8, 9, 12, 26, 28, 39, 41, 46, 48, 50, 55, 56, 59, 70, 76, 137, 201.

-, -, house of, at the Conference, 21, 29, 36.

-, -, payment by Philip to, 88.

-, -, husbands of, 146 note.

-, -, her claim to Denmark, 151.

-, -, father of, King Christian of Denmark, 74,

-, -, daughter of, 60.

-, -, eldest daughter of, 62.

-, -, youngest daughter of, 62.

-, Duchess of, the new, Claude, daughter of Henry II., 5, 8, 9, 12, 29, 35, 38, 46.

-, Princess of, sister of the Queen of France, proposed marriage of, to King James, 761, 799.

-, -, proposed marriage between Anjou and the, 800.

-, Cardinal of, Louis de Guise, 8, 9, 12, 20, 24, 33, 36, 37, 39, 48, 50, 52, 55, 57, 59, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 74, 76, 86, 87, 94, 96, 105, 114, 116, 118, 122, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 145, 146, 153, 155, 162, 167, 168, 171, 174, 178, 180, 186, 188, 188, 189, 193, 202, 203, 206, 209, 214, 215, 228, 233, 241, 256, 261, 286, 300, 344, 350, 364, 385, 425, 430, 431, 452, 467, 469, 471, 490, 547, 551, 624.

-, -, state negotiations to be transacted by, 85.

-, -, receiver of the revenues of, 136.

-, -, alleged plot to kill, 140.

-, -, sermons of, 149.

-, -, writings abusing, 151.

-, -, effigy of, hanged in Paris, 151.

-, -, houses of, in Paris, 151.

-, -, Archbishop of Cologne, 160.

-, -, letters in abuse of, 171.

-, -, body-guard of, 174.

-, -, letter to, 184.

-, -, eloquence of, 203.

-, -, general hatred towards, 214.

-, -, discourse by, 281.

-, Louise de, marriage proposed between the King of France and, 616.

-, René de. See Elboeuf, Marquis of.

Loscia (Luzy), Mons. de, 454.

Louvain, 668.

Louviers, 335.

-, letters dated at, 336, 510.

Low Countries, the, 60, 128, 140, 155, 156, 377, 460, 508, 538, 682, 704, 714, 732, 735, 780.

-, revenues of abbacies in the, 160.

-, creation of three archbishoprics and fifteen bishoprics in the Flemish, 160.

-, muster of troops in the, 259.

-, description of the, p. 327.

-, fortresses in the, p. 327.

-, suspension of commerce with the, 460.

-, governess of the, 160.

-, -, Philip's sister to remain, 70.

-, -, Duchess of Parma, 140.

-, provinces of the, 744. See Flanders;

United Provinces.

Lubeck, 476.

-, and the other towns, 151.

Lucca, 43.

-, city of, 144, 194.

-, ambassador from, in Spain, 187, 194, 195.

-, merchant of, privilege granted by Elizabeth to a, 645.

Lucchese merchants, 171.

-, -, at Lyons, 604.

-, a, secretary to the Prince of Orange, 696.

Luchatelli, Giovanni, 480.

-, Innocenzio, merchant of Venice, 480.

Lude, Mons. de, 171.

-, Count of, 521, 567.

-, -, late ambassador from Philip to the Emperor Ferdinand, 93.

Lüneburg, Duke of, troops levied by the, for Elizabeth, 460.

-, one of the Dukes of, pensioned by Elizabeth, 186.

Luther, Martin, 377.

-, -, character of, 273.

Lutheran chiefs and doctors, 447.

-, fashion, the, observed in all the churches of London, 77.

-, prince, a, 192.

-, princes offer succour to the Huguenots, 288.

-, rites, 72.

-, sect, head of the, at Valladolid, 81.

Lutheranism, 140.

Lutherans, 237, 273.

-, more than two-thirds of France have become, 57.

-, burnt at Toledo, 245.

Luxemburg, 125, 450, 800.

-, fortresses in the duchy of, restored, 46, 81.

-, governor of, Count Mansfeldt, 79, 92.

-, house of, 180.

-, province of, 736.

Luzy. See Loscia.

Lyons, city of, 8, 138, 141, 221, 258, 314, 331, 394, 460, 598, 599, 602, 603, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 638, 764, 765, 766, 769, 776, 779.

-, bad state of, 142.

-, loan, the great, 168, 171.

-, insurrection at, 206, 242.

-, consuls at, 142.

-, governor of, 142, 167, 643.

-, merchants at, foreign, 142.

-, -, Lucchese, 604.

-, Pont de Beauvoisin, 606.

-, letters dated at, 525, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 642, 643.