F.

Faenza, 181.

Faenza, Signor Giustinian di, 272.

Falkenburg, 8.

Falmouth, French intention to land at, 221.

Falling sickness, the, cured by the Kings of France, 222.

-, -, by the Kings of England, 238.

Farnese, Alexander, Cardinal, 29, 93, 127, 131, 134, 266.

-, -, made Archbishop of Tours, 261.

-, -, his brother, 131, 134.

-, Signor Horatio [Duke of Castro], 59, 102, 111, 112, 117, 118, 135, 141, 152, 153, 154, 158, 168, 170, 182.

-, -, defeated by Alessandro Vitelli, 153.

-, -, his marriage with Madame la bastarde of France, 246.

-, -, reported slain at Torchæra, 198.

Farnese, Octavio, Duke of Camerino, 80, 87, 90, 94, 98, 102, 106, 112, 115, 116, 120, 127, 128, 130, 131, 134, 135, 143, 145, 151, 152, 156, 157, 158, 168, 170, 179, 252, 253, 257.

-, -, his dispute with Fernando Gonzaga concerning the frontiers of Parma and Piacenza, 80.

-, -, the Pope indignant at his holding Parma, 94.

-, -, threatened with excommunication, 90, 91, 93, 99, 100, 106.

-, -, his demands of the Pope, 112, 113.

-, -, assisted by the French, 115.

-, -, holds Parma against the Pope, 127.

-, -, offered the Duchy of Camerino, 128.

-, -, he and his wife suspected to be poisoned, 145.

-, -, his distrust of the French King, 156.

Farnese, Pietro Ludovico, Duke of Piacenza (son of Pope Paul III.), his murderers, 126, 184, 291.

Fecamp, 343.

Fellows, Henry, Guisnes pursuivant extraordinary, 293.

Ferrante, Don, see Gonzaga.

Ferrara, Hercules, Duke of, 16, 17, 28, 87, 93, 94, 110, 125, 130, 131, 135, 141, 162, 163, 170, 183, 201, 233, 271.

-, -, inclined to the French side in Italy, 94, 110.

-, -, fortifies his territories, 125.

-, - is very solicitous for peace, 135, 163, 170, 175.

-, -, adopts a strict neutrality, 201.

Ferrara, Hercules, Duke of, his negotiations with France and the Emperor, 135, 233.

-, -, his daughter, 16.

-, -, his son, proposed marriage of with Lady Mary of England, 17.

-, -, proposed as a husband for the Princess Elizabeth of England, 164, 255.

-, -, proposals made to him by Henry II., 260, 261, 280.

Ferrara, Hippolyto D'Este, Cardinal of, —, 127, 128, 131, 134, 175, 224, 247, 278, 290.

-, -, Ambassador for Henry II. at Rome, 128.

-, -, endeavours to reconcile the Pope and the French King, 175.

-, -, enters on the government of Sienna, 228, 234, 259.

Ferrara, 128, 131, 134, 141, 178, 201, 224, 264, 271.

Feversham, 279.

-, the haven of, 197.

Fiennes, 306, 311, 318, 319, 324.

Figueredo, Gaspar de, Portuguese Ambassador to England, 28.

Finale, a castle of the Duke of Ferrara, 141.

Fiore, Cardinal, 116.

Fitzgarret, [Fitz Gerald] Gerald, an Irish emissary to France, 28, 39.

Fitz-Patrick, Barnaby, 206, 208, 214, 222, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235.

-, -, letters from, 210.

Fitzwalter, Thomas Ratcliffe, Lord, 123.

Fitzwilliams, Mr., 123.

Flaccius, Illyricus, a distinguished citizen of Magdeburg, 199.

Flammock, Sir Andrew, 342.

Flanders, States of, 8.

Flanders, 65, 67, 76, 100, 104, 105, 107, 117, 122, 125, 126, 139, 152, 166, 167, 172, 173, 176, 181, 207, 217, 236, 240, 270, 278, 288, 292, 293, 312.

-, furnishes horsemen to the Emperor, 9.

-, the succession to, opened to females, 47.

-, silver ore exported to, from England, 67.

-, severity towards Protestants in, 104.

-, the Anabaptists in, 122.

-, English ships arrested in, 139, 152.

-, proposed league of, with England, 270, 171.

-, restraints on the exportation of coin from, 288.

-, English desire to get powder from, 85, 137, 161.

-, great distress in, 120.

-, the English Church service prohibited in, 138, 166, 167.

-, restraints placed upon commerce in, 185, 188, 193, 194, 206, 208, 225.

Flanders, contrary to the law that criminals of another country should be delivered up, 281.

-, abatement of English money in, 327.

Flechamore, Thomas, of Antwerp, 260.

Fleming, Lady, her illegitimate son by King Henry II., 90, 97.

Fleming, Sir Francis, Lieutenant of the Ordnance, 26.

Fleming, in the Pope's service, treason of, 265.

Flensburger Wick (in Denmark), 39.

Flesco [Fieschi], Scipione, a conspirator against Andrew Doria, 125.

Fletcher, —, Paget's servant, 43, 45.

Flite, John, English merchant, his suit in the Court of Parliament at Rouen, 9.

Florence, 117, 181, 182, 263.

-, letters dated from, 6, 70, 119.

-, intelligence dated from, 181, 272.

-, Duke of, see Cosmo de Medici.

-, King's messenger, 209, 210.

Florentines, 25.

Flushing, 279.

-, the bailiff and magistrates of, 279.

Fogge, Sir John, one of the Council at Calais, 296.

-, -, letter from, to Sir William Cecil, 358.

Folembray, 298.

-, letter dated from, 218.

Fontainebleau, 145, 195.

-, letters dated from, 164, 200, 210.

Fontanello, a notable captain, slain, 146.

Fontenella, castle of, 143.

Forehem, a town of the Bishop of Bamberg, 286.

Forge, de, a "banished man," 230.

Formes, M. de, 136.

Fort, d'outre Eau, 341.

-, -, letter dated from, 341.

France, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 19, 40, 162, 174.

-, Cardinal Ambassador to, 9.

-, ship from, 11.

-, oppressive exactions of people of, 18.

-, declaration of war against, by England, 46.

-, freedom of speech restrained in, 63.

-, warlike preparations in, 69, 72.

-, sends troops to Piedmont and Burgundy, 72.

-, intends war with England, 75.

-, the Pope's power in, 163.

-, the Ambassador of, arrested in Brussels 173, 174.

-, warlike preparations in, against Charles V., 246, 264.

Franconia 215.

Francis, Mr., an Englishman, swindled by two knaves, 224.

-, servant to Sir Thomas Speke, 20.

-, servant to the Vidame de Chartres, 117, 118.

Francis I., King of France, 1, 9.

-, -, letter and commission from, 4, 9.

-, -, reported to be "sore sick," 8.

-, -, his anxiety to possess Boulogne, 298.

-, -, treaty of, with Edward VI., 10.

-, -, death of (2nd of April, 1547), 10.

-, -, exequies of, at Gand, 12.

Francisco (Francisco Tomazo), courier, 43, 46, 49, 71, 76, 77, 102, 130, 174, 176, 199, 200, 214, 239, 243, 270, 281.

Francville, Captain of the French fort, 314.

Frankfort, 11, 13, 15, 36, 58, 84, 170, 265, 276.

-, diet at, 276, 284, 286, 288.

French, officers executed by the Emperor, 29.

Fregoso, Aurelio, a Genoese in the French service, taken prisoner by the Papists, 120, 127, 184.

Fresne, M. de, 169.

Fresse, de, 45.

Friesland, 122, 193.

Fringer, Lucas, 123, 185, 186, 195, 196, 197.

Frise, Henry, shipmaster of Hamburg, 220.

Frisia, 252.

Frisons, the, "very evil and troublous for footmen," 247.

Fugger, Anthony, of Augsburg, 8, 18, 46, 47, 283, 285.

-, -, his nephew, 18, 46, 47, 283, 285.

-, -, their great usury wherewith they have undone the Princes of Germany, 285.