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C., J., in Russia, sends copy of Sir J. Bowes' letter to England, 22.

Cabrera, [Luys Henriquez de, Duc de Medina del Rioseco,] Admiral of Castile, takes oath of Prince Philip, 136;

made a knight of the Golden Fleece, 453.

Cabrian or Cabriana, Filippo, letter from, 427.

Cadiz, letter dated at, 521.

Caen, letter dated at, 64.

-, (Cane), castle of, kept for the Guises, 412.

Cæsar, Dr. Julius, deputy-judge of the Admiralty, 143;

has a commission to enquire concerning goods pillaged from the French, 501;

orders to, asked for, 515.

Cafarelli,. Ascanio, daughter of, married, 662.

-, Signor. a Roman gentle man going to Flanders, 608.

Caffa (Capha) [in the Crimea], Tartar prince shut up in, 314;

rumour of siege of, 403;

Turkish admiral returns from, 441.

Cagnano in Lucca, abbey of, given to Cardinal Vercelli's nephew, 492.

Calais, 140, 298;

a ship taken near, 91;

the States' deputies at, 264, 350;

no victuals to be sent from, out of France, 343;

very few soldiers and no force of shipping at, 448;

the Protestants at, have all gone to mass, 589;

a ship comes to, with oxen for Dunkirk, 466;

report at, 589;

need of free passage from Antwerp to, 685.

-, and Dover, ships going between. See Dover.

-, Governor of. See Gourdan.

-, letters dated from, 128, 359, 685.

-, alluded to, 682.

-, travellers to, 1, 169, 269, 349, 358, 671.

Calcar, Col. Schenk near, with a good force, 476.

Callo, Calloo, Kallo, [on the Scheldt], chain and plates at, broken, 102;

enemy's forces at, 110, 152, 255, 641;

breach at, 290;

the States' forces should march to, 406;

the enemy's fleet at, Ste. Aldegonde's reported desire to protect, 690.

-, proceedings at (i.e. building of the stockade and bridge), to close the river, 89, 101, 109, 252, 284.

-, bridge and stockade or fort of, attack upon (April 4) account of, 384, 398;

the Prince of Parma reported to be killed at, 399;

proposed plans for destroying, 406, 407;

strength of, 428;

ships making ready to go against, 469;

ill-success of the attack by fireships on, 486;

very strongly fortified, 492;

a fresh attempt to be made against, 562;

broken in divers places, 597.

-, canal made between Ghent and, 153, 246.

-, dykes near, strengthened, 470.

-, forts or sconces at or about, 406;

strength of, 428.

-, ships go to, across the drowned lands, 93.

-, two lads from, bring intelligence to Count Hohenlohe, 475.

Calmania or Caramania, Turkey in Asia, Beglerbey of, 226.

Caltrop, Jehan, is transporting armour to England, 54.

Calvaert, Calvart, L., secretary of the States of Brabant, one of the States' deputies to France, 87, 151;

sent to des Pruneaux with the articles, 274;

goes to the English ambassadors, 296;

goes to Antwerp, 579, 622;

greffier of Antwerp, formerly a minister, “has run one course with Ste. Aldegonde,” 673.

-, -, letter from, alluded to, 14.

-, -, letters to, alluded to, 14.

Calvin, “sect” of, alluded to, 176;

doctrine of, denounced, 531.

Calvinists, 173;

views of the people of Brunswick concerning, 511;

writings against, 606.

-, and Lutherans, bitterness between. See Lutherans.

Cambrai, Cambray, the Spanish King will not re-demand, 117;

reports concerning, 125;

declared subject to the crown of France, 192;

Elizabeth is content that France shall keep, 224;

troops from, to come to relieve Brussels, 284, 298;

proposed by the Guises to be given to them “for surety,” 390;

the King of Spain's demands concerning, 409;

garrison of, Hainault wasted by, 495.

-, siege and taking of, by the French, alluded to, 218, 224, 264.

-, and Cambresis, the League's demand for restitution to its former state will be “put out,” 380.

Camerino [Hieronymus Vitalis], Bishop of. Nuncio to Poland, reported death of, on his way home, 469.

-, governors of. See Conti, Carlo;

Maffetto, Monsignor.

Campagna, the Roman, bandits in, 263;

the Pope is clearing it of, 592;

taken and hanged, 657.

-, legate for. See Colonna, Cardinal.

Campeggio, Monsignor, late nuncio to Venice, 540.

Campen. See Kampen.

Camphere. See Veere.

Canano or Canani [Giulio], Cardinal, appointed legate for Romagna, 468.

-, -, vice-legate to. See Sorbolongo.

Candia, governor of, orders to be sent to, 163.

Cane Castle. See Caen.

Cantecroy, Contecroy, fort of, near Antwerp, taken by the enemy, 590.

Canterbury, traveller at, 147.

Cape St. Vincent, a vessel captured near, 576.

Cape Verde, ships going to, 632.

Capo, Grandoneo, a great bandit, imprisoned at Rome, 263.

Capo d'Istria, Venetian secretary sent to, 265.

Cappelli, Signor, will not break his faith to the Duke of Parma, 271.

Caprarola, Capraruola, 304, 330;

the Duke de Nevers to be received at, 520;

traveller going to, 607;

French ambassador going to, 640;

Bishop of Nazareth going to, 657.

-, [palace of], Cardinal Farnese at, 607, 662.

Capua, Archbishop of. See Costa.

Capuchin, a, 662.

Capuchin fathers, at Venice, 663.

Caquerelle, de, “a scoundrel,” 7, 8.

Caracciolo, Alfonzetto, pageant given by, at Naples, 330.

Caraffa [Antonio], Cardinal, one of the family of, sent to the galleys, 599.

Caramania. See Calmania.

Carbonnier, Jehan, goods of, judged good prize, 655.

Cardinal Legate, the. See Salviati.

Cardinals, College of, to be applied to, on behalf of Thos. Morgan, 418;

a new promotion of, expected, 630.

Carew (Carre), Sir George, a servant of, 515.

Carey, Henry, Lord Hunsdon, Lord Chamberlain, apology sent to, by the Admiral of Zeeland, 56;

the Earl of Arran's dealing with, 249;

confession made before, 277;

appointed a commissioner to conclude the treaty with the States' deputies, 708.

-, -, letter to, alluded to, 335.

-, -, letters signed by, alluded to, 344.

Carliel, Christopher [step-son of Walsingham], 50.

Carlisle, the Earl of Huntingdon goes to, 76.

Carmagnola (Carmignuola), in the Marquisate of Saluzzo, 537.

Carnival festivities, 282, 283.

Caron, Noel de [Sieur de Schoon-walle], news brought by, 14.

-, -, letter signed by, 660.

Carrouges, Carouge, Seigneur de. See Le Veneur.

Carsey, Capt. Francis, in the Low Countries, 635.

Cary, Capt. Henry, death of, mentioned, 466.

Casake [qy. Cossack], the late, chieftains of, beheaded, 65.

Casciano, Monsignor, ambassador from Tuscany at the Papal court, 600.

Casimir, Duke. See John Casimir.

Casembroot (Cassembrot), [Leonart,] a deputy of Holland, does not go to France, 195, 203;

proposal to send, as an additional deputy, 347.

Castagna [Giovanni Battista], Cardinal, mass sung by, 544;

a bishop consecrated by, 629.

Castelnau, Michel de, Seigneur de la Mauvissière, French ambassador in England, 68, 260;

complaints by, of ill-treatment, in relation to his house, 11, 15, 16;

asks that those who insulted him, may be set at liberty, 23;

proposed journey of, to Scotland, 16, 17, 23;

his overtures to Elizabeth, 16, 17;

his action in relation to the Queen of Scots, 23;

meets Queen Elizabeth at the chase, 36, 38;

mistrusted by the Queen and Council, 39;

is made acquainted with dispatches sent to Stafford, 54, 69, 78, 104;

his overture for including the King of Scots in the treaty between France and England, alluded to, 55;

intended recall of, 118, 174;

reasons for imparting matters to, 120;

tells the Queen that the King cannot resolve touching the Low Countries, 161;

is urged by the Queen of Scots to mediate with Elizabeth, 166;

has “left his wonted secret dealings with the Queen of Scots,” 174;

is leaving England, 285;

in relation to Thomas Morgan, 332;

goes to the Queen at Croydon, 453, 455;

announces the coming of his successor, 454;

is returning to France, 567.

-, -, letters from, 11, 15, 23, 24, 34, 36, 37, 38, 93, 166, 197, 208, 268, 301, 424, 463, 500, 522, 546, 547, 576, 584, 589.

-, -, letter to, 28;

alluded to, 148.

-, -, goods, furniture, armour &c. of, passport for, desired, 497.

-, -, his government of St. Dizier taken from him. 589, 618.

-, -, information sent by, to France, 104, 106.

-, -, information given or to be sent to, 317, 345.

-, -, memorial from, 497.

-, -, memorial to, 515.

-, -, orders sent to, 164, 239.

-, -, request of, alluded to, 161.

-, -, secretary of, 323. And see Courcelles

a former, see Arnault.

-, -, speeches of, alluded to, 238.

-, -, speech to, by the Queen, alluded to, 262.

-, -, daughter of, her English tutor, 15, 16, 23.

-, [Pierre de], Sieur de Mauvissière, the late steward to the Duke of Anjou, elder brother of the above, 497, 548.

-, -, sons of, 497.

Castelnuovo, a famous bandit turns Turk at, 603;

“the cause of,” 629.

Castile, Admiral of. See Cabrera.

-, Commendador-Major of. See Ziniga.

-, forces in, 415.

Castillon, France, letter dated from, 598.

Castres, the King of Navarre going to or at, 322, 371, 719.

Catalani, Giacomo, and his sons, punishment of, 593.

Catalonia, the King of Spain goes into, 694.

Cataneo, Filippo, in London, letters consigned to, 93, 255.

Catherine de' Medici, Queen Mother of France, gives audience to la Pré, 14;

at Chenonceau, 16, 71, 77;

message sent by, to Elizabeth, 16;

is to treat of all things, in the King's absence, 17;

intended movements of, 18;

has left Paris, 20, 21, 30,;

her goodwill towards Elizabeth, 23;

may be made regent, 34;

is “jealous” of Elizabeth sending to the King of Spain, 35;

proposed aid to the Low Countries in the name of, 50, 248;

interviews an envoy from Antwerp, 51;

her dislike of the Duke of Savoy's intended marriage, 52;

a report that Zeeland is to be delivered to, 55;

the King appoints to meet, at Chenonceau, 71;

Stafford means to speak with, 71, 72;

Stafford's orders prevent him from presenting Robert Cecil to, 79;

going from place to place, 103;

sent for by the King, 124;

her pretensions to Portugal, 125, 275, 286;

audience given by, to the States' ambassadors, 131;

receives des Pruneaux, 139;

objects to Mendoza's coming to France, 139;

her audience to Stafford, account of, 140, 141;

her cold treatment of, and speeches against Catherine de' Mendoza, 141;

wishes the King to accept the Low Countries, 148;

her dislike of the Duke of Guise, 169;

reported secret support of the Guises by, 169;

to be told that a follower of the Guises will not be acceptable as ambassador in England, 174;

the King of Navarre writes sharply to, 191;

request of, alluded to, 192;

Cambray under protection of, ibid.;

Mendoza's vehement speeches to and her hot reply, 229, 242;

proposal that she shall hear the States' deputies, 229;

audience given by, to the States' deputies, 273, 294, 331;

Stafford has audience of, 275;

the “poor woman” dares say no other than the King would have her, 275;

gives audience to Lord Derby, 285;

and to Mendoza, 286;

tries to persuade captains to levy men for the States, ibid.;

is joined in most of the Privy Councils, 308;

the King consults with, 312;

interview of the English ambassadors with, 319;

much troubled at failure of the treaty with the States, ibid.;

to be thanked for her good offices concerning Morgan, 332;

encourages the deputies, 343;

is sick for very melancholy, ibid.;

movements of, ibid.;

efforts of, to persuade the King to accept the Low Countries, 353;

“cries out upon the King,” for not making better preparations, 354;

in bed with the gout, 354, 361;

the King is going to, 360;

is going to the Duke of Guise, 358, 361;

message from, 358;

journey of, stayed, 363;

said to be a party to the League, 370, 372;

hatred of, to the mignons, 370, 390;

will not return to Paris till after Easter, 375;

the King asks advice of, concerning the Huguenot offers, 378;

doubt whether the Duke of Guise will meet, or no, 379;

makes a jest of all things “set out” against her, 386;

negotiations of, with the Duke of Guise, 389–391;

keeps her old plan, “to have sundry ways to the wood,” 390 device of, “to pacify all things,” 391;

spares no diligence to bring the troubles to a good end, 397;

private letters of, to the King, suspicion raised by, 408;

wishes to have all three parties to depend on her, 411;

Villequier at the devotion of, 412;

to be applied to on behalf of Thos. Morgan, 418;

peace hoped for, by means of, 421, 490;

goes to Epernay to meet the Duke of Guise, 423;

has been five weeks without effecting anything but a truce, 429;

letters of thanks to be sent to, from the States General, 436;

Miron goes to and from, 459;

is to take the whole charge of the treaty, 460;

her double dealing, as regards the League, 462;

said to have declared the King would sign nothing until the Leaguers disarmed, 462;

negotiations of, with the Guises, 464, 504;

is “this day,” to conclude with the League, 487;

would have made peace before now, if the King had been as forward as she is, 516;

sends money to her daughter, 517, 526;

report given out by “those privatest about her,” 526;

interview of Clervant and Chassin court with, 549;

goes to Sens to meet the Guises, 549;

meets the King at Lagny, 549;

is desired by the King to go no further till she hears from him, 551;

is believed to have agreed to large conditions, 553;

goes to meet the Guises at Nemours, 555;

the Duke of Lorraine to accompany her, 559;

meets the King and goes to conclude the peace, 570;

has brought the King to agree with the League, 574, 577;

settles articles of peace at Lagny, 581;

signs the treaty at Nemours, ibid.;

intended meeting of, with the King, 581, 589;

expected at Paris, 602;

with the King at St. Maur-des-Fossés, 610;

belief that she will go to try to convert the King of Navarre, 610;

in relation to the French ambassador's dismissal from Rome, 645;

knows her son's Catherine de' nature well, 646;

the King of Navarre asks her to go to him, 665;

will probably go and very shortly, ibid.;

message to, from Navarre, 666;

“makes show to mislike” her daughter, 682.

-, letters from, alluded to, 19, 26, 28, 393, 408.

-, letter to, 338;

alluded to, 148.

-, confidant of. See Guadagni.

-, Councillor of. See Gondi, Duke of Retz.

-, a messenger sent to, 28.

-, Secretary of State to. See L'Aubespine.

“Catholic Romish church,” a Confession of Faith for, 531.

Catholics. See Papists.

Cato, a new, needed, 653.

Cayeux or Caieux, the States' deputies land at, 233.

Cecil, Robert, son of Lord Burghley, goes to Paris, 1, 12;

is going to visit Fontainebleau, 20, 21;

returns to Paris, 30;

“misliking” between, and his travelling companion, 35;

money lent to, 69;

Sir E. Stafford had hoped to present, to the French King, 79;

has accompanied Stafford everywhere, 121;

message sent by, 126.

-, -, description of France by, 83;

lists of French nobility, officers, &c., &c., by, 87, 88.

-, -, letter to, alluded to, 68.

-, -, request of, alluded to, 117.

-, -, a hackney of, 34, 36.

-, William, Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer of England;

is prayed to support the Duchess of Bouillon's request to the Queen, 57;

efforts of, to prevent the sending of victuals to the Spaniards, 91;

a man of experience should be sent to, 206;

kindness of, to Frenchmen in England, 268;

Stafford wishes he could have, instead of Lord Derby, 312;

tells Ortell that the Queen will delay her succour, 427;

reply of, to Orteil, alluded to, 491;

Stafford confides his difficulties to, 548;

a commissioner to conclude the treaty with the States' deputies, 708.

-, -, letters from, 236 [?], 239, 679;

alluded to, 122, 209, 241, 248, 252, 278, 303, 344, 515.

-, -, letters to, 1, 12, 19, 21, 30, 34–36, 47, 68, 77, 81, 149, 170, 194, 197, 206, 249, 260, 261, 268, 273, 283, 306, 348, 381, 387, 400 (2), 450, 461, 518, 526, 548, 574, 634, 642, 653, 664, 669, 673, 680, 682, 714;

alluded to, 335, 711 (2).

-, -, books sent to, 461, 518, 548.

-, -, copies of letters sent to, 319, 321, 412.

-, -, drafts or corrections by, 225, 241.

-, -, endorsements by, 1, 14, 20, 21, 35, 69, 79, 81, 111, 114, 170, 192, 217, 273, 309, 319, 322, 381, 401, 410, 412, 488, 526, 636, 654, 691, 704, 705, 708.

-, -, a horse belonging to, 12.

-, -, house of, conference with the States' deputies at, 595.

-, -, imprest made by, to Davison, 682.

-, -, matters to be imparted to, 100, 616;

referred by, to Walsingham, 2.

-, -, memorial to, 497.

-, -, message to, 27.

-, -, notes or memoranda by, 14, 16, 95, 446, 447, 518, 659, 688;

in relation to the treaty with the States, 703–709.

-, -, note for, 412.

-, -, orders of, alluded to, 275.

-, -, report by, of conference concerning the Low Countries, 97.

-, -, statement of, alluded to, 667.

-, -, nephew of, 30.

-, -, secretary of, 34.

-, -, an old servant of, 435.

-, William, grandson of Lord Burghley, sent for, from Orleans to Paris, 373;

going to Blois, 381, 391, 400;

nothing heard of, 461, 548;

said to have been at Bourges, 462;

has left Blois, 526;

proceedings of, 714.

-, -, letter from, 712.

-, -, servant of, 714.

-, Capt. William, in the Low Countries, 635.

Celio, chief secretary at Venice, document countersigned by, 163.

Celsi, Abbé, is gone as vice-legate to Viterbo, 281;

bandits condemned to the galleys by, 657.

Cenen (sic), city of, fight near, 601.

Ceppen, castle of, prisoner in, 219.

Cerne [Dorsetshire], letter addressed to, 712.

Cesarini, Giovanni Giorgio, creditors of, 600.

-, Giuliano, son of the above, to marry one of the Pope's nieces, 469;

estate of, 600;

nominated Duke of Civita Costella, 608.

Cesis, Cesi, [Angelo,] Bishop of Todi, mass sung by, 363.

-, Federico, wife of, has a son, 289.

-, [Pier Donato,] Cardinal, reports scarcity of victuals in Rome, 656.

Châlons-sur-Marne (“in Champagne”), only the ordinary guard at, 311;

friends of the Guises said to be retired into, 340;

taken by the Duke of Guise, 354, 355, 369, 719;

efforts to save, 354;

the Duke is “sure enough” of, 361;

heads of the League to meet at, ibid.;

Duke of Guise and Cardinal of Bourbon at, 380;

can only be assured by a strong garrison, ibid.;

forces of the League in, 408.

-, document dated at, 618.

Challis, —, pillager of the Duc de Jo yeuse's ship, 522.

Chamberlain, Mr. [? Mr. Vice-Chamberlain], 556.

Chamberlaine, Chamberlen, Mr., praise of, 69, 70.

Chamberlains, the, business connected with, 620, 627.

Chambery, the Duke of Savoy at, 20, 31.

Champagne, the Duke of Guise's government of, towns to be united to, 460;

the Guises may make themselves Earls of, 553.

-, governor of. See Lorraine, Henry de, Duke of Guise.

-, lieutenant-governor of. See Dinteville.

-, towns and forces of the Guises in, report of the state of, 461.

-, traveller through, 311.

Champagney, M. de. See Perrenot.

Champernon, Champernowne, Arthur de, a gentleman of Walsingham's, is going into England, 313;

sent to the King of Navarre, 394, 423, 448, 517;

embarks for France, but has to put back, 464;

report that he has been taken, 501;

at Bergerac, 504 (2);

going into Languedoc to Mont-morency, 504, 505;

his coming has gladdened the [Huguenot] churches, 542;

promises sent by, to the King of Navarre, 585;

letters sent by, 594, 596;

the King of Navarre desires to have him with him during the war, 597.

-, -, letters from, 464, 487, 501.

-, -, instructions for, 394.

-, Madame de, Walsingham's kindness to, 95.

Champigny, the Duke of Montpensier's house, 81.

Chapelle-des [or aux]-Ursins, Christopher Jouvenel de la, sent to the Duke of Guise, 361, 362;

does not hope for any good effect from his journey, 363;

a horse given by, to Sir Edward Stafford, 382.

-, -, letter from, 611.

Chapman, William, at Antwerp, 88;

cannot leave because of his debts, 115, 205;

invention by, 167.

Charetier, Mathurin, secretary to the Duke of Anjou, imprisonment of, alluded to, 498.

Charlemagne, “scions of” [i.e. the Guises], 525.

Charles V, the Emperor, sovereignty of, over the Low Countries, alluded to, 101, 230, 235, 273, 333, 425, 444;

often agreed to what he never performed, 125;

proceedings of, alluded to, 217.

-, “one who served,” 237.

Charles IX of France, his treachery to the Huguenots, 81, 129;

in relation to “the massacre,” 307;

mentioned, 340.

Charlois, near Rotterdam, excise of, farmed, 358.

Charnock, –, death of, mentioned, 466.

Charny [Jacques de Chabot], Comte de, lieutenant - governor in Burgundy, the King's orders to, 72.

Chartres, said to be taken by the League, 389.

Chassincourt, Imbert de Biotière, Sieurde, opinion of, 169;

matters to be imparted to, 170;

the King sends messages by, to the King of Navarre, 341;

is heard by the Queen Mother, 549.

-, -, letter from, 570.

-, -, lodgings of, 274, 275.

Chasteauneuf, [Guy de Rieux, Seigneur de, lieut-general in Brittany], plan of, to surprise St. Malo, 189, 190;

keeps the passages in Brittany, 487.

-, ambassador to England. See L'Aubespine - Chasteauneuf.

Chastes (Charteis), [Aimar de Clermont], Seigneur de la, governor of Dieppe, 632.

Château-Thierry, 184;

the King should go with his forces to, 461;

news from, 462.

Châtillon, the King of Navarre at, 488.

Châtillon, Chastillon, [Odet de Coligny], Cardinal de, the late, 325.

-, Seigneur de. See Coligny, Gaspard de.

Chemnitz or Chemnicius, [Martin,] chief pastor of Brunswick, one of the chief of the Ubiquitarians in Germany, urges the church of Brunswick to banish and “detest” all Calvinists, 606;

Bodley confers with, 607.

-, preface written by, 606.

Chenonceau, the Queen Mother at, 16;

the King appoints to meet her at, 71;

Sir Edw. Stafford going to, 71, 72;

the King and Queen at, 77.

Chevrières (Chyverier, Chevierere), M. de, made governor of the citadel of Lyons, 194;

forces brought by, to the Duke of Guise, 461.

Chiaravalle in La Marca, abbey of, 560;

desired by Cardinal Altemps, 662.

Chiavenna, traveller to, 304.

Chimay, Prince of. See Croy, Charles de.

-, Princess of. See Brimeu, Marie de.

China, the King of, and all his kingdom, said to be come into the faith, 630.

Chioggia, Chiozza, [Gabriel] Fiamma, Bishop of, death of, 593.

-, -, sons of, 593.

-, bishopric of, aspirants for, 593.

-, -, given to Masimo de Crema, 608.

Chiverny, Comte de. See Hurault.

Choart, Paul, Seigneur de Buzanval, letters sent by, 139;

sent to Paris by the King of Navarre, 371.

Church, States of the, or Ecclesiastical States, battalions of, cashiered, 629;

licences granted by, alluded to, 629.

Church vestments, said to have been seized by Truchsess and “lost at cards,” 468.

Ciaus Bassa, Grand Vizier of Turkey. See Siavus.

Cicogna, Pasquale, procurator of St. Mark's, elected Doge of Venice, 658.

Cimonino, Pietro, a bandit, killed by one of his fellows, 630.

Cipher, letters written in, or partly in, 35, 37, 65, 156, 157, 231, 257, 259, 260, 269, 313, 365, 377, 386, 390, 411, 441, 455, 462, 475, 483, 512, 598, 653.

-, a letter written in, decipher of, desired, 186.

Ciustelli, Monsignor, the place of Clerk of the Chamber to the Pope bought by, 560.

Civille, François de, sent to England by the Duchess of Bouillon, 9;

brings his wife and children to England, 576;

a French prisoner recommended by, 656.

-, -, letters from, 29, 56, 76, 102, 111, 142, 188, 324, 436, 471, 524, 576.

-, -, letter to, 189.

-, -, instructions for, 10.

-, -, and his wife, send fruit and seeds to friends in England, 524.

-, -, children of, 112.

Civita Costella, Duke of. See Cesarini, Giuliano.

Civita di Penna, Bishop of, deputed to reform the ecclesiastics &c., 629;

said to be made governor of Rome, ibid.

Civita Vecchia, 608.

Claud, Father. See Mathieu.

Clausse, Henry, Seigneur de Fleury St. Martin, elder brother of Marchaumont, French ambassador in Switzerland, 552.

-, Pierre, Seigneur de Marchaumont, letters from, 537(2).

-, -, brother-in-law of, deputy-governor of Metz, 390.

-, -, house of, near Fontainebleau, 1, 20, 21, 30.

Clayton, Mr., and his brother, 524.

Cleerehagen, Count and Captain, leads the attempt on Bois-le-Duc, 250, 251.

Clercke, William, letters sent by, 712.

Clermont d'Entragues. See Entragues.

Clervant, Seigneur de. See Vienne.

Cleves, tilts and tourneys at, 211;

the Duke at, 215;

news from, 601.

Cleves, [Henriette de,] Duchess of Nevers, claim by right of, 275.

-, Jülich and Münster, Jehan, the young Duke of, administrator of Münster, proposed marriage of, with the daughter of the late Marquis of Baden, 80, 195, 202, 211;

said to have renounced his bishopric of Münster, 195;

negotiations with, on behalf of Daniel Rogers, 210;

suggested marriage of, with the daughter of Duke Julius of Brunswick, 255;

marriage of, to the daughter of the Duke of Baden, deferred, 472;

takes place, 536, 539.

-, William, Duke of, man executed by order of, 79;

the Queen should demand justice from, upon Schenk, 80;

his reception of Daniel Rogers, 202;

negotiations with, on behalf of Rogers, 210, 211, 215;

should be advertised of the proposed action for the Low Countries, 223;

is “in a jealousy” of Spain, 380;

wishes the new Archbishop of Cologne (the Bavarian) to be Bishop of Münster, 472;

is dangerously ill, 539.

-, -, [elder] daughter of, attendant on, 216.

-, -, youngest daughter of, 211, 216.

-, -, sister of, 216.

-, -, archers of, 215.

-, -, Council of, letters to, alluded to, 210.

-, -, councillors of, 215.

Clifford, George, Earl of Cumberland, said to be “in working” by the priests, 716.

Clissa, Sanjak of, a castle of the Turks in, burnt, 603.

Clitheroe [? William], a priest, in Paris, helps to pen Charles Paget's book, 717.

Cloet, Clout, Captain Hermann Frederick, aids in the capture of Neuss, 472.

Cloeting, M. de, of the house of Brederode, 701.

Clundert or Clunaert, “the frontier island of Brabant,” commander in. See Lyer.

-, house in, of the late Prince of Orange. See Willemstad.

-, letter dated from, 612.

Cobos, Capt. Christofer de, 385.

Cocquiny, Captain, ship belonging to, 232.

Codegnoro, a famous bandit of, 603.

Coinage, notes on, 14.

engelotts, 617.

false, 441, 506.

Portugal aurei, 617.

Coining, an English captain accused of, 506.

Colepepper (Cooltpiper), Anthony, of Bedgbury Park, 677.

Coligny, François de, Sieur de Rieux. See Rieux.

-, Gaspard de, Admiral, Seigneur de Châtillon, Charles IX's [pretended] kindness to, brought him to his end, 81;

present at a meeting at Montauban, allusion to, 155;

“the Admiral,” aid given to, by Elizabeth, alluded to, 217, 588;

“at the last troubles,” proceedings of, 340.

-, Guy de, Comte de Laval, sent by the King of Navarre to the French King, 49, 68, 153;

sends a messenger [his half brother] to the Princess of Orange, 51;

at Blois, 78;

at the Court, 106;

good usage of, by the King, 165;

is in Brittany, 524;

is gathering troops to go to the King of Navarre, 652.

-, -, letter from, 561.

-, -, wife and household of, sent to Guernsey, 652.

-, Louise de. See Orange, Princess of.

Colocza (Collocente, Colecenze), Archbishop of, Chancellor of Hungary, banquet given by, 271, 468;

reported to be made a Cardinal, 305.

Cologne, report at, of a plot against the Queen, 80;

Daniel Rogers goes to, 202, 211, 216;

attack upon Bertrand Combies at, 218;

said to have shut its gates against its bishop, 380;

passage to, “troubled” by Count Neuenaar, 472;

the Spaniards reported to wish to make themselves master of, 487;

violent courses of, against the English, 617;

“the fight at,” alluded to, 694.

-, Archbishop and Elector of. See Truchsess; see Bavaria, Ernest of;

a former, see Hermann;

temp. Hen. V, 217.

-, archbishopric of, States of, about to meet, 474;

assemble at Cologne, 602.

-, canons of, Calvinist, deprivation of, alluded to, 173;

those of the Confession of Augsburg passed over, ibid. And see Saxe-Lauenburg, Frederick, Duke of.

-, Chapter of, the new Elector's forces demand their pay from, 581.

-, “affair” or business of, alluded to, 70;

anxiety caused by, 156.

-, arms at, bought up, 218.

-, book said to be printed at, 387.

-, burghers of, in Neuss, to depart unharmed, 492.

-, evangelical party at, negotiations of, 70.

-, gate of Santo Severino at, keeper of, imprisoned, 487.

-, letter dated at, 216;

letter from, alluded to, 53.

-, news from, 264, 271, 305, 331, 353, 364, 470, 474, 486, 491, 532, 535, 538, 558, 580, 589, 601, 609, 626, 641.

-, “the party of,” money disbursed to, 402.

-, persons killed and drowned near, 218.

-, towns round about, pillaged by the new Elector's forces, 581.

-, traveller from, robbed by soldiers, 92.

-, treaty at (in 1579), alluded to, 203, 218.

-, vice-legate to. See Stella.

-, the war of, has failed for lack of money, 437;

the States of the bishopric consult concerning, 602;

proposal to tax the clergy of Germany for the costs of, 613.

Colonna, Donna Gerolama or Geronima, 263, 304.

-, Giulio, said to be exonerated of the murder of Giacomo Uberti, 270, 281;

is sent to Fabrica, into banishment, 288, 289, 304, 330;

appeal of, to the Pope, 629.

-, Marc Antonio, vice-roy of Sicily, said to be poisoned in Spain, 33;

returns from Spain, 608;

leaves Naples, 662.

-, Marc Antonio, Cardinal, application made to, 270;

quarrel settled by, ibid.;

movements of, 288;

appointed legate for the Campagna, 468;

abbey renounced by, to his nephew, 560;

bandits' heads sent to Rome by, ibid.;

gallows erected by, for bandits, 657.

-, Prospero, 289;

the bandits constrained by, to relinquish their enterprise against Rome, 330;

called to Florence by the Grand Duke, 560.

-, -, brother of, 289.

-, House of (Colonnesi), differences between, referred to Cardinal Farnese, 270.

Colporito, convoy attacked by bandits at, 305, 330.

Colville, Colvill, Sir James, laird of Ester-Wemyss, wishes to hear from Walsingham, 2;

money advanced to, 322.

-, -, letters from, 30, 473, 598;

alluded to, 34, 116.

-, -, letters to, alluded to, 116;

sent to, 249.

-, -, a servant of, 30.

-, Mr., cousin of the above, 322.

Comacchio, bandits near, fire on the Duke of Ferrara, 664.

Combies or Combes, Bertrand, petition of, 217.

Commons, House of, the proposals of the States General to be put before, 521.

Como, garrison of, the Governor of Milan to visit, 520.

Como (Comus) [Ptolomeo Galli], Cardinal of, 99;

resigns the government of Terracina, 520;

is hated by Pope Sixtus, 651;

in disgrace, for favouring the old treasurer, 666.

-, -, letters of, alluded to, 349, 355.

Compiègne (Compeigne), the League has “missed,” 362.

Concord, book of. See Formula Concordiæ.

Concordia, Bishop of. See Cuirini.

Condé, Prince of. See Bourbon.

Conincxloo, Sieur, statement witnessed by, 689.

Constable, W., letter from, 713.

Constant (Constans), M., sent into Languedoc, 505.

Constantinople, plague at, 44;

victuals in, are at wonted prices, 483;

both old and new Venetian Bailos at, 482, 546;

slaves going to, rescued, 560;

might easily be occupied, and the Sultan expelled out of Europe, 599.

-, ambassadors at, estimate of the charges of, 226;

presents given to, ibid.

armoury and arsenal at, 46.

-, Cadi or judge of, orders given to, 46.

-, courier from, 474.

-, Greek victuallers at, orders to, 46.

-, news from, 271, 290, 306, 354, 494, 530, 546, 603, 608, 630, 663.

-, Patriarch of the Greeks at, “dispossessed by one more learned,” 403.

-, -, the former, a prisoner in Rhodes, 403.

-, St. Sophia, a priest of, bold speech of, 482.

Contecroy, fort of, taken, 590.

Conti, Appio, 629;

sent by the Prince of Parma to congratulate the Pope, 607;

is returning to his charge in Flanders, ibid.

-, -, Lottario, brother of, 607, 629.

-, Monsignor Carlo, to be Bishop of Ancona, 263;

bishopric not yet granted to, 270;

made governor of Camerino, 281;

wishes to resign the government and come to Rome, 469;

as bishop elect of Ancona, “advanced to the order of sub-deacon,” 592;

appointed Bishop of Ancona, 599;

the Pope gives the rochet to, with his own hands, 600;

consecration of, 629.

Cooke, Anthony, letter from, 714.

-, -, servant of, 714.

-, Mr. [? Robert, Clarencieux], sent to France, 332;

incautious speeches of, in Paris, 349.

Copcott, Raynold, money to be paid by, 268, 302, 359;

bonds from, alluded to, 720.

Copenhagen, Coppenhagen, Bodley goes to, 510, 512, 563, 565.

-, letters dated at, 81, 181, 463.

-, report at, 567.

Copley, Thomas, said to have died in the Spanish camp, 125;

death of, alluded to, 466.

Coquigri, Captain, of Fécamp, ship in the hands of, 652.

Corall, John de, officer of Bilbao, carried to England in the Primrose, desires release, 573.

Corbeil, intended meeting of the French King and the Leaguers at, 581;

the King's return from, 589.

Corbie, in Picardy, 286;

a woman spy taken in, 320.

Cordel, Thomas, property at Genoa transferred to, 575, 576.

Cordelier, a, abuse of Queen Elizabeth by, 524.

Coredano, Andrea, going to England, 334.

Corfu, the Turks feared to be intending something against, 403.

-, news from, 521.

-, ships to or from, 482, 521.

Cork, travellers to, 345.

Cornaro, Signor Paolo, going to England, 334.

Cornea, Marquis della, at Rome, 288.

-, Monsignor della, madea superintendent of the Camera, 629.

Corner, Signor Gabriel, son-in-law of the Doge of Venice, 630.

Cornwall, justices of, soldiers “delivered” by, 691.

-, a pirate ship in, 500.

Cornyll, —, letter delivered to, 189.

Corpelles [Jacques], “General,” imprisoned at Brussels as a traitor, release of, 688.

Corpus Christi, Corpus Domini or Fête Dieu, festival of, in Paris, 322, 526;

procession of, at Venice, 530, 540.

Correggio, garrison of, 304.

Correscio, Antonio, a Portuguese, ambassador of Malta to the Pope, 639.

Corsback, Corseback, a Hungarian commander formerly in the service of the States, 51.

Corsican soldiers, in service of the Pope, bandits repulsed by, 305, 330, 363.

Corsini, Filippo, sent from the Grand Duke of Tuscany to Queen Elizabeth, 693.

Corten [qy. Cotton], Barnet, at Southampton, orders sent to, 421.

Cortes, Courtes [qy. Cortez], one, expected out of England by Mendoza, 127;

is leaving Paris, 422.

Cortona, bishopric of, [appointment to] granted to Monsignor Casciano, the ambassador of Tuscany, 600, 607.

Cosenza, archbishopric of, applicant for, 329, 364

Cossé, Charles de, Comte de Brissac, marshal of the camp in Guise's army, 361;

keeps the passages in Anjou and Maine, 487;

is besieging Saumur, 488;

probable movements of, 516;

cruelties of, in Anjou, 654.

Costa, [Cæsar,] Archbishop of Capua, appointed nuncio to Venice, 540;

takes leave of the Pope, 560;

arrives in Venice, 593.

Cotta, Bernardo, a judge in Rome, 592.

Cottisbrooke, William, commissioner to treat with Holland, Zeeland, &c., temp. Hen. VI., 704.

Cotton, Mr., of Southampton, bark of, taken by the Algiers pirates, 269.

Courances, letter dated from, 537.

Courcelles, M. de, Mauvissière's secretary, 15;

suspected of knowledge of Parry's plot, 301.

-, -, letter from, 261.

Courtes. See Cortes.

Courtez, Chevalier, ambassador from Ferrara at the French court, has audience, 141;

is leaving, and desires to see England, 148.

-, -, letter of introduction for, 152.

Courtrai, Courtray, forces assembled near, by la Motte, 667.

-, former burgomaster of. See Vanden Damme.

Coutras (Coutrian), the Huguenot chiefs at, 501.

Couwensteyn or Cowenstein dyke, near Antwerp, proposed camp near, 406;

proposal to cut, 414, 422, 426;

Spanish troops on, 414;

various spellings of, ibid. note;

said to have been betrayed, 428;

attack upon (April 26–May 6), 436–439, 450, 451, 467;

mentioned in newsletters, 486, 491;

preparations for another attack upon, 472;

another attempt upon, 474;

foiled by the weather, 475;

narratives of the great attack upon (May 16–26), success and subsequent failure of, 476–481, 489, 538;

valiant behaviour of the English at, 477, 478, 481, 507;

if it had been kept half an hour longer, enough victuals for a year would have come through, 481;

accounts of, sovarious that nothing is known certainly, 490;

the enemy again fortifying on, ibid.;

fault of the defeat with the leaders, not the soldiers, 499;

Parma's victory on, mentioned in newsletter, 532;

ships gathered for a fresh attack upon, 601;

attempt upon (May 26) alluded to, 689.

Covorden, Marshal Villiers said to be taken prisoner to, 581.

Coxe, Mr., letter sent by, 712.

Cracow, document written at, 144.

-, province of, petition of the noblemen of, reply to, 144.

Cralingen and Capelle, in the jurisdiction of Rotterdam, excise of, farmed, 358.

Creake, Captain, at Antwerp, in relation to the business of the accused captains, 256, 292.

Crécy, Crecy, battle of, the English archers at, 619.

Crécy, Cressi, forest of, near Paris, the Duke of Guise's rendezvous at, 354, 719.

Creichton, Creighton (Crechtown), William, Jesuit, going into Scotland, 30, 33;

taken at sea and sent to England, 87, 91;

is thought to have carried matters of weight from the Pope and Duke of Guise, 107;

if “well wrung,” no man can tell more, 107;

his account of his examination by Walsingham, 310.

Crema, Massimo di, Inquisitor of Padua, made Bishop of Chioggia, 608.

Crema, Bishop of [Hieronymo Diedo], death of, 521.

Cremona, Governor of, gives up the keys of Piacenza to the Duke of Parma, 607.

-, a Count of. See Ponsonio.

Cremona [Nicolas Sfondrati, aft. Gregory XIV], Cardinal of, mass sung by, at the English College, 281;

and in his church of Sta. Cecilia, 364;

an abbey given to, 520.

Crete, Candia (Candy), the Sultan “intends” the conquest of, 181;

Venetians sent to, 122;

the Turks' claim on, 269, 270;

something intended against, 403;

Turkish forces to be sent to, 603.

Crévecœur, Seigneur de [François de Gouffier], the King's lieutenant in Picardy, 449.

Croatia, borders of, a castle burnt on, 603.

Croneburgh, in Denmark. See Kronborg.

Cros, Messieurs des, send message to Ségur, 571.

Crotoy, Crottoy, at the mouth of the Somme, the States' deputies to land at, 229.

Crow, Giles, interpreter in Russia, 134.

Croy, Charles de, Prince de Chimay, son of the Duke of Aerschot, [false] report of his death, 175;

sent to France by Parma, 252;

his wife will not go with, into the country of the Malcontents, 507;

has deprived her of her property, 508;

his change of religion, ibid.

-, -, wife of. See Brimeu, Marie de.

-, Charles Philippe de, Marquis de Havré or Havrech, 218;

sent to France by Parma, 252;

nothing heard of his journey, 307;

visit of, to England, alluded to, 634.

-, -, treaty of, with Don Juan, alluded to, 218.

-, Jean de, Comte de Roeulx, governor of Flanders, castle of Ghent surrendered to (in 1576), 219.

-, Philippe de, Duke of Aerschot, deputy from the States to Cologne (in 1579), 218;

as governor of Flanders, seizure of, at Ghent (1577), alluded to, 220.

-, -, house of, 175.

Croydon, the Queen at, 453, 465, 522.

Cuba or Ferdinandina, island of, places in, 573.

Cubiaur, Martin de, letter to, 422.

-, or Zubiaur (Zibiour), Pedro, a knave and a spy, 82;

desires to leave England, 454.

-, -, letters from, 453, 456, 467.

-, -, letters to, 421, 422, 434.

-, -, nephew of, 453, 455.

Cuirini, Monsignor, Bishop of Concordia, death of, 658.

Cumberland, Earl of. See Clifford, George.

Custom House, goods seized in, 194.

Customs, officers of, orders to, alluded to, 669.

Cyprus, conquest of, by the Turks, alluded to, 46.