P

Pacification, Edict of, the French King refuses to violate, 430, 537;

expected rupture of, 459, 460;

the Queen Mother says the King will not sign the revocation of, until the Leaguers are disarmed, 462;

is to be “called in,” 552, 570;

Clervant has not been able to prevent the annulling of, 556;

annulled in court of parliament, 610, 611.

Paderborn, Administrator of. See Saxe-Lauenburg, Henry of;

Brunswick, Henry Julius of.

Padua, formerly belonged to the Empire, 155;

tumult at, between students and citizens, 282;

the French ambassador to Venice at, 470;

a doctor of law and others wounded or killed at, 471;

festival of St. Anthony at, 530;

Paolo Giordano [Orsini] going to, 546;

Japanese Princes going to, 561, 603;

Paolo Giordano leaves, 663.

-, coach-races at, 471.

-, Inquisitor of. See Crema, Massimo di.

-, Monte di pieta at, robbed, 603.

Padula, Bocca, learned answer of, in the Pope's name, 639.

Paget, Charles, speeches against, by his party, 138;

called himself “Mope” when he came privately to England, ibid.;

has visited Thomas Morgan, 327;

his care for Morgan, 419;

claims the money found in Morgan's study, 457, 550;

conference of, with Scotsmen, 659;

is at Rouen, 715;

jealousy between Charles Arundel and, 716;

is writing a book, 717;

said to have been in England with the Duke of Northumberland, ibid.;

is accounted a spy, ibid.

-, -, letter to, mentioned, 457.

-, Thomas, Lord, Sir E. Stafford ordered to have nothing to do with, 120;

has left Paris, 138;

is gone to Rome, 182;

money said to belong to, 550;

faction of, at Paris, 716.

-, -, letters from, 711 (2);

alluded to, 107, 108, 138.

-, -, sister of. See Lee.

Paggiotti, Cavalier, arrest of, 519.

Painter or Le Peintre, Jacques, a messenger, 112, 324, 400, 471;

information sent to Walsingham by, 524.

Palatinate of the Rhine, the, wines of, 43;

the English Queen's agents in, ibid.;

late troubles in, 201.

Palatine of the Rhine, Frederick, the young Elector, dispute as to his guardianship, 161.

-, -, guardian of. See John Casimir.

-, Electress [Emilie, widow of Elector Frederic III], to take charge of her godchild Emilie or Amelyne, 9, 10, 11.

-, -, letters to, alluded to, 58.

-, -, [step-]daughter of. See Nassau, Count John of, wife of.

-, Elizabeth, Countess, wife of Duke John Casimir, 43.

-, -, letters from, 43, 160.

-, George Gustavus, Count, Duke of Petite Pierre, letter from, 70.

-, Louis, late Elector, 43;

assembly proposed by, see Mülhausen.

-, -, death of, alluded to, 499, 637.

-, -, testament of, alluded to, 161.

-, -, brother of. See John Casimir.

-, Duke Philip Louis, at the marriage of the young Duke of Cleves, 536.

-, -, horsemen of, 536.

-, Richard, Count, late provost of the College of Strasburg, resignation and marriage of, alluded to, 70.

Palatine Princes, the, 173. And see John Casimir Zweibrücken.

-, Electorate, administration of, granted by the Emperor to Duke John Casimir, 474.

Palatines, Polish, going to the Diet, 270, 271.

Palavicino, Pallavicino, Horatio, recommended to Burghley, 21;

debt to, from the Low Countries, 634;

in Paris, 664;

is returning to England, 680.

-, -, letters from, 651, 652, 675, 714;

alluded to, 680.

-, -, brother of, 714.

-, -, a man of, 382.

-, Sforza, death of, 270, 271;

place of, efforts to secure, 281;

successor of, suggested, 330.

-, adopted son and heir of, 270, 271.

Palelli, Canon of St. Peter's, quarrel of, with another canon, 264.

Paleologus, the heretic, beheaded, 364.

Palmer, Valentine, an honest English merchant at Hamburg, 467;

factor for Alderman Bond, 512.

Pamphlets, in relation to England and Turkey, mentioned, 183.

Panico, Signor, fiscal of Rome, 592.

Papacy, the, is strengthened by Protestant dissensions, 113;

vacancy of (sede vacante), alluded to, 600.

Papal League, the, planning of, 213.

-, territories, revenues of the Church in, money raised from, 600.

Papist, Catholic, Roman Catholic:

-, -, friar, in Turkey, captives ransomed by, 330.

-, -, priests in England. See England.

-, -, princes, reported league between, 637.

-, -, religion, to be the only one in France, 460;

preservation of, league for, see League, the, under France.

Papistical almanac, prophecy in, alluded to, 302.

Papists, person accused of having dealings with, 266;

turned traitors or spies; see Aldred; see Bruce.

Paraclet (Paracly), Madame de, has charge of the Prince of Orange's daughter Flandrine, 9, 10, 112.

Pardieu, Valentine, Seigneur de la Motte, 98;

at Bruges, 350, 359;

his attempted surprise of Ostend, 367–9, 383, 398;

believed to be killed, 368, 369;

goes against Mechlin, 590;

as governor of Gravelines, 687.

-, -, flag of, brought to Count Maurice, 368.

-, -, forces assembled by, 667.

Paris, casual notices of, passim. Admiral Coligny's repair to, before the massacre, alluded to, 81;

English merchants in prison at, 216;

deputies of the States General going to, 233, 247, 249;

many eyes at, “that neither sleep nor wink,” 257;

Lord Derby's reception at, 302;

armour bought at or sent from, 320, 340;

people in, “at a gaze” or “in a maze,” 339, 371;

diversity of opinions at, 341;

the rich men fear another massacre in, as much as the Huguenots, 352, 554;

measures of defence at, 373, 378, 389;

troops come to, daily, 378;

called the “theatre of Europe,” 388;

merchants of, 515;

books &c. printed at, 517;

a cock and bull story from, 525;

Lord Paget desires to live in, 711;

conference at, 716.

-, Bishop of. See Gondi, Pierre de.

-, captains in, changed by the King, 362.

-, English or Scots refugees, Papists or “rebels” at, 107, 392, 715–717. And see under their names.

-, letters written at, passim.

-, minister of the Protestant church of. see Montigny, M. de.

-, news from, 283, 404, 429, 487, 493, 532, 581, 602, 610, 642.

-, Parlement of, desired to receive Epernon as an officer of the Crown, 238;

the King of Navarre's Declaration not to be delivered to, 551, 561.

-, -, documents dated from 234, 235.

-, -, presidents &c. of, orders to, 238.

-, preachers of, protest against the surrender of Thomas Morgan to Elizabeth, 391.

-, soldiers ordered to, 448;

city guards of, reviewed by the King, 493;

troops in and about, 525.

-, streets of, the King is running up and down, like a madman, 302.

-, travellers to or from, passim.

-, places or buildings in:—

Arsenal, the, 373.

Augustines, the, college of, the King at, 285, 295.

Bastile, the, prisoners in, 259, 417;

Thomas Morgan put into, 328, 329, 393;

Cardinal de Bourbon fears to be sent to, 379.

-, letter written from, 420.

Chamber of the Edict, a prisoner sent to, 106.

Louvre, the, 257, 343.

Parlement House, the, 292.

Pont Nostre Dame, 302.

Queen Mother's house, 343.

Rue St. Jaques, Fleur de Lis in, 388.

Hôtel de Ville (Town House), 32.

Parker, Edward, Lord Morley, is going into France, 718.

-, -, cousin of. See Leventhorpe.

Parliament, should be called with speed, 98;

“to provide treasure” the principal cause of the calling of, 120;

the “matter of Cologne,” worthy to be put before, 156, 157;

sitting of, alluded to, 186, 363;

speech in, mentioned, 217;

said to be assembled about the matters of the Low Countries, 238;

resolves to aid the Low Countries, if France will not, 282;

is still sitting, 359;

subsidy granted by, 359, 482;

strict edicts passed in, against priests, 454;

money voted by, for the Low Countries, 517;

notes of points to be communicated to, 521.

Parma [Ferrante Farnese], Bishop of, brings compliments from the Duke to the Pope, 540.

-, Duke of. See Farnese, Ottavio.

-, Duchess of. See Margaret.

-, Prince of. See Farnese, Alexander.

-, traveller to, 289.

Parnies (? Pamiers), Huguenots at, 602.

Parry, Dr. William, M. de Courcelles' interview with, 261;

his plot against the Queen's life, 272;

confession of, 277;

plot of, alluded to, 277, 298, 301, 359, 451, 565;

committed to the Tower, 298, 302;

taking of, alluded to, 312;

confession of, to be shown to the French King, 349;

said to have recanted his confession at his death, ibid.;

confession of, translated into French, 355;

execution of, alluded to, 375.

-, -, a man of, 40;

a former servant to, 461.

Parsons, Thomas, the Jesuit, said to be in the camp of the Prince of Parma, 716;

is going to Rome, ibid.;

laboured in the late conspiracy to invade England, 717.

Passage, the Sieur du, lieutenant of the citadel at Lyons, 425.

Passau, treaty of, alluded to, 157.

Passo, David, a rich Hebrew, “invested into the Duchy of Nixia,” 663.

Paton, Patton, a Scot, comes to Beveren, 650, opinion of, 679.

Paulet, Thomas, illness of and return of, to England, 415.

Pauli, Andreas, councillor of the Duke of Saxony, friend of Sir Philip Sidney, discourses with Bodley, 511, 631;

sent to the Duke of Brunswick, 607.

Paulmier, Claude, physician to the French King, letters from, 2, 120.

“Peall,” the, near Stabroeck, the enemy's horseman in, 153.

Pearls, “great store of” found in Venezuela, 385.

Peintre, Jacques le. See Painter.

Pekott [qy. Pigott], Captain, promises Parma to get him mariners from England, 466.

Pelgrim, Sieur, statement witnessed by, 689.

Pelicard Pericard [or , secretary to the Duke of Guise], document countersigned by, 618.

Pellecano, Giovanni “Maceratense,” ceremonies on his election as senator of Rome, 539.

Pellegrini, a famous doctor of law in Padua, attacked and wounded, 471.

Pellevé [Nicolas de], Cardinal of Sens, a strong pillar of the League, 646.

Pellicars [qy. Pelicards], the, banquet at the house of, 170.

Pembroke, Earl of. See Herbert.

Penas, the, a factor of. 467.

Penna, Lelio de la, newsletter sent to, 265.

Penson, James, at Rouen, 40.

Pepoli, Count Giovanni, one of the chiefs of his house, captured, 662, 663.

-, the Bastard of, head of a band of bandits, 363.

Pera of Constantinople, 47;

Christian Greeks and other merchants at, 226.

-, letters dated at, 67, 269.

Peralta, Captain, proceedings of, 304.

Perche, la, an ancient gentleman of, 106.

Percy, Henry, late Earl of Northumberland, Charles Paget's relations with, in regard to his rebellion, 717;

death of, books written concerning, ibid.

-, -, the two young sons of, 716.

Peretti, Peretta, Donna Camilla, sister of Pope Sixtus, 592.

-, Felix. See Sixtus V.

-, [Alessandro], great nephew of Pope Sixtus V, created Cardinal of Mont Alto, 468;

“the little Cardinal,” 592.

Perez, Antonio, Spanish secretary, attempted escape of, from prison, 329.

Pericles, discourse of, alluded to, 28.

Perigueux, proposed meeting at, 111.

Permeren, in North Holland, deputies of, object to the articles sent by the French King, 82.

Peronne, the Prince of Condé said to have “practised” at, 286;

the Cardinal of Bourbon goes to, 361;

the people of, will follow the example of Rheims, 412.

-, document dated at, 370.

-, governor of, declares his loyalty to the King, 363.

Perrenot, Anthony, Cardinal de Granvelle, assists at the oath-taking to the Prince of Spain, 136;

with the Spanish King, 281;

officiates at the marriage of the Infanta Catalina, 324;

goes into Piedmont, 661.

-, Frederick, Seigneur de Champagney, goes with commissioners to treat for Ghent, 55;

prisoners pardoned by means of, 63;

to be governor of Ghent, 111.

Perrot, Sir John, Lord Deputy of Ireland, letters of recommendation to, asked for, 676.

Persia, war of, with Turkey, 51, 290, 314, 354, 403, 530, 546;

things of importance have happened in, 67;

former wars against, alluded to, 269;

expected end of war with, 442, 603;

Turkish troops sent to, 486, 603;

rumoured peace of, with Turkey, see Turkey.

-, ordnance, men, &c., sent to, 442.

-, Spahis returning from, 314.

-, Sophy of (the Persian), 314;

said to be coming against Ruan, 403;

viotory of, 513.

Persian army, at Tauris, 513.

-, commander, son of the Persian General, message from, to Osman Bassa, 494.

Persians, the, do not use great ordnance, 268;

Osman desired to meet, at Tauris, 599.

Peru, kingdom of, 384.

-, ships going to, 631, 632, 656.

Peru fleet, Drake goes to meet, 610, 642.

Perugia, student going to, 263;

outrages of bandits near, 662.

-, legate of, sends bandits' heads to Rome, 656. And see Spinola, Cardinal.

Pesaro, in Italy, Japanese Princes at, 530.

Peter, R., at Rouen, letter from, 420.

Peters, Mr., dealings of, with the Earl of Leicester, 309, 399.

Petershem or Peetersen [J. de Merode], Baron of, a man of account in Brabant, 701.

Petite Pierre, Duke of. See Palatine, George Augustus, Count.

Petre (Peeter), Robert, teller of Exchequer, 322.

Pewter, “a service of,” desired, 434.

Pfeiffer (Fifer), Colonel Ludovic, Swiss troops raised by, for the League, 552, 614.

Philip II, King of Spain, sends for the Cardinal of Austria, 7;

his relations with the Pope and the Jesuits, 32;

Monsieur's “pretence against,” 47;

reports of his death, 74, 453, 455;

aim of, against all Princes of the Religion, 76, 456;

“abasement” to, if the French King accepted the Low Countries, 78;

his riches from the Indies, 96;

his weakness in shipping, 99;

in league with the Turk in Barbary, 99;

strengthened by Protestant dissensions, 113;

his seizure of Portugal, alluded to, 116, 229, 314;

reported offer of, to the French King, 117;

illness of, 124;

as the author of the Prince of Orange's death, 135;

present at the oath-taking to his son, in Madrid, 135 et seq.;

gives audience to the Japanese Princes, 137;

the Hanse towns threaten to lay their cause before, 140;

his sending Mendoza to France, complained of, 141, 165;

said to be claiming towns from Venice, 155;

reports of Montmorency's dealings with, 169, 276;

gives up Piacenza to the Duke of Parma, 184, 651;

intended journey of, 188;

practices of, in Germany, 191, 202, 241, 311;

refusal of, to give Waad audience, alluded to, 207;

report that he is sending troops to the Duke of Savoy, 213;

an English sea-captain to be bribed to serve, 225;

France will not dare to attack, 264;

movements of, 281, 283;

nominations to churches held or desired by, 281;

resents the French King's reception of the States' deputies, 286;

belief that there will be war between France and, 292, 546;

said to be going to the Low Countries 295;

at a monastery near Zaragoza, awaiting the Duke of Savoy, 304;

his reception of the Duke of Savoy, 323;

audience given by, to the Turk's ambassadors, alluded to, 351;

rebellion stirred up against, in the Indies, 353;

as a promoter and supporter of the League, 355, 358, 361, 370, 409, 416, 438, 463, 513, 694;

levies by, in Germany, 361;

declared by the French King not to be of this enterprise, “but nobody believes it,” 362;

Liége and Cologne fear being garrisoned for, 380;

assurances of, to the Sultan, 403;

King of Algier demands aid against, ibid.;

in relation to the election of the new Pope, 408, 651;

the Duke of Holstein's former service to, 416, 434;

is going to Barcelona, 421;

“works” to make division amongst the Swiss, 430;

the Walloons half in revolt against, 432;

ambition of, has no limits, 435;

the Japanese Princes recommended to, 493;

at Barcelona with his court, 520;

reported league of, with other Catholic Princes, 528, 637;

foreign ships embargoed by, 528;

naval preparations by, ibid.;

death of, “every day looked for,” 572;

“the King of Castile,” a stir made in the name of, 591;

is going to Zaragoza, 602;

fresh preparations by, 645;

his power in Italy, 666, 694;

league concluded between the Sultan and, 684;

goes to Catalonia, 694;

knights of the Golden Fleece created by, see Knighthood, orders of;

negotiations of, with Embden, feared, 699;

movements of, 716.;

-, in relation to the Low Countries:—

fear of his having his will there, 17, 96, 223, 334, 336, 521;

the United Provinces will never make peace with, 41, 586;

matters “in conference” concerning his intentions towards them, 95;

by gaining Holland and Zeeland, would be lord of the seas, 99;

is “nothing moved” by their proposed league with the French, 130;

those of Brabant would prefer his friendship to that of France, 198;

new overtures to, proposed, 203, 316–319;

said to have recalled into Flanders the troops sent to the League, 380;

orders duties to be levied, 572;

reasons for his making “a good composition” with the Low Countries, 672;

said to hold them as a vassal of the Empire, 705.

-, in relation to England:—

his ill-will to Elizabeth, and suspected intentions against England, 50, 95–9, 119, 150, 310, 314, 372, 463, 705;

Elizabeth said to be sending Sevigo to, 35;

fleet preparing by, reported to be for England, 415;

his arrest of English subjects and ships, 572, 602;

his subjugation of the Low Countries, a step to war with England, 587, 604;

report that Elizabeth has offered to mediate with, for Holland and Zeeland, 590;

her dealings with, recalled, 671;

a former intended invasion of England by, alluded to, 717.

-, letter from, 485;

letters from, alluded to, 403;

letters of commendation from, found on “one of Brussels,” 205.

-, letter to, 384.

-, admiral for, in the Low Countries. See Aremberg.

-, agents or faction of, in France, practices of, 320, 341, 456;

party of, in England, 99.

-, army of. See Low Countries, Spanish forces in.

-, chief secretary of [qy. Idiaques], said to be dismissed, 364.

-, commission of, alluded to, 574.

-, fleet of. See Spanish fleet.

-, his guard of Spanish and German halbardiers, 135.

-, majordomo and tasters of, 324.

-, messengers sent to, 364, 519.

-, money from, for the Low Countries, 7;

given by, to the Duke and Duchess of Savoy, 561.

-, officers of, arrogance of, 575.

-, orders of, alluded to, 289, 545, 572, 580;

concerning the Duke and Duchess of Savoy, 593;

to the Viceroy of Naples, 656.

-, pensions from, 125, 329;

pensioners of, 276, 417;

are everywhere, 512.

-, possessions of, 385; and see Indies, the;

an island of, reported to be taken by Drake, 642;

places held by, in Tuscany, 658.

-, power and greatness of, danger from and need of abating, 49, 97, 129, 142, 164, 180, 229, 234, 236, 318, 562.

-, presents sent to, by the Sultan, 685.

-, tribute offered by, to the Pope, for the kingdom of Naples, 560.

-, vassal of, 364.

-, “writings” composed and printed against, alluded to, 590.

-, son of. See Spain, Philip, Prince or Infant of.

-, daughters of, marriage projects for :—may bestow his eldest daughter on the Cardinal Archduke Albert, 7, 272, 279, 307;

doubtful intentions of, as regards his younger daughter, 21, 52, 125, 206. And see Spain, Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catalina, Infantas of.

Philip and Mary, time of, alluded to, 237;

embassy from, to Russia, mentioned, 692.

Philipps, Mr., letter sent by, 410.

Piacenza, a nephew of the Pope comes from, to Rome, 469.

-, Bishop of. See Sega.

-, castle or fortress of, restored to the Duke of Parma, 184, 289, 560, 607, 651, 658;

rival claims of the Duke of Parma and Count Landi for, sentence said to be given in favour of the Count, 546.

-, gentlemen of, plot of, 270.

Pibrac, Seigneur de. See Faur, Guy du.

Picardy, the people of, will follow the example of Rheims, 412;

King's forces in, defeated, 423;

those of the Religion in, fear a massacre, 449;

d'Aumale and his troops “run all over,” ibid.;

government of, demanded for the Duke d'Aumâle, 460;

nobles of the Religion in, are still hopeful, 654;

purchase of corn in, 684.

-, governor of. See Bourbon, Henri de, Prince of Condé.

-, the King's lieutenant in. See Crêvecœur.

-, merchants of, 515.

-, news from, 169.

-, ports of, no great store of ships in, 449;

danger from, to England, if in the Guises' hands, 460.

Piccolomini, Alfonzo, general of the foreign horsemen of the Duke of Guise, successful skirmishes by, 601.

-, (Pekelhomo), Sforza, banished by the Pope, at the French court, 182, 193;

made general of the Italian footmen in service of the French King, 283.

Picquet, one, property in the hands of, 515.

Piedmont, cavalry going to, 545;

Swiss troops in, 552, 614;

the Duchess of Savoy's arrival in. See Savoy, Duchess of.

-, Marshal in. See Nogaret, (La Valette).

Pieve Sanlazzaro, a priest killed at, 289.

Pigott, Captain, a “project” by, 172.

Pin, Sieur du. See Lallier.

Pinart (Pinard), Claude, Sieur de Camailles, French Secretary of State, 39, 68;

statement by, confirmed, 54, 55;

Stafford sends excuse to, 77;

interviews of, with Stafford, 16, 34, 104, 105, 164, 207, 239, 257, 297, 312, 327, 328, 358, 360, 374;

present at the English ambassadors' audience, 315;

befriends Thomas Morgan, 419;

Morgan's papers in the hands of, 457, 458;

is believed to have “sifted” them, 459.

-, -, letter from, 28;

alluded to, 38, 77.

-, -, house of, news from, 298

Claude, junior (young Pinart), proposed journey of, to Scotland, 16, 24, 28;

is ready to come to England, 39.

Pinelli, Signor, Clerk of the Camera at Rome, 592.

Pirates, ships taken by, 233;

goods in the hands of, 515.

Pisa, the Tuscan court at, 289.

Pisani, a Magnifico of Venice, 470.

Pitigliano, 304;

bandits at, executed, 656.

Pitou (the post), refuses to take a packet, 525.

Pius V, allusions to, 545, 629.

Plague, the, places suffering from, 80, 609, 610, 626, 641, 658;

precautions against the bringing of, to Venice, 658.

Plantin, E., letter from, 262.

-, -, his books at Antwerp, alluded to, 263.

Plato, allusion to, 653.

Plessis-Marli, Sieur du. See Mornay.

Plinen [sic] Bishopric of, Duke Henry Julius of Brunswick appointed administrator of, 475.

Plotz, Otto von (Otho Elder van Plato, “Hotte Plotte”), German Colonel, reiters levied by, for France, 320, 467.

-, (van Plato), Suffide Elder van, taking reiters to France, 467.

Plutarch, quoted, 67.

Plymouth, a hulk of, taken by Algiers pirates, 269;

embarkation from, 197;

a Spanish spy in, 225.

Po, the river, an island in, rival claims upon, 289.

Poche, Peter, merchant of Southampton, 421.

Podolia (Podola), Vaivode of, 65.

Poelgheest (Pollegest), Jasper, lord of, refuses to accept the French King, 82, 701.

Pogge, serjeant to Capt. Asseliers, 421.

Poigny, Poigni (Pugne) de Rambouillet [Jean d'Angennes], missions of, to the King of Navarre, 164, 642;

ends the difference between Joyeuse and Montmorency, 283;

goes as French ambassador to Spain, 329.

Pointz, Ferdinando, drowned in the Texel, 169, 188, 195;

proceedings of, alluded to, 567.

Poitiers, 78.

Poitou, province of, 388;

all for Guise or Navarre, 429;

men “gathered up” in, 488;

the Huguenot chiefs making a flying camp for, 654.

-, forces going into, 550;

raised in, go to the King of Navarre, 611.

-, governor of. See Daillon, Comte de Lude.

Poland, wandering pedlars in, inhibited, 4;

the “present actions” in, narrated, 142, 143;

affairs of, go from bad to worse, 282;

“wars” beginning in, between the King and the nobles, 291;

as a market for English cloth, 481;

the plague in, 658.

-, King of. See Stephen.

-, Sigismond, former King of, 66, 403.

Sladislaus, former King of, death of, alluded to, 66.

Assembly of the Realm of, business referred to, 60 (2);

to be held, 75, 76;

assembly of the nobility called in, 142;

questions propounded to, 143.

-, Chancellor of, 4, 7, 65;

his execution of Sborowski and illegal holding of offices, protested against, 143.

-, -, letters and reply of, concerning Sborowski, 144.

-, -, wife of, the King's niece, 143.

-, courier to, 305.

-, Diet of, 282;

goes on quietly, 331;

persons leaving, 353.

-, General States of, custom concerning, 142;

forthcoming assembly of, 143.

-, laws of, broken, 143.

-, Treasurer of, 4.

Poles (Pollacks), in service of the States, 51;

Hungarians preferred before, to offices (in Poland), 143;

Poles, the, ancient friendship between the English and, 59;

are striving against the King for their privileges, 264;

people of the frontiers must defend themselves against, 599.

Policastro, bishopric of, 560.

Polveiler (Polwyler), [Baron Nicolas de], a German captain serving Spain, 137, 219.

Pomerania, Pomerland, a market for English cloth, 481;

wool from, used for making cloth, 696.

-, Duke of, Truchsess hopes for help from, 253;

points to be urged to, 433;

documents sent to, 510.

-, Dukes of, John Frederick, Ernest Ludovic and Barminius, “brethren,” the King of Denmark will write to, 565;

his letter to, note of, 584.

Pomier, M. de, letter from, 611.

Ponsonio, Count Antonio, a Cremonese, is taking horsemen to the Duke of Guise, 546.

Pont-à-Mousson, Jesuits at, 259.

Pont de Remi (Pont Dormy), Waad stopped at, by D'Aumâle, 423.

Ponte, Nicolas di, Doge of Venice, weakness of, 470–1;

will come out to espouse the sea, 471;

at St. Mark's, 540;

present to, 603;

sudden death of, 630.

-, -, letter from, 163.

-, nephew and son-in-law of, 630.

Ponto, House of (Cà di), property falling to, 630.

Pontoise, troops lodged at, 378.

Poole [qy. Robert Poley], offer of, to the Duke of Norfolk, &c., 95.

Poole, co. Dorset, pirates near, 189;

a French ship “stayed” near, 576;

soldiers embarked at, 691.

Pope, the. See Gregory XIII; see Sixtus V.

-, a new, to be chosen, 408;

prophecy concerning, ibid.;

the League wishes to further the authority of, 410;

said to be chosen, 412;

the choice of, will not pass without division, 472;

church men in the West Indies declare themselves subjects of, 573.

Popel von Lobkowitz, Gio[rgio], to be Major Domo of Bohemia, 331.

-, -, Johan, President of Bohemia, daughter of, marriage of, 580.

Popes, “be as the serpent, that his head being cut off, another riseth,” 408;

“angry,” are often poisoned, 646.

Porta, General, sends a packet to Walsingham, 654.

-, -, letter from, 643.

Port Ercole, restoration of, to Tuscany, demanded, 658.

Portland, a ship taken at, 232.

Portsmouth (Porsemue), 188;

certain persons of, a suit of, alluded to, 11;

need for men-of-war at, to free the coast from pirates, 189;

the Earl of Arundel captured near, 423.

-, master cannonier of. See Huictin, Thomas.

Portugal, Marc Antonio Colonna to be sent into, 33;

the Spanish King's seizure of, alluded to, 116, 229, 314;

wars of, alluded to, 137;

conspiracy in, 329;

travellers to, 591;

ships and troops going to, 719.

-, the Bastard of (in the battle of Aljubarrota), 619.

-, governor of. See Austria, Albert, Cardinal-Archduke of.

-, money of, 617.

-, nobility of, desire Don Antonio's return, 74.

Portuguese, the, ship taken from, 345.

Portuguese (Portingals), 74, 591;

Jew, baptised, 265;

killed by Spaniards, 329;

girl, saved from the Turks by a bandit, 603;

merchants, in England, 641, 642.

-, ships, taken by the English, 580;

stayed in English ports, 642.

Possevino, Possovino, Padre Antonio, Papal nuncio to Poland, has not yet started, 264;

letters sent to, 305;

influence of, in Germany and Russia, 311;

has settled the differences between the Emperor and the King of Poland, 331.

Potente, Finetti, advocate criminal at Venice, son of, 354.

Powell, Capt. Anthony, cousin of Colonel Morgan, journey of, to England, 242, 299, 303;

has returned from England, 299, 325;

said to have complained unjustly of the treatment of English soldiers, 351;

killed, 481.

-, Capt. David, company of, soldiers for, 691.

-, Lieutenant, message sent by, 294.

Pozzobianco, new church of, 559.

Prague, assembly of the Catholic leaders or their ambassadors at, 168, 195, 213;

investiture of the Golden Fleece to take place at, 468;

banquets, jousts, &c., at, 531;

cost of living at, 614;

“an epidemic disease raging at,” 615;

money borrowed at, 616, 617;

investiture of the Golden Fleece at, 617, 693.

-, the Emperor, Archdukes, &c., at. See under their names.

-, ambassadors at, entertainment of, 271.

-, Archbishop of [Martin Medek], visitation of monasteries by, 580.

-, Cathedral church of, 537;

canons of, banquet given to, 468.

-, Diet at, 282.

-, Jesuit fathers at, performance given by, 557, 580.

-, letter dated at, 201.

-, news from, 264, 270, 282, 289, 305, 331, 352, 468, 474, 485, 491, 531, 535, 537, 557, 579, 589, 599, 609, 626, 641.

-, President of the Chamber of, 580.

Pré, M. de (Daspre) [qy. La Pré], going to England, 19.

Preaux, Captain, sent from Antwerp to the French King, 36, 51.

Priggins, John, of Hamburg, part owner of ship taken by a pirate, 267.

Prince Dauphin. See Bourbon-Vendôme, François de, Duc de Montpensier.

Prinn, Prym or Prynn (“Prinn Corea”), Capt. Edward, servant of Don Antonio, letter sent by, 303.

-, -, letters from, 75, 147, 243, 591.

Prior, Geoffrey, commission desired for, 424, 515.

Priuli, Lorenzo, Venetian ambassador to the Pope, orders sent to, 270;

at the Duke of Sora's house, 289.

Privy Council (the Lords), Mauvissière's explanations to, 15;

sending of provisions to the Spaniards prohibited by, 91;

to be appealed to on behalf of some French prisoners, 93;

the importance of aiding the Low Countries put befbre, 427;

promises of, to restore the Duc de Joyeuse's ship, 500;

think the Queen should enter openly into the action of the Low Countries, 618;

dispersal of, 679;

Dr. von Holtz wishes to invite, to his wedding, 695;

conspiracy for invading England said to have been discovered to, 717.

-, a clerk of, to be sent to France, 262.

-, commissions from, alluded to, 76, 515.

-, committee of (Burghley, Walsingham and Hatton), letter from, 679.

-, complaints to, 71, 128, 700;

alluded to, 100.

-, letter from, 287;

alluded to, 222, 501, 522.

-, letters to, 24, 196, 243, 299, 506, 576, 659, 666, 668, 677, 687, 711;

alluded to, 23, 38, 138, 505, 711.

-, order of, alluded to, 407.

-, proposals of, reply to, by the States' deputies, 703.

Privy Councillors, examinations by, at the Tower, 454.

Prophecies, sent to Burghley, 462.

Proppe, George, master of a ship taken by pirates, 267.

Protestants, or the Protestant religion, casual notices passim.

-, dissensions amongst, 113, 463, 566;

reported league against, by the Pope, &c., 637. And see France, Huguenots of; see also under Germany.

Prounincq, Gerard de, dit de Deventer, Receiver-General in the United Provinces, 473.

-, -, letters from, 483, 618.

Provençal gentleman, a, 324.

Provence, seeds sent to England from, 324, 524;

adherents of the Duke of Guise said to be defeated in, 460;

not “at the devotion of the Leaguers,” 505;

a native of, 632.

-, chief baron of. See Vins, M. de.

-, governor of. See Angoulême, Henri d'.

Proverbs and Proverbial sayings:—

“Battre le fer tandis qu'il est chaud,” 431.

“Che ha roba fa roba, et che non ha, nulla trova,” 67.

“Che perde il suo, perde il senso,” 145.

“un cocq à l'asne,” 525.

“faire du vin bon esperon,” 175.

“to fly the tilt,” 408.

“La guerre se fait à l'œil,” 253.

“L'homme propose, mais Dieu dispose,” 613.

“Lui chausser les esperons de bien pres,” 141.

“Longa solent sperni gaudent brevitate moderni,” 268.

“pace dubia, tutius bellum,” 350.

“parvum parva decent,” 349.

“quen a su enemigo a popa, a sus manos muere,” 114.

“semel in anno, ridet Apollo,” 186.

“Videas ne felem dormientem excites,” 154.

Pruneaux, Seigneur des. See Sorbier.

Pruonen [or Pruenon], Corneille, a commissioner to the Prince of Parma, 623.

Prussia (Prusland), customs of, alluded to, 4;

privileges of, as regards trade, 5;

the English trade may interfere with the liberties of, 43;

rights of, disregarded by the Polish commissioners, 59;

Merchant Adventurers in, liberties of, 687;

wool from, used for making cloth, 696.

-, Duke of. See Brandenburg-Anspach, George Frederick, Marquis of.

-, Duchess of, birth of her son, 631.

Prynn. See Prinn.

Przemysl (Præmysel), Bishop of. See Baranovski.

Puerto del Principe, in Cuba, people of, disorders amongst, 573.

Puerto de Plato, in Hispaniola, English ships passing, 573.

Pugni, keeper of prison at, killed, 289.

Purbeck, Isle of, vice-admiral of, 500.