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Bacon, Sir Nicholas, Lord Keeper, 554, Appendix.

Bacqueville (il Negri), conversation of, with the nuncio in Paris, 506.

-, is willing to go to Alençon, to induce him to return, 537; information from, 538.

-, proposals of, held of little account, 547.

Baiona, in Galicia, 362.

Baitner, Ferdinand, of Vienna, going to Don John, 432.

Baltimore (Ballatimor), in Desmond, port of, 155, 158.

Bangor, Bishop elect of. See Clenoch.

Bann, the (Banna), Ulster, haven of, 152.

Barbary, ports of, to be viewed, 280, 282.

-, expedition to. See under Sebastian, King of Portugal.

-, Shereef of, the King of Portugal goes to re-instate, 485.

-, soldiers of Sebastian's army escaping from, 509, 535.

Barbi, Count of. See Burchart.

Barcelona, 286.

-, courier from, 281.

-, Don John leaves, 195.

Bardi, Jacobo d', 399.

Barker, [William], said to have betrayed the Duke of Norfolk, 11.

Barlebest, [sic] Scottish Baron, 238.

Barnewall (Bernaval), Lord of Trimbletown, 153.

Barrymore (Berrimor), James, Lord, 158.

Barry Oge (Barryogge), Lord, 158.

Barry ruadh (Ruo), Lord, 158.

Basel, French Protestants withdrawing to, 120.

-, assembly of Huguenot chiefs at, 194.

Bastiano, Captain. See San Giuseppi or Joseppi, Captain Sebastiano.

Bath and Wells, Canon of. See Capel, Giles.

Batthori, Stephen, King of Poland, 402.

-, -, matters to be treated of, with, alluded to, 508.

Baussigny (Bossini), M. de, desires no preaching to be tolerated save of the Catholic religion, 488.

Bavais (Bavay), town or fortress of, to be given up to Don John, 487, 488.

Bavaria, Albert III., Duke of, in relation to the abbey at Ratisbon, 271, 274, 277, 280.

-, -, ambassador from, to the Pope, 274.

-, -, and William, his son, letter to, from the Pope, 325.

-, a Duke of. See John Casimir.

Bavarian ambassador, at Rome, 274.

Bayonne, James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald at, 367.

-, travellers to, 2, 3.

Bayley (Baley), Dr. Thomas, letter from, 34.

Beale, Robert, embassy of, to the Imperial Court, 352.

Béarn, risings in, 114.

Beatoun, James, Archbishop of Glasgow, ambassador of the Queen of Scots in France, 29, 32, 35, 83, 108, 145, 423, 490.

-, -, report by, alluded to, 62, 70, 74; information given to, 74.

-, -, in relation to the project for bringing the Prince from Scotland, 332, 333, 346, 351, 358, 362, 363, 384, 388, 394, 422, 423, 431, 441.

-, -, assurance given to, 362, 376.

-, -, letters from, 93, 529.

-, -, letter to, 480.

Beauvois, M. de, Governor of Middelburg, in parley with Flushing, 79.

-, -, English ships fired on by command of, 82.

-, -, Admiral in Flanders, goes to succour Middelburg, 125.

Bedford (Ubelfort), Earl of. See Russell.

Belem, tower of, near Lisbon, 409–412, 561.

-, the quondam Regent Catherine of Austria's obsequies at, 562.

Belgium, English nobles in, 392, 552, 553.

-, English and Scottish Catholics in, 552.

-, travellers to, 304.

Bell, Sir Robert, Speaker of the House of Commons, 258.

Bellegarde, Roger de St. Lary, Seigneur de, Marshal of France. movements of, 330.

Belle Ile (Lisle), in Brittany, seizure of, by Montgomery, 114, 116.

Bellièvre, Pomponne de, ambassador from the King of France to the Estates General, proposition by, 483, 539.

Bene, Masino del, sent to England, 141.

Benedictine Order, General of, his right of patronage, 273.

-, -, protector of. See Moroni, Cardinal.

Berangeville (Barconville), M., a Frenchman, arrested at Brussels, 300.

Berehaven (Byal), in Desmond, port of, 158.

Bergen, [Jean de Withem] Marquis of, desires no preaching to be tolerated save of the Catholic religion, 488.

Bergen-op-Zoom (Berges, Bergher), ships at, 106.

-, English ships make descent near, 82.

-, Walloons routed by German troops at, 341.

Bergerac, treaty or peace of, between Henry III. and the Huguenots, 335, 337–340.

Bergh, Count van den (Fundemberch), excluded from the Estates at Brussels, 178.

Berlaymont (Ballemont), troops of Alençon defeated near, 450.

Berlaymont, Charles, Count of, letter to, 272.

-, Louis de, Count of Hierges, Archbishop of Cambrai, general pardon published by, 178.

-, -, revenues of, confiscated, 335, 343; has fled to Rome, 335.

-, -, letter from, 121.

-, -, letters to, 100, 127, 202, 304.

-, -, brothers of, 343.

Bermingham (Bremengiam), Lord, alias Mac Feorais, Mac Murrrough (Makeoris, Makmorochou), of the blood royal of Leinster, 156.

Billy (Bigli), Monsieur de. See Robles, Gaspard de.

Binche (Bins), in Hainault, capture of, by Alençon's troops, 519, 526.

Birague or Birago, René or Renato de, President [of the Parliament of France], in regard to the negotiations with England, 16.

-, -, resumes his office as Keeper of the Seal, 93.

-, -, as Chancellor, is summoned by the King, 142.

-, -, ill-brooked by the nation, 150; advice of, ibid.

-, -, in relation to Montmorenci, 173.

-, -, orders given to, by Charles IX., on his deathbed, 175, 176.

-, -, the Pope's brief to be shown to, 356.

-, -, as Cardinal, letter to, 465.

Biron (Birene) [Armand Gontaut], Baron de, 253, 265.

-, -, negotiations of, at La Rochelle, before the siege, 104, 105.

Biscay, Fitzgerald goes to, 492, 542.

-, a fleet making ready in, 144.

-, a craft of, 480.

-, fleet of, going to Flanders, 171, 172, 231, 233. And see Flanders, Spanish fleet in or going to.

-, troops from, to be employed for England, 308.

-, the English desire free trade in, 323.

-, forces to be assembled in, 174.

Blackwell, George, priest, licence to, 439.

Blois (Bles), travellers to, 7.

-, the King goes to, 5, 93.

-, letter dated at, 300.

-, news-letter from, 6.

Bois-le-Duc (Bolduc, Hertogenbosch), 145.

-, German mercenaries in, 320.

-, attempt to introduce Calvinism into, 488.

Boissu, Boussu, Comte de, Captain General of the Spanish fleet, [75 ?]; blockade of Haarlem by, 105; taken prisoner, 133, 134; to be exchanged, 147.

Bologna, letters sent by way of, 312.

-, English in, to be watched, 483.

Bolognese, the, villa near, 120.

Bolognetti, Alberto, nuncio at Venice, letters from, 529, 531, 539.

-, -, letters to, 532, 535.

Bommell, village near, burned, 145; siege of, 181.

Bonelli, Michael. See Alessandrino, Cardinal.

Bonn, place near. See Siegburg.

Bordeaux, troops going to, 10.

-, English merchants allowed to trade at, 15.

-, fleet equipping at, 18.

-, English ships going to, 79.

-, place near, 511.

Borgia, Don John, Spanish ambassador in Portugal, pamphlet written at the instance of, 151.

Borromeo, Cardinal of Sta. Prassede, a creature of, 72.

-, -, canonry granted by, 81.

-, -, letters to and from, 204.

Borthwick (Botio, Bothuit, Borthvig), James, squire of the royal house, said to have reported Queen Mary's abduction by Bothwell, 217, 220, 222, 224.

Borzighillas, letter dated from, 1.

Bossu, the Prince of Orange marches to, 44.

Bossu, [Max de Hennin] Comte de, General for the Estates, 482.

-, -, proposed exchange of, 147.

-, -, sent to Don John, 342.

Bothwell, Earl of. See Hepburn, James.

-, Adam, Protestant Bishop of the Orkneys, said to have married the Earl of Bothwell (1) to Lady Jean Gordon, (2) to Queen Mary, 216 et seq., 229.

Bottaglie, M., going to England with Montmorenci, 8.

Boulogne, 86.

-, narrowly escaped being taken by the English, 299.

-, travellers to, 200.

-, Governor of. See Estrées, M. d.'

Bourbon, house of, 31.

Bourbon, Henri de. See Condé, Prince of.

Bourbon-Vendosme, Charles de, Cardinal Archbishop of Rouen, 43.

-, -, to officiate at the marriage of Henry of Navarre, 8.

-, -, officiates at the baptism of the French King's daughter, 87–89.

-, -, complaints of the Huguenots against, 276.

-, -, letter to, 465.

-, -, a gentleman of. See Germigny.

Bournonville, Oudart de, Baron de Capres, banded with Egmont, &c., to restore the Catholic religion, 528.

Bowes (Roes), Robert, ambassador to Scotland, tries to mediate for Morton, 398.

Boyd, Robert, Lord Boyd, 238.

Brabant, Governors and towns of, articles subscribed by, 199.

-, State of, has sent a petition to Don John, 315.

-, people of, will give nothing to the King of Spain, 201; have declared in favour of Archduke Mathias, 349.

Bragança or Braganza, [John] Duke of, summoned to Lisbon, 491.

-, Don Theotonio of, afterwards coadjutor of Cardinal Henry, weapons given by, to Fitzgerald, 355.

Braine (Brena) le Comte, letter dated at, 325, 326.

Brandenburg, Mark of, reiters levied in, 215.

Brechin, Bishop of. See Sinclair, John.

Breda, Council sitting at, 200.

-, deputies of the Spanish King at, 204.

-, (Brid), reported offer to place, in Requesen's hands, 248.

-, German mercenaries in, 320.

-, -, army of Casimir expected at, 487.

-, surrenders to the States General, 343.

Brendel, Daniel, de Homburg, Archbishop of Mainz, letter from, 136.

Brescia, the Bishop of, [Alvise or Luigi de Priuli] formerly ambassador resident at the English Court, 529.

Breton mariners, alleged robbery by, 424.

-, nobleman. See La Roche.

-, ships, 337, 480.

Bretons, in Portugal, 409, 413.

-, [said to] send word that Fitzgerald is “still in Ireland” [probably mis-reading of cipher word], 566.

Bricquemault (Bricmor, Briccomor), reported to be killed in the St. Bartholomew, 36.

-, not he but his son was slain, 41.

-, seized in the English ambassador's house, 45.

Brill, the, in the hands of the Gueux, design to recapture, 12.

Brion, Comte de, brother of Marshal d'Aumont, at the baptism of the King's daughter, 89.

Briqueville, François de, Baron de Colombieres. See Columbieres.

Bristol (Birol), the Queen at, 184.

-, the pest at, “is very fatal,” 231.

Brittany (Lesser Britain), 253, 289.

-, Duchy of, proposed for Alençon, 251.

-, reports from, 366.

-, cavalry from, going to Flanders, 442.

-, coasts of, damage to, by English corsairs, 86.

-, a gentleman of. See La Roche.

-, Governor of. See Montpensier.

-, people of, join the French fleet against Montgomeri, 102.

-, ports of, soldiers to be transported to, 458.

-, ships brought into or going to, 390, 395.

-, traveller to, 253.

-, James Fitzgerald in, 395, 397, 428, 438, 439, 440, 568.

-, -, report that he has quitted, 413.

-, suggested resort of Stucley to, 428.

-, Lower, negotiations concerning, 143.

Brooke, William, Lord Cobham, mission of, to the States General, 466.

Brouage, siege and fall of, 327, 330, 332.

-, English ships stayed at, 336.

Browne, Charles (Carlo Bruni), illegitimate brother of Viscount Montagu, at Lisbon, 389, 408–410, 417, 431.

Bruce, Robert, secretary to the Queen of Scots' ambassador in Paris, letter from, 398.

Bruges, Bishop of. See Drutius, Remigius.

Bruges, privileges of English merchants in, 15.

-, plot in, put down by the States General, 392.

-, Carthusian monks ejected from, 479.

-, -, expulsion of, alluded to, 569.

Brunswick, [Eric,] Duke of, cavalry under command of, for the King of Spain, 393.

-, [qy. William, Duke of], bastard brother of, killed, fighting for Orange, 44.

Brussels, 312, 365.

-, general pardon published in, 177; exceptions from, 178.

-, English ambassador going to, 190, 192; and at, 347.

-, English goods stayed at, 190.

-, arrests in, 300.

-, Don John installed in the government of, 303, 304.

-, Prince of Orange in, 341, 343, 347, 354.

-, no practice of the reformed religion in, 347.

-, Archduke Matthias to go to, 354, 357.

-, French ambassadors at, 377.

-, threatened with a siege, 384, 392.

Brussels, agent of France in, house of, 300.

-, ecclesiastics and magistracy of, desire the preaching of no religion but the Catholic, 488.

-, Estates at, 178, 304, 313, 322.

-, -, former negotiations of, 322.

-, -, now all, as it were, in insurrection, ibid.

-, -, Council of, 358, 374.

-, Governor of, [in Dec., 1574], 192.

-, letters dated at, 63, 93, 119 (2), 127, 296, 304–307, 311, 315.

-, memoir on behalf of English and Scottish Catholic nobles at, 549 et seq.

-, money payable at, 400.

-, news-letters from, 82, 83, 116, 122, 125 (2), 131, 143–145, 179–181, 187, 190, 232, 233, 237, 249, 254, 344, 372.

-, other papers dated at, 554.

-, people of, demand the Confession of Augsburg, 352; wish to make the Prince of Orange Captain General, 368; are in good heart, 384.

-, prisoners brought to, 288.

-, travellers to or from, 197, 249, 365, 366.

Bulmer, Antony, recommended by the Pope, 119, 127.

Buonaccorsi, major-domo to the Duke of Alençon, arrest of, 177.

Buoncampagno, Philip, Cardinal, letters from, 32.

-, -, letters to, 28, 32.

Buonvisi, the, of Lyon, money to be furnished by, 317.

Bura [qy. Boussu], Count de, Spaniards under, said to have captured ships, 75.

Burchart (Brocard), Count, of Barbi, is on the march, 215.

Burgh, house of, the first Earl, a Frenchman, came to Ireland temp. Henry II., 162.

-, Burke, Richard de, Earl of Clanricarde, imprisoned by Elizabeth, 162; “is, as it were, lord of all Connaught,” ibid.

-, -, has a great army in the field, 168.

-, -, kinsmen of, and lords under, 162.

-, -, sons of. See below.

-, Lord John de, a kinsman of the Earl of Clanricarde [qy his son], 162.

-, Ulick and John de, sons of the Earl of Clanricarde, have risen against the English, 521.

-, William de, Lord Fitzwilliam, 158

Burgh, house of, the first Earl of, came from France temp. Henry II., 162.

Burghley, Lord. See Cecil, William.

Burgos, 286.

-, Sir Henry Cobham at, 231.

Burgundy, 345.

-, [Franche Comté], proposed as dowry for the Infanta of Spain, 53, 60, 62, 79.

-, former wars in relation to French claims to, alluded to, 66.

-, a gentleman of. See Dieu.

-, house of, 31.

-, -, Elizabeth's proposed alliance with, 62.

-, lands in, conceded to Archduke Matthias, 501.

-, troops passing through, 215, 504.

Burke. See Burgh.

Burnford, Gilbert, Chancellor of Wells, letters from, 32, 34, 95.

Bussi d'Amboise, [Louis de Clermont], Comte de, mission of, to Flanders, 348, 485, 507, 528.

-, -, (Busi), the Pope should try to corrupt, 537.

Butler, Lords Edmond, Edward and Peter, brothers of the Earl of Ormond, 157.

-, Thomas, Earl of Ormond, 154.

-, -, thought to be reconciled to the Church, 209.

-, -, persecution of Sir H. Sidney by, 546.

-, -, castle of. See Arklow.

-, -, lords and vassals of, 157.

Byal. See Berehaven.