N.

Nabringheyn, 311.

Nantes, 18, 20, 114, 117, 118, 121, 122, 128, 130, 133, 339.

-, letters dated from, 128, 129, 146, 147.

Naples, 99, 110, 134, 138, 141, 152, 154, 167, 241, 252, 257, 258, 259, 263.

-, in great want of troops, 246.

-, intended attack of, by the Turk, 224, 234, 238, 264, 282.

-, -, by the French, 233, 238, 247, 264, 272, 278.

-, expedition from, against Sienna, 234.

-, defence of, by the Imperialists, 276, 278, 282.

-, the Viceroy of (Don Pedro de Toledo), 115, 172, 208, 228, 234.

-, his expedition against Sienna, 234, 237, 241, 247.

-, lies sick at, Florence, 254.

-, death of, 255, 258.

Narbonne, 172.

Nardi, Joannes Leonis, 103, 104.

Nassau, 189.

-, Count William of, 200.

Natolia, Turkish invasion of, 279.

Naval preparations of the French, 61, 62, 65.

Navarre, 98, 168.

-, how it came into possession of Charles V., 105.

-, claimed by King Henry II., 258.

-, Princess of, 16.

-, -, brought to bed of a man child 97.

-, King of (Henri D'Albrêt), 52, 55, 90, 97, 105, 128.

Neale, John, fisherman of Calais, 310.

Negroponte, the Turk's armata at, 112.

Nemours, Jacques de Savoie, Duke de, his marriage, 63.

Neufville, M. de, the Captain of Terouanne, 351.

Neutral vessels (Swedish), seizure of, 23.

Nevers, Francois de Cleves, Duke of, his notable feud with Roygnac, 49.

-, -, reported as slain at Metz, 230.

Newcastle, ships from, at Boulogne, 322, 330.

-, coals from, at Boulogne, 327.

Newhaven, a small fort near Boulogne, Council of, 294, 295, 323, 332, 342.

-, receipts and expenditure at, 313, 319.

-, 10, 61, 294, 295, 296, 297, 302, 303, 305, 308, 315, 316, 319, 322, 327, 328, 346.

-, captured by the French, 46.

-, the Bailli of, 347.

-, letters dated from, 294, 298, 313, 317, 320, 323, 328, 332, 345, 346.

Nice, 170.

Nicholas, a French painter (Nicholay d'Arfeuille), 15.

-, courier, 16.

Nieuport, 331.

Noailles, Antoine, Seigneur de, King Henry II.'s maître d'hôtel, 258.

-, -, Ambassador to England, 261.

Nobili, Sig. Vincentio di, nephew of the Pope, 266.

Nogaye, the post at Boulogne, 344.

Nogent, 20.

Normandy, 98, 172, 258, 316.

-, warlike preparations in, 312.

-, scarcity of wheat in, 202.

-, English merchants in, 204.

Normanton, William, 332.

Norroy king-at-arms, see William Harvey.

North, Sir Edward, one of the Council, 329.

Northampton, William, Marquis of, 14.

-, -, commissioned to invest Henry II. with the Garter, 103.

-, -, instructions to, 109, 140.

-, -, commission to, 109, 140.

-, -, letters from, 114, 117, 118, 121, 122, 129, 133, 134, 146, 147, 150.

-, -, letters to, 111, 113, 118, 121, 129, 139, 140, 196.

-, -, 102, 103, 107, 108, 123, 128, 129, 140, 156, 158, 190.

-, -, his encounter with "a lewd priest," 130.

-, -, his character, 146.

-, Marchioness of, 190.

Northumberland, John Dudley, Duke of, letters to, 190, 193, 198, 199, 264, 275.

-, -, letters from, 229, 230, 235.

-, Duke of, 197, 223, 225.

-, Duchess of, 190.

Norton, Sir John, of Kent, sues for the captainship of Blackness fort, 322.

-, appointed to the command of the Old Man, 354.

Norwich, Bishop of (Thomas Thirlby), 260, 261, 269,

-, -, letters from, 266, 267, 268, 270, 272, 273, 274, 279, 281, 282, 285, 286, 287, 288.

-, -, appointed English mediator between the Emperor and the French King, 260, 266, 277.

-, -, letters to, 260, 270, 281.

Novellara, Count della, 290.

Nuce, Count of, 125.

Nuremberg, 57, 144, 145, 166, 169, 215, 287.

-, Marquis of, see George, Marquis of Anspach.

-, a fair and well-governed city, 144.

-, the senate of, 144.

-, confederacy of, with the German Bishops, 254.

-, quarrels with Albert Alcibiades of Brandenburg, 268, 282, 285, 286, 287.

-, letters dated from, 144.

Nycar, a miner, 246.

Nysa, 172.

O.

Oatlands, letters dated from, 54, 56, 352.

O'Connor, Cormac, asks the Constable Montmorency for aid against the English, 92.

Oldenburg, Christopher, Count of, 27, 28, 29, 30, 38, 215.

-, much hated by the Emperor, 38.

Old Man, the, 294, 309, 329, 335, 337, 346, 348, 352, 353, 355.

-, letter dated from, 293, 307, 308, 325, 337, 339.

Oliver, Dr. John, 109, 123.

Omphalius, James, 62.

Oran, nearly surprised by the Sheriff, 55.

Orange, Anne de Lorraine, Princess Dowager of, 25.

-, William of Nassau (the Taciturn), Prince of, his marriage, 140.

Orbitello, Port, 25.

Ore, silver and lead, sent to Antwerp, 66, 67.

Orleans, 114, 117, 118, 121.

-, letters dated from, 121, 122.

Orleans, Duke of, son of King Henry II., 129.

-, -, dies of smallpox, 61.

Ormond, Thomas, tenth Earl of, 123.

Orsini, Signor Giordano, 257.

-, killed at Montalcino, 272.

Orsino, Camillo, 135, 151, 159, 170, 171.

Orvieto, a country belonging to the Pope, 247.

Osnaburg, bishopric of, 285.

Osterlings, of Lubeck, Hamburg, &c., 16.

Ostia, 136, 152.

Otranto, 157.

-, the Turks at, 148.

Oxford, University of, 149.

Oysel, M. d', Ambassador from France to Scotland, 15.