B

Bacon, Sir Francis, the lord Keeper, nephews at Venice, 358.
-, -, the Lord Chancellor, 597, 600.

Badoaro, the Cavalier, 569.

Bagdad, Bagadet [Mesopotamia], rich caravan from, 213.

Bakchouse, office of the royal household, 604.

Balance to weigh equitably speech of Sir Dudley Carleton, 109, published, 54; Carleton demands satisfaction for, 55; author of, 56 and note; provinces divided about, 55, 66, 69; surrendered, 315.

Bannister, Reinester, Daniel, captain of the Royal Exchange, 188, 189, 311.

Baldwin, William, a Jesuit, released, 244.

Bamegon. See Boamigon.

Barbarigo, Gregorio, Venetian ambassador in England, 4, 356n, 400, 482.
-, -, Piero, Venetian Proveditore General of the Forces, 138.
-, despatches of the Senate, 19, 20, 29, 43, 44, 92, 121, 129.
-, instructions to, 28, 137.
-, intervenes between Vere and Milander, 184.
-, -, Piero, Venetian Captain General at sea, 262, 293, 302, 328, 357, 364.
-, despatches of, 221, 251, 256, 260, 261, 266, 267, 275, 284, 288, 289, 304, 309, 310, 316, 355.
-, letters and instructions to, 284, 301, 332, 337, 348, 361, 373, 383, 384.
-, announces arrival of English ships, 260; Peyton petitions, 261; describes mutiny of English, 266, 267.
-, advises reduction of fleet, 275; punishes mutiny, 283; explains about mutiny, 289, 309, 310.
-, Wotton attacks, 291, 292; condemns Herbert, 294; action defended, 295, 368, 369, 403.
-, treats English well, 299, 305, 322; Senate reports Wotton's complaints to, 300.
-, to reduce fleet, 337; ill, 363, 385; praises English, 385; promise to Peyton, 464.

Barbaro, Almoro, proveditore of Zante, despatches of, 2, 33.
-, -, Antonio, Proveditor General of the Forces, 195.
-, despatches of, 174, 184, 191, 215, 218, 232.
-, instructions to, 211.
-, ill, 233.

Barbary, 166, 227.
-, Dutch designs on, 10.
-, pirates, 147, 151, 181, 203, 225.
-, pirates, ravages of, 192, 370, spy upon, 196; plans to crush, 252; Spanish fleet against, 331, 341, 347, 380, 459, 462, 467; damage to Venetians, 333.
-, muster of forces in, 230; Turks promise reform in, 274.
-, English trade with, 416.

Barcelona [Catalonia, Spain], 199, 539.
-, -, English and Dutch ships seized at, 124, 156, 204.

Barge, the royal, 602.

Bari [prov. Bari, Italy], 252, 316.
-, -, archbishop of. See Giswaldo Ascanio.

Barneveld, Barnevelt. See Olden Barneveld.

Baronis, Carlo, merchant, 478.

Bartie. See Bertie.

Bartlett, John, Englishman with lodging house at Venice, 409, 411, 412, 472.

Bas, Thierry, burgomaster of Middelburg, commissioner to England, 351n.

Basadonna, Zuanne, Venetian Lieutenant of Udine, despatches of, 184, 195.
-, -, -, -, ordered to confine Vere, 191, 195.
-, -, -, Savio alla Mercanzia, 382, 501, 568, 574.
-, -, -, opinion on the Levant trade, 401.

Basel [Switzerland], Contarini at, 13.

Basilicata, Italy, troops in, 279.

Basilicon Doron or Munus Regium, criticised, 54, 55.

Bath, co. Somerset, keeper of the baths, 607.
-, -, earl of. See Bourchier, William.

Bauche, Francis, 500.

Bauffremont, Henry de, marquis of Senecey, French ambassador extraordinary in Spain, displeased at Toledo's action, 66; promises Gritti to write home strongly, 97.

Bavaria, duke of. See Maximilian, duke of Bavaria.
-, -, Ferdinand of. See Ferdinand of Bavaria.
-, beans, for Zante, 33, 130, 266.
-, bear-baiting in London, 258.
-, bears, the king's, 607.

Bearn [prov. France, Basses Pyrenées], Huguenots of, James ready to help, 364.

Bedell, William, chaplain to Sir Henry Wotton, 540n.

Bedford, earl of. See Russel, Edward.

Bedmar, marquis of. See Cueva.

Beecher, Becher, William, agent of England in France, 364, 443.
-, deals with offence to Desmaretz, 132; speaks of Spanish complaints, 164.
-, letter to Naunton, 189n; speaks of Infanta's illness, 192; recalled, 212.
-, writes of Mayerne's expulsion, 287n; complains of Mayerne's expulsion, 308.
-, French king will not see, 339; recalled, 340; reported imprisonment, 343; returns, 365.

beer, English excess in, 272; common drink of England, 415.

Belfante, Isabetta, 3.

Belinglei. See Bellingsley.

Bell, Bel, Captain Henry, recommended to Venice, 34, 39, 49, 57, 58, 193; services declined, 56, 57, 63, 64.

bell ringing in England, 259.

Bellingsley, Belinglei, Captain, 209, 210, 377.

Bellius, John, 83.

Belmar, marquis of. See Cueva.

Bembo, Giovanni, doge of Venice:
-, letter of James to, 48; letter of Dutch to, 90; death, 175, 190, 194n, 206n.

Bench, the king's, 600.
-, -, -, chief justice. See Montague, Sir Henry.
-, -, the Common, 600.

Bennet, Antony, owner of the Hercules, 375.

Bentivoglio, Guido, papal nuncio in France, 31.

Bentleise. See Brwynllys.

Berard, John, Gioan Berardo, [Labarriere], executed, 336.

Bergamo [prov. Bergamo, Italy], 4, 7.
-, -, reported that heretics at, 290, 291.

Bergera, the Cavalier, 108.

Berkeley, George, lord Berkeley, 598.

Bermuda, island, 306.

Berne, Switzerland, 190.
-, league with Savoy, 108, 181, 516; to look after Mansfelt's troops, 141.
-, disarming of, 191; French asked to stop harassing, 335; influence of James with, 428.
-, Savoy-Venice league communicated, 481.

Bernese, 237, 242.
-, -, attempt to injure Savoy with, 294.

Bertie, Bartie, Henry, lord Willoughby of Eresby, 598.
-, -, -, -, commands English in Denmark, pay of, 396.

Bertolini,—, resident of Florence in France, dismissed, 212.

Berwick, 391.

Best, Thomas, owner of the Matthew of London, 375.

Bethune, Maximilian de, duke of Sully, leaving Court in dudgeon, 88.
-, -, Philippe de, French ambassador in Italy, 104.
-, negotiations for peace, 4, 17; proposals of, 18, 19; threatens to leave, 24.
-, goes to Mantua, 27; means to have definite result, 58; efforts for peace, 67.
-, Don Pedro lays blame on, 96; letter on quarrel with England, 407.
-, visits Wake, 411, 425; thanked, 441; letters of Donato and Wake to, 442, 462.

Bibil. See Digby.

Bilbao, Vilpao, Spain, 405, 413.

Bindon, viscount. See Howard, Thomas.

Biondi, Giovanni Francesco, agent of Savoy in England, 438, 441, 482.
-, James promises to help Savoy, 16; tells of peace, 52; gives patents to privateers against Spain, 91; appeals to James against Spain, 204.
-, keeps James informed about Milan, 234; contradicts rumours of duke's designs against Geneva, 331, 334.
-, suggests to Council intervention for reconciliation with France, 365; efforts for reconciliation, 434.
-, writes to Cardinal Maurice, 442, 462; tells James of marriage, 460; Donato casts reflections on, 489.

Biscayans, obtain leave to go privateoring, 72, 96.

biscuits, 273, 404.
-, sent to Zante, 2, 33, 130, 266; for Naples, 91; for Venetian fleet, 267, 348.

Bisham, co. Berks, 565n.

bishops, English, dress at Council, 134; ordination, 134, 135.

Bizerta, Bisserta [Tunis, Africa], 141, 272.
-, -, galleys of, 3.

Black Sea, fleet for, 274.

Bland, John, owner of the Abigail, 376.

Blount, Charles, earl of Devon, 251n.
-, -, Mountjoy, lord Mountjoy, Montjoy:
-, at Turin, going to Venice, 355n.
-, at Venice, 357; presented to doge, 358.

Boamigon, Bamegon, Boamignon, Bomignon, Captain, a mercenary, 43, 44, 175.

Bodanaican hammer, 321.

Bodley, Sir Thomas, 247n.

Boetzelaer, Gideon van, lord of Langerach, ambassador of the Netherlands, in France:
-, gives information to Contarini, 198.

Bohemia, 128, 236, 267, 299, 431, 436, 490, 507.
-, -, disturbances in, increase, 242, 264; Klesel arrested to please, 287.
-, -, States of, write to James, 286; James makes no reply to 296, 312; James asked to interpose, 303, 351.
-, -, Spain anxious about, 306; Mansfeld takes forces to, 324; French mission to, 328.
-, -, Spain threatens Palatine if he helps, 334; Dohna seeks help for, 337; and Wake also, 338; success will occupy Spain, 343; Wake and, 353; wolves and Jesuits expelled from, 358.
-, -, James intervenes in affairs of, 358, 359; determination to keep out Jesuits, 366.
-, -, invade Lower Austria, 367; Spanish fear of English meddling in, 379.
-, -, Dutch rejoice at success of revolt, 384; distresses Spaniards, 404.
-, -, Dohna's mission to England for, 410, 411, 430.
-, -, Dutch confident of success of, 424; Dutch appeal to James for, 427.
-, -, revolt relieves Venice, 433; James to help, 444, 460, 463, 471.
-, -, troops against coming through Adriatic, 433, 447, 475, 551; Spanish interest in, 466.
-, -, James asks Venice to help, 472; revolt not prospering, 483.
-, -, Spain asks James to interpose, 485, 508; think of making terms, 502.
-, -, Spain wishes to divert James's attention from, 510; Spain means to restore Ferdinand in, 517.
-, -, Dutch will help, 544, 557, 586; Hay says peace will help, 549; Hay to arrange peace for, 559, 560, 576.
-, -, Dutch advice to, 565; fear of Wotton's advice, 566; James will declare for, 573.
-, -, councillor of, at Padua university, 573.
-, -, dissatisfied with James, 582; need a leader, 586; Spain wants James to arbitrate with, 587.
-, -, Venice well disposed to, 588; send back Hay's messenger, 589.
-, -, king of. See Ferdinand.

Bois-le-Duc, Bolduche [prov. N. Brabant, Netherlands], 315.

Boissise, seigneur de. See Thumery, John de.

Boleo, Boleos. See Desbouleaux.

Bollani, Marco, Bedmar conspiracy disclosed to, 336.

Bologna [prov. Bologna, Italy], 580n.

Bomignon. See Boamigon.

Bon, Ottaviano, Venetian Ambassador in France, 15, 103.
-, -, -, recalled for transgressing instructions, 8, 9; Wotton meets, 12; despatches of, 44, 71.

Bondumier, Piero, Proveditore of Candia, despatches of, 288, 352, 404.

Bonne, Francis de, duke of Lesdiguières:
-, -, -, -, Monteleone tries to influence, 18; persuades Savoy to disarm, 34; dissuades Savoy from sending Cardinal to France, 151; relations with Savoy, 294; Wake to see, 362; will help in Italy if danger, 581.

Bonomine, merchant, 478.
-, books, list of prohibited, 83, 446.
-, -, titles of. See Balance; Basilicon Doron; Deus et Rex; Dissertatio de Gubernatione; Epistola M. A. de Dominis; Gravissimae Quaestionis, etc., Explicatio; Papatus Romanus liber de origine, etc.; Psalms; Republica Ecclesiastica; Supplication a l'Empereur, etc.; Supplement to History of the Uscocchi; Trent, History of Council of.

booksellers, London, 257.

Boreel, William, doctor of laws, commissioner to England, 351n.

Borgao. See Burgau.

Borghese, Cardinal. See Caffarelli.

Borgia, Cardinal Gaspar, 170, 456.
-, says peace certain, 96; negotiates with Soranzo, 367, 464; changeableness, 427, 431.
-, Venice puts little confidence in, 428; treating for dispensation, 461.
-, auditor of, 470.
-, -, Don Melchior, 272.

Borisi, Marc' Antonio, dragoman of Venetian embassy at Constantinople, 471, 502, 503.

Bornes, Borne. See Bourne.

Bosis, Benetto, Bernardo, courier, 176, 180, 566.

Bosphorus, 206.

Bothwell, Adam, archbishop [rectius bishop] of the Orkneys, 389.

Boulogne [Pas de Calais, France], 413.

Bourbon Condé, Henry, prince of Condé:
-, James' friendship, 422; talk of releasing, 426; France needs release, 508.

Bourbon, Louis de, count of Soissons, Princess Christina promised to, 544.

Bourchier, William, earl of Bath, 598.

Bourne, Borne, Bornes, Richard (John), captain of the Centurion, 125n, 311, 376, 510, 511.

Bowles, George, lord mayor of London, pageant of, 59–63.
-, -, -, -, knighted, 246.

Bracchi, 171.

Bragadin, Alvise, Proveditore at Canea, despatch of, 531.
-, -, Giovanni Francesco, Proveditore of Cephalonia, despatches of, 345.
-, -, Giovanni Battista, 411.

Braillardo. See Brouillard.

Brandenburg, prince of. See George William.
-, -, margrave of, elector of. See Joachim II.; John Sigismund.

Bravo, Don Luis, chosen Spanish ambassador for Venice, 275.

brazil wood, 219.

bread, English manner of eating, 319.

Breisach [Baden], 13.
-, -, bridge guarded, 557.

Bremen, Germany:
-, sends divines to synod of Dordrecht, 304.

Brent, Nathaniel, translates History of Council of Trent, 523n.

Brianstone, co. Dorset, 291n.

bricks, manner of baking, 320, 321.

Bridgnorth, co. Salop, castle, 607.

Bridgwater, co. Somerset, castle, 607.

Bright, William, owner of the Hercules, 375.

Brill [prov. South Holland], Netherlands, 212.

Brindisi [prov. Lecce, Italy], 4, 104, 121, 199, 227, 272, 316, 384, 405, 423.
-, port enlarged, 128; naval preparations at, 158.
-, ships at in bad order, 154; Venetians watch, 230.
-, Osuna's fleet at, 382.

Brindled Cow. See Ships, names of.

Bristol, co. Gloucester, ships of, 387.
-, -, castle, 607.

Bromley, Bromham, Sir Thomas, ship of, suspected of piracy 91n; intends to attack Spaniards at Rio della Plata, 94; going to Indies, 100; takes Spanish ships in Indies, 268.

Brooke, Henry, lord Cobham, 598.

Brouillard, Bruillardo, Braillardo, Ruberto, Robert, a Burgundian:
-, tries to corrupt Dutch mercenaries, 336; letter to Osuna, 369.
-, complains of slowness of Osuna, 370.

Brown, John, collector of herring dues, detained by Dutch, 5, 9; released, 26.

Browne, Anthony, Viscount Montague, 598.
-, -, John, London merchant, 155.

Bruce, Brus, Henry, a Scot, offers to serve Venice, 374, 384.

Bruillardo. See Brouillard.

Brûlart, Nicholas, lord of Sillery, chancellor of France, manages everything, 88; says France can dispense with friendship of England, 443, 490.

Brûlart de Leon, Charles, M. de Leon, French ambassador at Venice:
-, assists peace, 9; proposes truce, 17, 32; news communicated to, 35, 50, 70; Assalinau frequents house of, 43; informed of Spanish proceedings, 103, 120; influences Wotton against Venice, 362; speaks of negotiations at Rome, 410.
-, -, -, -, brother of, threatens Venice, 362.

Brulleos. See Desbouleaux.

Brussels, news from, 192, 193, 194, 517.
-, -, Hay at, 566.

Brutti, Barnaba, dragoman, 171.

Brwynllys, Bentleise, co. Brecknock, castle, 608.

Bucerus, Gerson, preacher of Terver, book of, James objects to, 255, 267, 280; did not think to offend, 268; nature of book, 281.

Buchanan, George, tutor of James I., 388.

Buckingham, earl and marquis of. See Villiers, George.

buildings, manner of constructing in England, 320.

Bull, Richard, owner of the Abigail, 376.

bull baiting, 258.

Bulleos. See Desbouleaux.

Bürgau, Borgao [Bavaria, Germany], duke of Bavaria covets, 358.

Burghley, co. Northampton, palace visited by Contarini, 271; James entertained at, 272.

Burgundy, France, councillor of, at Padua University, 573.

Burlamachi, Filippo, 338, 376, 573.
-, finances Venice for ships, 194, 208; letter to Contarini, 313.
-, distressed by importunity of ship owners, 313, 317; to be relieved, 352.
-, ship owners threaten, 510; protection of, 520; accused of exporting gold, 565n.

Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk, 540n.
-, -, prison, 606.

Busanello,—, secretary of the Council of Ten, 470.

Busino, Horatio, chaplain of Piero Contarini:
-, describes crossing to England, 19, 20; journey to London, 23; describes Lord Mayor's show, 58–63.
-, goes to theatre, 67; describes audience of king, 78, 79; of queen, 80, 85, 314, 315; Anglipotrida, 100, 245, 257, 318.
-, describes London, 100–103; speaks of tobacco smoking, 101; on theatres, 110; the prince's masque, 111–114.
-, on religion, 133–135; churches, 134; hanging, 135, 136; Muscovite ambassador, 136, 137.
-, on shipping in Thames, 245; growth of London, its pests, apprentices and carts, 246, 247; Oxford, 247; Cambridge, 247, 248; English country and farming, 248, 249; visits to Audley End, Theobalds, 249; Greenwich, 250; Wanstead House, 250, 251.
-, on London shops, military training, 257; sports, 258–260.
-, on pheasant breeding, 309; on cultivation in England, 318, 319; fruits, vegetables, eating, 319; gardens, buildings, bricks, 320.

butcher's shops in London, 102.

Butintre. See Butrinto.

Butlerage of the household, 602.

Butrinto, Butintre, Epirus, Turkey, 316.

Buttery, office of the royal household, 603.