P

Pach, 25.

Pacht, Thomas, English mercenary, 131.

Padavino, Antonio;
-, secretary to Venetian Senate for English, Dutch and Swiss affairs, 426.

Padua [Prov. Padova, Italy]:
-, Rectors of, 34.
-, -, despatches of, 37.
-, Leon at, 295; countess of Arundel going to, 350, 428.
-, University, Arundel's sons at, 34, 37, 55, 81, 88, 103.
-, despatches dated from, 38.

Palaci, Christopher, English mercenary, 131.

Palatinate of the Rhine, 205, 273, 298, 423, 597, 618.
-, Leopold's men imprisoned in, 3; forces of, 16, 30, 40; Dutch forces sent to, 24; Union to defend, 72.
-, French think of sending force to, 87; Louis advised to invade, 201; James wishes to be made a kingdom, 217; additions to from Bohemia wanted by James, 218.
-, defence of by Union, 221; Wake says will remain at peace, 226.
-, English help for, 247; threatened, 264, 278, 279; Gondomar assures James will not be attacked, 274.
-, James sounds emperor's intentions upon, 275; money lent for, 276.
-, attack certain, 283; James will defend, 284, 323; Spain thinks James will not help, 291.
-, Denmark's money to keep troops in, 292; invasion of, 295, 311, 429; Gray to go to, 307.
-, Prince of Orange asks James to defend, 307; Wotton to try and stop invasion, 309.
-, Gondomar says invasion will facilitate peace, 322; Spinola to invade, 322, 330, 340, 353.
-, Dutch troops for, 341, 434; levies for, 306, 307, 314, 331, 361, 368, 438.
-, James cannot abandon, 353, 371; invasion of hoped to move James, 372, 435; James approves defence, 428.
-, James's offices for, 374; Spaniards pretend will not touch for James's sake, 375.
-, James says matter will easily be settled, 377; James assures Caron will act if invaded, 387.
-, route of Vere's force to, 399, 403; Spinola's progress in, 412, 417; emperor's army formed against, 425.
-, Vere joins forces of Union in, 422; Frederick will stake for Bohemia, 425, 489.
-, in France James blamed for invasion of, 428; prayers in England for, 430.
-, Louis informed of invasion, 431; James remonstrates with Gondomar about, 432.
-, James would resent ruin of, 436; James wants to render neutral, 437; James only wants to guard, 438.
-, views stated by Gondomar, 439; James remonstrates with Bavaria about, 440.
-, James ready to defend, 443, 448, 453, 456, 457; invasion of, 449, 452; declarations for, 461, 462.
-, defence of to be submitted to parliament, 458; James expected to take invasion meekly, 462.
-, Dutch ambassadors to treat of, 464; James asks Dutch to help, 470, 471; parliament can provide for, 472.
-, hope of emperor recalling troops from, 478; English people want to help, 479; Spinola treats kindly, 485.
-, English suspect Union do not mind Spinola being in, 489; lessens hope of English help, 490.
-, considerable Spanish forces in, 492; Louis acts rightly about invasion of, 494.
-, proposal to divide among invaders, 495; James seems really determined to help, 496.
-, Union urged to defend, 497, 501; marriage prevents James from helping, 498; James will defend, 505.
-, Spinola's hold on, 507; efforts of Spanish party about, 508.
-, (1621):
-, demand that Spain shall restore, 509; French offorts for restitution, 513.
-, James's declaration and Hay's appeal about, 517; proposed division among invaders, 519.
-, James declares will recover, 520, 522, 527, 538, 542, 550; progress of Spaniards in, 524, 551.
-, Spinola raises money from, 527; James suggests giving up Bohemia, to recover, 528.
-, hope to drive Spaniards from, 530; Wake wishes to join question with Valtelline, 531.
-, James's merits will procure restitution, 536; Joinville to volunteer for, 539; Spain deludes James over, 540, 541.
-, proposed settlement, 541; James's interests in, 542; James's advice to Frederick over, 544.
-, James resolved to defend, 545, 546, 555; money for defence, 550, 578; Digby going to Archduke Albert about, 553.
-, James only hopes to recover by union with Spain, 554; James's representations to France about, 556.
-, James likely to do no more than claim recovery, 561; reference to in James's speech to parliament, 562.
-, calculation of cost of army for, 563; Digby to negotiate restitution, 563; Philip gives hope of restitution, 569, 583.
-, war in progresses favourably, 566; Morton reaches, 570; James values Venetian interest more than, 571.
-, James and Louis agreed about, 572; Wake urges immediate action for, 574, 576; news from, 578.
-, parliament's generosity for, 579; money spent by James on, 582; protests in Spain about invasion, 583.
-, James's feeble action over, 586; Dohna's urgency for Buckingham's objections, 588.
-, Digby thinks Spain will restore in time, 589; parliament discusses restitution, 590.
-, Bassompierre thinks James will not move effectively for, 592; Lando thanks James about, 594, 595.
-, Spanish progress in, 595; views of James about restitution, 596; Dutch can do much for, 599.
-, regiment of Germans for, 600; if James does not move for, Louis will do nothing for Valtelline, 603.
-, all forces in recommended to Bavaria, 603; negotiations of James with Dutch commissioners on, 604.
-, Digby to demand immediate restitution, 612; Bavaria will remain in, 613; reinforcements for, 615.
-, Palatine will give up Bohemia for, 615; Vere's forces in, 618, 619; James will only act for restitution, 621.

Palatinate, the Lower:
-, Spinola to occupy, 418; Spinola ready to invade, 444.
-, -, the Upper:
-, Bavaria and Saxony to undertake, 418, 444; assigned to Bavaria, 616.

Palatine, Count. See Frederick V.
-, -, Countess. See Elizabeth, Countess Palatine.
-, -, Dowager Countess of. See Louise Juliana.

Pali, Marsor, English mercenary, 131.

Paoner, Anthony, English cavalier:
-, hires house at Putney to Donato, 180.

Papists. See Catholics.

Paris, France, 21, 203, 229, 269, 450, 547.
-, despatches dated from, 32, 33, 36, 52, 68, 87, 190, 202, 218, 233, 240, 241, 289, 296, 419, 428, 456, 469, 495, 499, 505, 513, 514, 533, 592, 601.
-, Louis expected at, 36, 477, 514; peace signed at, 143n; Queen Mother near, 153; Gondomar reported at, 150, 159, 176.
-, news from, 183, 436, 460, 614.
-, posts from, 188; Gondomar at, 190, 511; Buwinckhausen reaches, 233; papers dated at, 282, 283; Donato at, 374, 419; Louis at, 523.
-, Bastille 296.

Paris, William, English mercenary, 132.

Parliament, estates of the realm: 522, 577.
-, needed for money, time required to assemble, 35; James's dislike of, 77, 152, 229, 230.
-, strong desire for, 152, 211, 219, 223, 229; James more inclined for, 176; hopes to compel James to summon, 211, 221.
-, wish for to meet every two years, 221; James will need if decides to act, 222.
-, Gondomar says must approve of marriage, 223; James wishes to avoid, 237.
-, nothing can be done without, 283, 377; James does not intend to summon, 377.
-, James thinks of summoning, 433, 458, 471; Council to consider calling of, 440, 458.
-, hopes of increase, 450; Herbert does not think James will summon, 456.
-, people's idea of purposes of, 458, 459, 471; efforts to prevent, 471, 484, 485.
-, proposal only members of Church of England shall be elected to, 472.
-, proclamation summoning, 478, 480, 490; possibility of entering makes men pose as politicians, 479.
-, James preparing to please, 479; question of Valtelline influences James to summon, 482.
-, case of Catholics who collected for emperor may come before, 480.
-, if satisfactory James will do his share, 484; Mainwaring member of, 486n.
-, fears of revolution through, 490; James wishes to conceal matters from, certain to meet, 497.
-, hopes that will compel James to humour people and cast off from Spain, 500.
-, Gondomar's efforts to prevent, 502; everything depends upon, 509.
-, Rochellese hopes from, 511; Carleton hopes for, 515; postponed owing to Cadenet, 528.
-, summoned for benefit of Palatine, 529; Jacob to arrive at opening of, 531.
-, hope that will clip wings of favourites, 536; prorogued again as king unwell, 544.
-, James denies changing date for, 545; the only hope to resist Spanish influence, 550.
-, may object to Gondomar taking guns, 564.
-, (of 1621), 587.
-, opening, king's speech, 562, 577; attempt to secure majority in, 562; ask for freedom of speech, rigour against Catholics, grievances before supply, 571; matters in suspense till rising, 576.
-, anti-Catholic action, 577; grant subsidies, 578, 579, 589, 592; complain of Gondomar exporting guns, 578, 597.
-, James promises to consider grievances, 579; text of king's speech, 579–582; displeased with king's reply about Catholics, 589, 590, 599; discuss foreign affairs, Calvert says infringement of prerogative, 590.
-, moves against monopolies and courtiers, 599, 603; finds great disorders, 603; matters going smoothly, 617.
-, James wishes would last for ever, 618.
-, -, See also Commons, House of; Lords, House of.

Parma, duke of. See Farnese, Ranuccio.

Paruta, Andrea, Venetian Proveditore General in Terra Ferma:
-, ordered to help Grisons, 395, 421; notified of payment to English, 516, 529; to arrange for fresh levies, 551; to send Peyton and Milander to Venice, 566; to send Peyton beyond Menzo, 622.

Pasan, James, Englishmercenary, 132.

Pase, John, English mercenary, 132.

Pasini, Giovanni Battista, 269, 290, 361, 539.
-, negotiations with pirates, 243, 261, 262, 266, 279, 282.
-, at Hague, 281, 422; goes to London, 302; mission to pirates, 323, 335, 354; goes to Ireland, 355.
-, returns with de Lormes, 370, 375, 382; awaiting instructions, 371; letter about movements of pirates, 383.
-, report about pirates made at Hague, 398; pensioned, 399; returns for decision about pirates, 403.
-, told of Dominis by Galarato, 405; gets information about Lazari, 406, 407.
-, to go and see pirate ships, 411; going to Venice, 462; leaves for Brussels, 469; prepared to go to Venice, 470.

passport for Donato, 311.
-, -, Donato asks for, 310.

Patini, Malay Peninsula:
-, English ships taken at, 352.

Paterio, Paul, I1.

Paternion, Poternion [Prov. Carinthia, Austria], 57.

Patison, William, English mercenary, 133.

Paul V, pope, 9.
-, emperor asks for help, 29; gives Soranzo news from Germany, 65; promises to protest against Osuna's conduct, 66; England expects to make league with Spain, 91, 93.
-, Savoy keeps friends with, 67; will support Ferdinand, 110, 184; Savoy urges to attend to Germany, 153.
-, reported intention to impose tithe for emperor, 176; Venice will not submit to new tenths, 185.
-, wants war of religion, 203; Spaniards suggest league against heretics to, 208.
-, James declared against, 254; Spain to approach for dispensation, 276.
-, English fleet in Mediterranean might restrain, 306; approaches Spain for league against republics, 337.
-, watching course of war, 354; proposed role in English marriage negotiations, 385.
-, Spain tries to involve about Valtelline, 390, 413.
-, dispensation of for Anglo Spanish match, 402, 518; spy of, at Venice, 407.
-, speaks of heretical preachers and bibles at Venice, 409; Venice disgusts, 416.
-, marriage articles sent to, 442; secretly supporting Italian interests about Valtelline, 453.
-, James asks what is doing, 454, 481, 521.
-, cannot declare for any party, 455; French representations to about Valtelline, 457.
-, title for Venetian ambassadors, 467; asked to allow sale of church goods in France, 469; allows it, 560.
-, suggested league with Spain, Venice and Tuscany, 492.
-, allows Venice to levy troops in state, 492; cannot enter league with England, 504.
-, reply to Venetian representations, 524; advises Louis not to make civil war but consider Valtelline, 560.
-, favourable to Anglo Spanish match, 569; death, 571.

Paul, Charles, of the Council of Bohemia, 124.
-, -, Thomas, English mercenary, 133.

Paxo, pass of, 247.

Peckius, Pecchius, Peccius, Peter, chancellor of Brabant, ambassador extraordinary from Flanders to the Dutch:
-, reaches Hague, 612; plans of, 613; difficult to learn particulars of, 617; proposals, 621.

Pelagosa, island in Adriatic:
-, Turks shipwrecked near, 35.

Pelicart. See Pericard.

Pelton, Zuanne, English mercenary, 131.

Pembroke, carl of. See Herbert, William.

peote, a boat, 332.

pepper, 267.

Pera, Vigne of, Constantinople:
-, despatches dated from, 1, 11, 106, 158, 166, 167, 173, 177, 245, 258, 259, 313, 335, 351, 411, 449, 483, 505.

Pericard, Pelicart, M., French ambassador in Flanders:
-, wants de Lormes arrested, 313.

Perron, Frederick de, deputy of Friesland, Dutch ambassador to England, 532n.

Perset, Anter, English mercenary, 130.

Persia:
-, silk trade direct with England, 11, 15.
-, silk of, 410.

Perulaer, Gierso, English mercenary, 133.

Pesaro, Zuane, Venetian ambassador in Savoy, 65, 107, 126, 396, 542, 574.
-, despatches of, 1, 4, 11, 12, 16, 19, 26, 29, 30, 33, 37, 46, 50, 58, 62, 69, 73, 86, 99, 100, 104, 124, 148, 173, 181, 193, 194, 208, 209, 218, 226, 233, 238, 240, 246, 258, 260, 261, 278, 288, 301, 312, 342–344, 359, 360, 366, 367, 380, 384, 398, 426, 435, 446, 469, 478, 493, 503, 505, 514, 523, 530, 549, 560, 561, 566, 571, 572, 584, 602, 612, 621.
-, instructions to, 9, 71.
-, explains Hay's quarantine to Wake, 86; quarrel with Osorio, 209; confidential relations with Wake, 384, 505; representations to Savoy about Valtelline, 400; speaks of Germany, 503.
-, Wake's confidences to, 566, 571, 572; suggestions about Mansfelt, 574; Tournon recommended to, 584.

Pessina. See Piscina.

Petrignan, J.B.:
-, founds new order of knights, 169n.

petacchia, a flat bottomed boat, 3, 31.

pewter ware for Lord Maltravers at Padua, 55.

Peyton, Christopher, lieutenant, 133.
-, -, Sir Henry, colonel, 181, 189, 389, 409, 421, 481, 529.
-, commands own ship, 36; requests granted, 59, 157; pressed for payment, 66.
-, troops sent to Zara, 72, 88, 106; muster roll of men at, 128–134; goes to Venice, 129.
-, monies received by, 133, 147; rearrangement of troops under, 189, 190; soldiers of rewarded, 193.
-, payment of wages, 231, 232, 314; troops of, 351; embarked for galleys, 244, 248, 252; leaves for East, 288; payment, arrangement for paying debts, 324; letter of James for, 324; money allowed to for cuirasses, 342.
-, troops go to Lido, 333; arrangement for paying debt, 365; payment of troops, 380; irregularity in accounts, 409, 410, 445.
-, requests for payment, 516; to be sent to Venice, 566, 568; unpopularity, 607, 608.
-, manner of transporting troops, 610; terms of men, 619; transferred across Menzo, 622.
-, -, Ofrich, ensign, 133.

Philibert. See Filiberto.

Philip II, king of Spain:
-, body transferred to Escurial, 232; visit to England, 294, 295.

Philip III, king of Spain; the Catholic king, 143, 197, 372.
-, (1619), 24, 47.
-, ready to stake all for Ferdinand, 19, 93; James protests to that not responsible for Palatine's taking Bohemia, 30, 150; Osuna appeals to, 35; treats James badly about marriage, 67; at Madrid, 73. recovery of, 76, 156, 165; still weak, 97; relapse, 109; consequences of death, 100.
-, (1620), 437.
-, request to James to intervene in Bohemia denied, 101; orders Gondomar to start, 150.
-, recalls Osuna, 164; fears junction of English and Dutch fleets, 167; fleet against pirates, 170.
-, idea that will not move for emperor if James does not for Palatine, 168, 176.
-, expected to treat Argyle well, 171; proposed marriage, ib.
-, wants James to act as mediator in Bohemia, 175, 461; expenses reduced can make war on Dutch, 189.
-, orders money and troops from Naples, 192; Borgia will ask for definite orders, 200.
-, friendliness to James, 210; confidence in James, 222; Savoy desires marriage alliance with, 226n.
-, receives Aston at ceremony of transfer of ancestors to Escurial, 232.
-, proposed league against republics, 241, 253; helps emperor, 260.
-, to do all negotiations with Rome about marriage, 276; good understanding with James, 295, 299.
-, told James will not help Palatinate, 291; Spinola not acting as general of, 292.
-, Osuna hopes to bribe, 304; great preparations of, 311.
-, nuncio speaks to about league against republics, 337; watching course of war, 354.
-, not likely to join fleet with English ships, 368; no orders to Feria about Grisons, 401.
-, congratulated on recovery, 419; James complains of behaviour about Palatinate, 431.
-, James will grant levies to, 438; James says much beholden to him, 439.
-, James informs of declaration, 440; subsidy to Catholic league, 444.
-, Gondomar protests did not say Palatinate would not be invaded, 450; James admits this, 452.
-, does not want war in Italy, 455, 475; commends Gondomar's claims for precedence, 466.
-, James tells will resent invasion of Palatinate, 470; representations to about Valtelline, 484, 491, 550.
-, James hopes for satisfaction from, 492; means to make war on Dutch, 493.
-, ready to restore Valtelline, 499; danger to if does not, 505; ratifies English marriage, 518.
-, James does not wish to attack, 521, 596; wishes to drain resources of Venice, 525, 537; no alliance with Grisons, 535.
-, Aston speaks to about Valtelline, reply, 548, 565; James will not advise France to trouble, 556.
-, acts of Venice against, 557; has so much that wants no more, 559; will shirk Digby's negotiations, 563.
-, terms to Dutch, 564, 565, 603, 604; favours English marriage, 569; James's tepidness encourages ambitions, 591, 592.
-, writes to James offering restitution of Palatinate, 569; Aston makes fresh representations, reply, 583.
-, Venice protests regard for, 593; league with emperor, Saxony and Mantua impossible, 596.
-, English devotion to, 597; patient with Venice too long, 600; wants war with Dutch, 604.
-, does not want war in Italy, 613; sacrifices for Palatinate, 615; offers to restore Palatinate, 621.
-, -, -, confessor of. See Aliaga, Luis.

Philippine islands:
-, Spanish fears of Dutch in, 233.

Pianta, la, faction of, 370.

Piazza. See Platz.

Picardy, France, 547.

Piedmont, 321, 353.
-, -, Madame de. See Christina, princess of France.
-, -, prince of. See Vittorio, prince of Savoy.

Piersi, Richard, English mercenary, 132.

Pilsen, Pilzen, Bohemia:
-, cannot hold out, 532.

Pimentelli:
-, Spanish boasts about, 453.

Pin, John, pirate captain, 280, 282.
-, -, -, -, reported slain, 258.
-, -, James, pirate captain, 280, 282.

Pindar, Paul, English ambassador at Constantinople:
-, annoyed with Gratiani, 11; interpreter of, 63; cannot get audience of Vizier, 106; condoles with Nani on death of Borisi, 158; Nani appeals to, 166; approaches Vizier on Nani's behalf, 167, 173; left Constantinople, 258; in quarantine at Spalato, 296, 297, 303.
-, Venetian instructions for treatment, 305, 350; entertained at Spalato, 332.
-, interview with Lionello at Venice, 315; false report about, 338; honoured by Feria at Milan, 375.
-, knighted, information brought by, 442; secretary calls on Bravo at Venice, 512.

Pirates, brigands, corsairs, 320, 386, 393, 555, 587.
-, Dutch compact with, Carleton protests, 3; Dutch preparations against, 18, 31, 42, 416; Dutch to treat with, 31.
-, despair at loss of booty, 11; defeat Spanish squadrons, 15.
-, audacity at Marseilles, 33; Guise's move against, 485n.
-, Dutch losses to, 42; Turkish captured by Venice, 158n; Nevers order of knights against, 169.
-, advantage of Leghorn to, 55; Aragon chases, 64; defeated by knights of Malta, 86.
-, Dutch wish English to join against, 105; Aston to treat of junction of fleets against, 150n.
-, supposed capture of Eyre, 158.
-, English fleet against. See fleet against the pirates.
-, preparations in Naples against, 178; news of misfortunes to, 185; damage to Spain, 306; active off Spain, 561.
-, in Barbary, 324; Turks harbour, 245.
-, depredations in English waters, 322, 330; Dutch suffer from, 323; pardons granted to, 336, 355, 356.
-, Dutch measures against, 337, 345, 368; proposed English expedition against, 337, 347; English capture, 486.
-, James's detestation of, 356; English favour, 358; leave Irish coast, 370.
-, Turks offer to join Venetians against, 374; English protest to Porte about, 387, 388.
-, James stopped while Elizabeth allowed, 439; demands of Mansell's fleet of, 522.
-, mole at Gibraltar against, 426; damage done by in Spanish seas, 473.
-, active about Crete, 529; captured in Ireland, 555; damage to English and Flemings, 579.

pirates, band of, seeking indemnity and a retreat:
-, do Lormes agent of, 314; offers to Venice, 243, 244, 261, 262, 279–281, 290, 302, 303, 313.
-, negotiations, 266, 272, 323, 324, 335, 336, 355, 357; negotiations with France, 281–283, 356.
-, Venice wishes to learn James's opinion upon, 304, 305.
-, Pasini sent to, 354, 355, 361, 375; status of leaders, 357, 358; leave Irish coast, 370.
-, report upon movements, 382, 383; unwilling to send deputation to Venice, 398; settlement urged, 403.
-, whereabouts of, 403, 422; Pasini to inspect, 411; de Lormes wants Venice decision, 573.

pirates, names of. See Amburgh, John; Black; Cornelius, Dantziger, Simon; Ebert, Samuel; Ellis; Eston; Hastings; James; Jil; Lambert; Lormes; Mainwaring, Sir Henry; Mandoch; Meach; Pin, John and James; Rama, Anthony; Sampson; Valuert.

Pisani,—, Venetian captain of galeasses, 248.

Piscina, Pessina, Giovanni Giacomo, Savoyard ambassador at Venice:
-, avoids seeing Aerssens, 288, 312, 341; ordered to visit Aerssens, 312; duke of Savoy regrets the omission, 353.
-, reports Dutch wish for league with Savoy, 345.

plague in London, decreasing, 3; ceased 7.

Planta, Matthew, English mercenary, 131.

Platz, la Piazza, Grisons, 453.
-, Venetian instructions to representatives at, 215, 225, 248.

plenipotentiaries. See Ambassadors.

Plez, 54.

Plymouth, co. Devon:
-, Mansell's fleet ordered to, 433; fleet still at, 441, 451; fleet leaves, 488.
-, Mansell's fleet and Dutch seen together off, 474; Dutch ship arrested at, 512.

Poel, Zuanne, English mercenary, 131.

Poers, Thomas, English mercenary, 132.

Pog, Francis, English mercenary, 130.

Poitiers [Vienne, France]:
-, despatch dated from, 397.

Poitou, France, 282.

Poland, 523.
-, English levies for, 53, 58, 59; ambassador to England from, 297n; Elizabeth warns Turks off, 313; provocation to Turks, 334; question of war, 335; diet of, 460; letters for, 464.
-, Spanish treatment of ambassadors of, 466; deserters from, 505; English prefer Venice to, 607.
-, -, king of. See Sigismund III.

Polardo, Edmond, English mercenary, 130.

Pole, Poole, Arthur, 123, 124.
-, -, Geoffrey, 124n.
-, -, -, Geoffrey, son of, 124n.
-, -, Reginald, Cardinal, 124n.

Poles:
-, war of Russia against, 297; James says will help against Turks, 313.

Pomere, lord of. See Lormes.

Pone, William, English mercenary, 130.

Pontebba, Ponteba, Pontieba [Prov. Udine, Italy], 99, 127, 135.
-, Hay at, 49, 50, 56, 57, 62, 71; Giustinian at, 54; Hay leaves, 86.
-, despatches dated from, 50, 56.
-, keeper of, 73.
-, -, -, See Locatello, Ferdinando.

Poole. See Pole.

Ponteto, Bologna, English mercenary, 131.

pope:
-, anticipations of election, 571.
-, - See Clement VIII; Paul V.

Porel, Vuileni, English mercenary, 133.

Porte. See Turkey.

Portugal:
-, ships of, 15.
-, provincial of, 12.

Portugal, Emanuel de, prince of Portugal:
-, visits Lando, 59.

Portuguese:
-, troops sent to Flanders, 45.
-, Viceroy of Naples, 164.
-, ships, 302.

Poster, Thomas, English mercenary, 133.

posts:
-, robbery of, 486.
-, -, Master of the, London. See Quester, Matthew de.
-, -, -, Antwerp. See Roclants, Giovanni Battista.

Poternion. See Paternion.

Potier, Anthony, Sieur de Seaux, French ambassador in Spain, 337.
-, incident at embassy, 611, 612.

Pouel, Peter, English mercenary, 133.

Pounraye, lord of. See Lormes.

powder. See gunpowder.

Powser, John, English mercenary, 133.

Prague, Bohemia, 499.
-, Palatine expected at, 40, 53; coronation at, 58, 64n; Palatine enters, 63; Rupert born at, 111, 137, 139.
-, news from, 141, 193, 259; posts to, 186–188; diet at, 247; expected help from England, 301.
-, couriers to Vienna, 424; ambassador sent to, 437; imperial army supposed near, 456.
-, fall of, 492, 495, 510, 519, 540; report Hungarians have recovered, 500; Tilly not secure at, 616.

preaching before king at St. Pauls, 228.

Préaux, Sieur de. See Aubespine, Charles de 1'.

precedence between ambassadors. See ambassadors, questions of precedence.

Preir, David, English mercenary, 133.

presents, necessity for in England, 546.
-, -, to ambassadors. See under Ambassadors.

press, for sailors, 433, 434.

press. See printing.

Pressburg, Hungary:
-, Gabor takes, 28n; Dampier slain near, 473n; money remitted by fair of, 500.

Preston, Richard, lord Dingwall:

Venice approaches to offer command, 552.
-, -, -, -, earl of Desmond: refuses to serve Venice, 605.

priests:
-, 300 from France and Flanders enter England, alarm of James, 373; arrest of in England, 460; altars, vestments and books found in prisons of in England, 464.
-, Gondomar complains of imprisonment of, 479.

Prigni, Durante, Venetian commander, 612.

primogeniture, in England, causes cadets to turn pirate, 357.

Princes of Germany. See Union.

printers:
-, punished for libelling duke of Savoy, 180.
-, not to print anything for Donato, 179, 180; ordered not to print anything concerning interests of princes, 191.

printing presses, in Great Britain, 191, 197.

Prit, Henry, English mercenary, 132.

Priuli, Antonio, doge of Venice:
-, letters of James to, 277, 324, 622.
-, letter of Charles to, 334, 622.
-, -, Gerolamo, Venetian Ambassador in France, 524, 613.
-, despatches of, 494, 498, 499, 505, 512, 513, 533, 559, 591, 601.
-, comment on Herbert's theology, 494; report about Grisons, 506; interview with Du Vair, 513, 514.
-, interview with Jeannin, 591.

Privy Council. See Council, the Privy.

proclamations:
-, against importing glass, 212; summoning parliament, 480, 545; against discussing matters of state, 518.

progresses of James, 317, 327, 328, 338, 376, 452.

Protestants:
-, feared designs of Catholics against, in Germany, Bohemia, Switzerland, Grisons, France and Netherlands, 422, 470; Herbert's fears for, 494.

Pruce, Robert, English mercenary, 130.

Pruritanus, the libel, 25n, 46n.

Prussia:
-, dispute between Brandenburg and Poland over, 459.

Puisieux, viscount of. See Brûlart, Peter.

Purbeck, Viscount. See Villiers, John.

Puritans:
-, mocked in comedy before king, 390n; strength in parliament and given to free speech, 472; James condemns, 580.

pursuivants against Catholics: Gondomar wishes to restrain, 256.

Putney, co. Surrey:
-, Donato looks for house at, 172; Donato goes to, 180; Donato must leave, 310; Donato leaves, 323.
-, letter from, 311.